Ever since we moved to California, I have been completely obsessed with avocados. The avocados in Mississippi were always tiny, expensive, and either rock hard or (most often) completely rotten. The avos here are SO GOOD, so cheap and always perfectly ripe. It’s really dangerous. Like, when you eat 5 a day. Since the avocados…
Slow Cooker Tex-Mex Chicken
It’s Secret Recipe Club time again! This month, I was assigned to Fantastical Sharing of Recipes, a great blog by Sarah, who shares not only her own recipes, but also a good number of recipes from other blogs around the interwebs. Sarah’s got two cute kids and two adorable kitties, and shares lots of great…
Stove-Top Tamale Pie
Is anyone else ready to start listening to Christmas music, or is it just me? I don’t know if it’s because it’s been so chilly lately, or because I’ve gotten about 50 catalogs in the mail in the last few days, or because I’ve officially switched from pumpkin spice to peppermint mocha coffee… but I…
Southwestern Chili Con Queso Pasta Bake
This past weekend marked a very important milestone of 2012: the end of wedding season! Any of you who know me personally, or have at least been readers for a while, know that I have had a year full of wedding bliss (and craziness). Not only did I attend 5 weddings in 2012, but I…
Thai Chicken Enchiladas {and wedding, part two}
Wow. Our wedding now seems like a distant memory! Is that bad? Time is flying by way too quickly. Check out part one of my recap, if you missed it. Anyways. We woke up that Sunday morning to sunny skies, cool temps and couldn’t-be-more-perfect weather. We hung around for a few hours that morning, not…
Chicken Fiesta Casserole
I mentioned almost a year ago that I wanted to make this recipe for the blog, and I am jusssst now getting around to it. Oops? This is one of the first meals I ever made for Nick. I had a friend in town, who noticed The America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook on my bookshelf,…
Chile Rellenos Casserole
I’ve mentioed Nick’s love of chile rellenos before, and even made them at home for him! They came out great, but they’re definitely not an easy weeknight dinner. Nick’s aunt thought of us and sent me this recipe for Chile Rellenos Casserole. All the same flavors, but a whole lot less work! A few days…
American Flag 7-Layer Dip
Happy 4th of July!! Holidays are my favorite excuse to make food because I love cute themed stuffed! Last year, I made some patriotic white chocolate dipped berries. This year, I wanted to make something different. I found lots of sweet suggestions, but wanted to make something other than dessert. Finally I found a flag…