This recipe is related to our Peanut Sauce and Chicken Flatbread, not surprising since we still had a mostly full jar of Trader Joe's peanut sauce. I was inspired to make this dish based on an episode of the Nate Berkus Show I happened to catch while I was visiting my parents for the holidays. Jamie Oliver was visiting Nate's house teaching him...

The last time we ordered takeout pizza, we faced a dilemma about what pizza to order. We narrowed our topping choices down to our traditional favorite of pepperoni, basil, and black olives, chicken and bacon with ranch dressing, and barbecue chicken. After much deliberation we settled on the pizza with ranch dressing. But ever since that moment,...

It was supposed to be a pizza, but when we rolled out the dough it was way too square, looking more flatbread. Sometimes I think food has a mind of its own and shapes itself into what it wants to be no matter what you do to it. We absolutely could not change the shape of our dough. Flatbread or pizza— either way it was delicious. Dustin always...

Why, oh why, could we not have discovered the Red Lion Pub in Houston sooner? Someone recommended we eat there and try one specific dish that would change our lives. This someone was right. The chefs there are absolute geniuses for creating what is without a doubt one of the greatest dishes ever— tandoori chicken enchiladas. That's right. They...

Baked pastas are the best kinds of dishes to serve when you have company. You can prepare the dish before the guests arrive, then just pop it in the oven when they arrive. You can still have a nice meal without having to cook while your guest are there and without having to perfectly time finishing the meal to coincide with their arrival, which...

I know grits are a staple of the Southern diet, but I'm not so sure being from Houston qualifies me for being a Southerner. I'd never had grits until about a year ago when we ate at Burning Pear where I had delicious smoked pork chop with a side of poblano cheese grits. They were so good. I loved the velvety, creamy, cheesy texture. They were...

Next time I want butternut squash in a dish, I swear I'm using canned. At least until we get better knifes. A good knife set will definitely be on our wedding registry. What we currently have is not working for me. It took me 40 minutes to peel and cut the squash we bought to make this pasta from How Sweet Eats. I was not a happy camper by the...

One of the unfortunate things about being home all day while something is slow cooking in the crock-pot is that you are constantly bombarded by the smell of delicious food. This is the predicament I was in. This chicken tortilla soup smelled heavenly as it cooked all afternoon. I couldn't wait for Dustin to get home so we could finally eat...

I think I have found the perfect use for leftover cans of pumpkin. It's after Thanksgiving, and everybody is sick of pumpkin pie and other dessert containing the word pumpkin. Using pumpkin in a savory dish, spiced with paprika and garlic rather than cinnamon and nutmeg, was a really fun way to use up pumpkin puree, allowing me to focus on...

I think the best part of all of the experimenting we are doing in the kitchen is that we are learning so much about what works and what doesn't. This meal was a good example. We tried caramelizing these amazing fresh jumbo scallops to look like the scrumptious looking scallops in the pictures on Annie's Eats website where I found the recipe...