We've made Dr. Pepper pulled pork, but I thought a nice root beer-y flavor would be equally delicious. So we busted out the crockpot and cooked some pork shoulder all day long (seriously the apartment smelled soooo good). We didn't make sandwiches this time around, but just ate it straight with BBQ sauce. We've had a few issues getting fall...

This pesto chicken lasagna is probably my favorite lasagna we've made. In fact, this could be one of my favorite all-around dishes we've made in the recent past. I was sure it would be good (the main ingredient is pesto...), but my expectations were definitely exceeded. The texture of the noodles came out great, but the flavor is what blew me...

This is has been on my list to make for so long now. I have the fondest memory of ordering a wedge salad with my mom at a fish house back in San Antonio. I was never the child to order salads, but my mom convinced me to have the wedge, and we both couldn't stop eating all the blue cheese and bacon (and the lettuce). Erin wasn't enthusiastic...

One of our favorite Seattle places was a burger joint called Lunchbox Laboratory. Once they opened a location in downtown Bellevue, you better believe we were eating there way more often than we should have been. We tried many different versions, but by far their standout burger was "The Dork," with a duck-pork hybrid patty covered with garlic...

Erin mentioned this meal idea, and I had already agreed before she got to "sloppy". I love Philly cheesesteaks, and the idea of turning it into sloppy joe style was really interesting. Cooking this up, the kitchen started to smell so good. You have onions, bell peppers, ground beef, mushrooms cooking and emitting such a tasty scent. This...

I have no idea where this idea came from. Maybe a cubano sandwich on Food Gawker stuck in my head. The idea of pulled pork, ham, swiss, and pickles just was too appealing, especially because I could cook a pork roast again. We had masa harina in the cabinet, so this morphed into cubano quesadillas instead. It sounds as good as it tastes....

Well it's finally happened. We hit the point where we weren't able to make a daily post. I really thought it would happen last quarter, but I made it through. Just into the third week of the winter quarter, I already have a lot more work and a lot more responsibility. I definitely wouldn't have made it through last quarter without some help from...

For some reason classic Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper has been on my mind lately. It’s not something I ever ate a lot, but something about ground beef, pasta, and a cheesy sauce was incredibly appealing in my mind’s eye. What was not appealing was the all of the processed stuff in a box of Hamburger Helper. Dustin says it isn’t fair to equate...

There was so much right here with this dish, but it just didn't pop. Sotto was the inspiration for this meal, and our trip to the grocery store marks where it started to go wrong. We set out to create a spicy octopus ragu with black kale. There was no black kale. There was no octopus. In a scramble, we switched to regular kale and squid. Neither...

We absolutely loved this spicy and creamy soup with plenty of heat thanks to poblanos, jalapeños, and hatch chiles. To kill that intense spiciness, you have soft chunks of potatoes, half and half, and beautiful acid from the lime. Even though this was a much loved warming meal during our (cool) winter, we had a few ideas to bring it up a...