When I was in high school, Panda Express was THE place to go. Often times, we’d hop in the car, head to the mall, and go HAM on some orange chicken. It was quintessential suburban white kid cuisine. Bad for you, sweet, salty, fried, and it didn’t matter because our 16 year old metabolisms could…
Tag: party food
Homemade Oven Fries
Reach for the fries! I mean, that’s what I live by. I took a shot a making my own oven fries this week and BOY I don’t know if I can go back to anything else. Super zesty, crispy, yet soft…I mean these could literally suit any fry lover. Check out the full recipe, and…
Beer Cheese Dip
I have the perfect dip recipe for you just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. We always called this Peggy’s Beer Cheese Dip, after our neighbor and dear family friend who would make this for parties. It’s quiet simple, and 100% amazing year-round. In fact, I’d consider it the yin to my Hot Sausage Beer…
Blistered Shishito Peppers with Lemon Garlic Turmeric Dip
Now, this is probably the easiest recipe that I’ve come up with in my days as a food blogger. Shishito peppers seemed to have had their break out moment in the food scene over the last few years, and I hope they’re here to stay. I like to think that eating these are like playing…
Sticky Chicken Teriyaki Bites
I remember watching Mad Men earlier this year and Betty made a special appetizer for Don and his colleagues called, “Rumaki.” I was fascinated. What is this fancy, 1950s dish that Betty cooked up! Well, I found out it was pretty much the basic party food involving bacon, water chestnuts, and a teriyaki style sauce….
Loaded Baked Potato Mac & Cheese
The potato. It’s the king of all foods. All of your nutrition needed in one big bulbous vegetable. Could you make it better? Perhaps with jalapeno? Or bacon? OR CHEESE? I partnered with Chateau Dumplings to produce this over the top, indulgent dish. I took my basic macaroni and cheese recipe and took it up…
Award Winning Hot Sausage Beer Cheese Dip
Um, did I get that title right? Award WINNING Hot Sausage Beer Cheese Dip? I literally never come in first place for anything, so to my shock, my dip that I had entered into The Tipsy Housewife (April), The Chicago Good Life (Christine), and Sassy Confetti’s (Alex) first annual Dip Party Extravaganza won! I dipped,…