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Green Beans, Potatoes, and Bacon

Green Beans, Potatoes, and Bacon

It’s not the amount of ingredients in a recipe that make it good, it’s how you use them. This little fella is so simple, but so satisfying. Each ingredient has its place here, and is cooked using different techniques to make them shine! Green beans …read more!

Easy Instant Pot BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches With Quick Homemade Coleslaw

Easy Instant Pot BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches With Quick Homemade Coleslaw

This is a combo of my favorite ways to slow-cook chicken, shoved into the crack-speed of the Instant Pot. Truly the easiest/yummiest/quickest way to serve up a small group of your closest hoes. And the best part? It’s so GD good that you’ll be honored …read more!

Creamy Mushroom Stroganoff

Creamy Mushroom Stroganoff

Stroganoff may very well be the most underrated comfort food. I grew up eating it, but was surprised to find that many friends did not share the same experience as me. I was also surprised to find that no other ‘popular’ Stroganoff recipe included tomato …read more!

Chicken Curry All-Weather Soup

Chicken Curry All-Weather Soup

Few things are more comforting than a good-ass bowl of soup. This chicken curry soup has the ability to cure things, probably. I’m not a doctor, but I know what makes me feel good and this dish is up there, baby. Did I mention it’s …read more!

Crispy-Skin Chicken with Dill-Lemon Gravy

Crispy-Skin Chicken with Dill-Lemon Gravy

Comfort food doesn’t have to be heavy and gluttonous. This is a perfect example of that. Crispy-skin chicken will always bring a smile to my face and my loins. And AN HERBACEOUS GRAVY?!? Well I love herbs and I looove gravy so…sign me the fuck …read more!

Portobello Mushroom Cap Sandwiches on Ciabatta with Roasted Red Pepper Aioli

Portobello Mushroom Cap Sandwiches on Ciabatta with Roasted Red Pepper Aioli

There are so many amazing components to this sandwich that I don’t know where to start first. Do we talk about the beautiful texture and taste of the grilled portobello mushrooms covered with ooey-gooey provolone? Or about the bright and almost-sweet roasted red pepper aioli? …read more!

Grilled Lamb Kebobs and Homemade Tzatziki Pita Sammies

Grilled Lamb Kebobs and Homemade Tzatziki Pita Sammies

As much as I would love to roast a lamb over a spit in my backyard the way my parents did growing up, it’s just not feasible in the city of Chicago lol. But I do love grilled lamb so fucking much and this completely …read more!

Toot Toot Texas Baked Beans

Toot Toot Texas Baked Beans

No BBQ (in my Midwestern opinion) is complete without Baked Beans. They go with any meat dish and are composed of yummy meat themselves. LOL MEAT WITH A SIDE OF MEAT?! Sign Daddy up. And don’t get me started on the sweet and savory aspect …read more!

Quick Homemade Coleslaw

Quick Homemade Coleslaw

Coleslaw is hit or miss for me and let’s face it, it’s usually a miss. I’ve had too creamy, too sweet, not sweet enough, etc., etc. So after testing a few recipes out, this is what I came up with. I probably love slaw (a …read more!

Toaster Waffle Ice Cream Sammies

Toaster Waffle Ice Cream Sammies

Ever have something so simple that you question your IQ because you hadn’t thought of it before? That’s these Toaster Waffle Ice Cream Sammies. This may possibly be the dumbest recipe I will ever post, but it’s just SO FUCKING GOOD AND EVERYONE DESERVES TO …read more!

Lemon Ricotta Cloud Cookies

Lemon Ricotta Cloud Cookies

Add the perfect lil Italian kiss to your cookies with lemon-ricotta! Soft and pillowy, yet packed with flavor, these cookies are pure bliss. Perfect for any occasion, most definitely including movie night in, obvi with a glass of wine or stiff…drink. I remember making these …read more!

Mini Funfetti Cake

Mini Funfetti Cake

All the fun of a funfetti cake, in a mini-me version! This little cake is perfect, whether you’re celebrating an occasion or crying alone on the couch! Self-care is so very important nowadays, and what better way to tell yourself ‘I love you,’ than with …read more!