I am absolutely infatuated with the flavor combination of goat cheese, bacon, and caramelized balsamic onions. Somewhere from the depths of imagination, I came up with pizza. I'm not sure where it came from or why, but all of the sudden I just had to have this pizza on my plate. Now! I began working on this pizza early in the day by...

Right before I left for Houston, we went on a pizza making spree. Here is the first one we made— a chicken alfredo pizza. Instead of tomato sauce, we used alfredo sauce as a base (a low-fat version to keep it healthier), and then we topped with a little bit of mozzarella, shredded chicken, chopped spinach and Kalamata olives. We made our own...

These nachos might be one of the best savory things to ever come out of our kitchen. Seriously. These were ridiculously good and have lots of healthy ingredients. There are tons of recipes for greek nachos across the internet, so we decided to wing it and throw together all of our favorite Greek flavors.Pita bread turned into homemade pita...

At the end of September we went to the Northwest Chocolate Festival here in Seattle. Dustin and I have a good working relationship— I go to beer festivals with him and he goes to chocolate festivals with me. It works out well for both of us. We had a lot of fun watching cooking demos, sampling tasty treats and purchasing chocolates from vendors...

We made our homemade corn tortillas! They are super easy to make and turned out really tasty! The only issue we had was making sure the dough didn't fall apart when it was pressed. But basically all you have to do is mix 2 cups of masa harina with between 1 1/2 to 2 cups water until a slightly dry, but not crumbly dough is formed. Wrap the...

This may look like boring pasta covered in boring marinara, but trust me, this basic dish is far from boring because both the homemade, completely-from-scratch pasta and marinara sauce are made with beer— locally based Pyramid Hefeweizen! These recipes seemed like a fun way to spice up a very basic dish, and although my marinara sauce was a...

Perhaps this fancy dinner is how to celebrate finally being done with the GRE! This meal is actually from awhile back, but it would have been great to come to after a long and stressful test, that's for sure! I've been pretty obsessed with the idea of making Filet Oscar since I first heard what it was. Basically it's a filet mignon topped with...

Chicken salad from Whole Foods is one of our picnic staples when we go hiking or visit a national park. We love all of the different versions, but they aren't cheap for a quick sandwich lunch. That's why I decided to make my own using leftover rotisserie chicken. I combinde about 2 cups of shredded rotisserie chicken with 1/2 cup of light...

So we had another pasta fail. This time it wasn't gnocchi, but ravioli rather. I'm not even quite sure where to start with what we did wrong, but we did learn a lot about ravioli making from this experience. First, I don't think our dough recipe was right, so we'll have to definitely experiment with that next time. Second, the pictures you see...

So this might not be the prettiest dish in the world, but it pretty accurately captures the flavors of the tamale, at least well enough until I find some corn husks and bust out the masa harina. Basically you begin by cooking up a delicious filling. Below is ground turkey spiced with Mexican seasoning, corn, red onion, and jalapeño cooked in...