Everybody loves Chicken Piccata, right? Such a classic! While classics are always, well, classic, sometimes they need a little spicing up. That is exactly (literally) what I’m doing here! You’re going to love the new, spicy chicken piccata. One of the most important parts of this recipe is the thickness (or should we say thinness) of the chicken. The chicken Read More

Roasting tomatoes is one of the easiest ways to amp up the flavor in everyday dishes. And when I say easy, I mean REALLY, really easy. There are lots of ways to roast tomatoes but these balsamic ones are my favorite! When you roast tomatoes, the flavor concentrates so they end up more flavorful (duh) and a little sweeter. Roasting Read More

Hey! Were you just headed out to buy a fall scented candle? Scratch that off the to-do list and make these instead. These baked apples make your house smell INCREDIBLE. Oh, and they’re seriously delicious too. May I introduce: Sweet and Salty Oatmeal Baked Apples. This recipe is one of my favorites for fall because it’s so cozy and festive. Read More

It’s almost fall! Fall is absolutely my favorite time of year and I just get so excited, I go into full fall dork mode,  just ask my boyfriend. It’s all, “Honey, which pumpkin patch do you want to go to this year?” and, “I think I’ve finally worked up the courage to go to Statesville Haunted Prison, let’s buy tickets!” Read More

I’d like to take this opportunity to give a couple of shout outs. To my brother for studying abroad in Spain and to my parents for deciding to take a family trip to meet up with him and travel through the country. Without you guys, I might never have discovered Salmorejo and that would’ve been a damn tragedy. Salmorejo is Read More

I’m not really the biggest potato salad person, It just was never my thing. I do, however, LOVE German potato salad. There are tons of variations of German potato salad, here’s mine! The main difference between German potato salad and a more traditional potato salad recipe is the mayo, or lack there of. GPS (This stands for German Potato Salad, Read More

Before we get into the recipe, I want to just quickly go over what ‘nduja is. I’m getting this out of the way before you scroll down to the next photos and get turned off by the consistency. ‘Nduja is a spicy, spreadable pork from Italy and it is incredibly delicious! If you like salami, Italian sausage, any kind of Read More

Tomato season is here! Woohoooo!! So, let’s just tomato everything. In the mood for toast? Let’s tomato it. This might be the simplest, non-recipe in the world BUT, since summer tomatoes are so important, I figured it needed it’s own post. So, here you go: Summer Tomato Toasts! I always make sure to grab a few different colored tomatoes for Read More

When I was in third (or fourth?) grade, I wrote and turned in a story called “When the lights went out” That was literally the exact same story that Mr. Mertle, from The Sandlot, told Smalls and Benny about how he lost his sight. I’m talking, I stole the entire story, wrote it as if I came up with it Read More

I got the idea for this recipe at the most annoying time, just like almost all of my recipe ideas, when I was trying to fall asleep. It happens every time, I start to drift off to sleep and then, boom! What about this idea? Oh! this might be good! What if instead, I made it like this… blah blah Read More