I'd be perfectly happy eating at Red Lobster and not ordering a single thing off the menu, just eating their famous cheddar bay biscuits (especially now that I'm spoiled by some of the freshest and most delicious seafood in the world living in the Pacific Northwest). But those Cheddar Bay Biscuits were one of my favorite things to eat as a kid,...

Oh Lupe Tortilla, how we miss you. After my trip to back to Houston, it finally hit me that with my parents moving, I won't be visiting Texas as often, which can only mean one thing. Good-bye frequent Tex Mex (and when I'm back in April, I'm eating Lupe at least twice). Since we've moved up here, I've made it back to my home state every couple...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! If Guinness in your dessert isn't enough for you to celebrate everyone's favorite Irish holiday, add it to your dinner, too! We are actually in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada (coming back before things get too crazy on the strip tonight) for St. Patrick's Day, but we celebrated a few days early with a mini pot roast cooked...

In honor of St. Patrick's Day coming up, we made some boozy cupcakes to celebrate. It's amazing how well Guinness and chocolate pair together and make a delicious and moist cake. You don't really taste the Guinness (or else I probably wouldn't like it), but it gives the cake a flavor distinctly different from  your traditional chocolate cake....

Made right in the crockpot, all you have to do for barbecue beer chicken is take a large, boneless, skinless chicken breast (about 1 pound), cover it in a thin layer of Worcestershire sauce and a bottle of your favorite beer, dump in your favorite spices, and wait while the crockpot does it's magic. We used garlic powder, onion powder, smoked...

I made Dustin a special dessert one day while he was at work. After dinner that night, he asked where it was. I told him not to look, went to the kitchen and prepared everything. I returned carrying a ramekin filled with chocolate pudding. The following is how our conversation went down. Dustin: "Ooh, what's that?" Erin: "Chocolate...

With our omelette pan from the Marshalls, we really wanted to try out another omelette, this time with classic Mexican ingredients to remind us of Texas. We really miss our chorizo and egg breakfast tacos... We sautéed up a red onion and 1/4 lb of bulk chorizo sausage. Once the meat is browned, put the stove on low heat to keep it warm. We...

After seeing these baked Samoa donuts from Top With Cinnamon on foodgawker a few weeks back, I became really excited to try something similar. I missed Girl Scout cookie season this year. Despite my best intentions to buy them, cookie season passed without us consuming even a single cookie. Historically I've always been a Thin Mint girl, but...

Whenever I'd visit my dad's family when I was kid, German sweet rice was always served. It's really just a rice pudding, like every culture seems to have, but for me it will always be German. I hadn't had it in forever until a few months ago when my mom went online and looked for a recipe and made it for us. Now I'm sure it is becoming a staple...

When Erin got back from her trip to Texas, I wanted to cook her up a great special meal just like I did last time. It'd been awhile since we'd had any yummy creamy pasta sauce, so I decided to try something that sounds delectable, vodka sauce. The first step in making vodka sauce is to make a marinara sauce. Begin by getting 1 large can of whole...