I kept trying to think of Tex-Mex desserts to keep with our party's theme, but I was having a tough time. I rarely looked at the dessert menu at Mexican restaurants because I was always full on chile con queso. All I could come up with was sopapillas, which we did engage in from time to time, but I was not ready to tackle that. And tres leches,...

I'm slightly embarrassed to admit how much I love chile con queso and how much I ate it as a child. Whenever we'd eat at a Mexican restaurant (which was a lot), I'd order a bowl and munch on cheese covered chips as my entire dinner. At this point in my life I was a picky eater, so I guess my parents were just happy to have me eat. Now I cringe...

Today we're taking a little break from our party food to talk candy bars... 3 Musketeers are definitely not the most exciting candy bar. Most people I know gravitate towards Snickers or more complicated candy bars, but for some reason, without fail, I always picked this simple chocolate nougat bar first when digging through my Halloween candy....

We spent an entire day in the kitchen preparing for our party. It was stressful and exhausting making sure everything got done and coordinating the components of a bunch of different dishes. But in the end it was all totally worth it to cater our own party. I have immense respect for caterers now after all that work. We were only planning for 17...

We had a party in the resident lounge at our apartment here in Seattle to celebrate our wedding with our Seattle friends who couldn't make the trek out to Texas for the actual wedding. Of course, I was ready to pull out my cowboy boots— the theme for party was "Go Texan!" Tex-Mex appetizers and Texas shaped (and sized) dessert pizzas. And no...

These white bean enchiladas from Cooking Light magazine many moons ago are one of the recipes that Dustin and I have been making since we first started cooking together back in Houston. They taste just like creamy cheese enchiladas after you puree all of the ingredients together, but they are a lot healthier because the white beans have fiber...

Baklava is the perfect ending to a Greek dinner, and it's one of those things that I think I might leave to expert Greek pastry chefs. But putting those flavors into a breakfast dish is something I'd be more than willing to try. Once I saw this recipe for Baklava French Toast, I could not get this recipe out of my head. I absolutely had to...

Originally I envisioned these scallop BLTs as sliders. The scallops are the perfect size to place on a slider bun, but then I decided to make homemade bread. And there is no better way to take a sandwich over the top than to use homemade bread fresh from your very own oven. Also add avocado. We had an extra one leftover, so this scallop BLT...

Making homemade bread is so satisfying. Tell people you baked homemade bread, and you'll get a lot of wows. Take the compliments. You don't have to tell them how easy it was if you followed this recipe for Honey Oat Bread from Sweet Pea's Kitchen. This kind of loaf is my favorite. It's a hearty, slightly sweet, almost nutty flavored bread...

Apparently these avocado egg boats were all the rage on Pinterest recently according to my different food blogs, but I'm not sure where the original idea came from. It's really a very simple idea. All you do is heat the oven to 375°, cut an avocado in half, remove the pit and then use it as a ramekin to bake an egg for about 15 minutes. We...