Everyone knows tomorrow is Superbowl day. This is the last appetizer added to the list. My Lumpia Egg Rolls are quick, easy and oh so crispy! Lumpia (Filipino Egg Rolls) can be made in advanced, frozen and fried at a later date. You just take boneless, skinless, chicken breast, add 1-2 cups of your favorite…
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Roasted Veggie Pizza with Pancetta Cracklings and Spicy Olive Oil
A Slice of Life! I love pizza! I have loved pizza for as long as I can remember. There is nothing better than making a pizza from scratch with fresh ingredients and great cheese. I decided to take my signature veggie pizza and take it to another level. My Roasted Veggie Pizza with Pancetta Cracklings…
Spicy Banh Mi Creole Style with Sriracha Mayo
Umm Umm Good! If you have never eaten a Banh Mi, then you are truly missing out on Vietnamese goodness! My Spicy Banh Mi Creole Style with Sriracha Mayo is delicious. The Banh Mi is a Vietnamese sandwich filled with great meat, fresh and or pickled veggies, and some of the most delicious bread I…
Mango Spice Doughnuts
Island Spice! Everyone knows I have been on a mango kick lately. It all started with my Jamaican Jerk Fried Chicken with Mango Chutney and then I went on to create my Mangolicious Shrimp Tacos. I decided to take my spice cake recipe and turn it into mango doughnuts. The fresh mango puree is the…
Tex Mex Chicken Lasagna
I created this Tex Mex Chicken Lasagna recipe around 3:00 a.m. in the morning. I knew I wanted to make lasagna but I did not want the standard lasagna with the tomato based sauce. My baby girl does not like lasagna with red sauce so I had to improvise. She also does not like ricotta…
Mango Grilled Shrimp Tacos
Banging Shrimp! Yesterday I made some great Jamaican Jerk Fried Chicken and Mango Chutney. Well I had a lot of left over chutney and I decided to make my Mango Grilled Shrimp Tacos to use up all that leftover chutney. I took my Mango Chutney added a chiptole pepper a little extra seasonings and marinated…
Jamaican Jerk Fried Chicken with Mango Chutney
If you’re ever in Nashville you might want to stop by Jamaica Way Restaurant. I got the idea for Jamaican Jerk Chicken after watching an episode of Diners, Drive-In, and Dives and Jamaica Way was cooking up a storm. Of course I had to revamp the Jamaican Jerk Fried Chicken recipe based on my…
Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls
Three-Peat! Yes, I have added these to the list of Superbowl eats, I will make them mini size for my Superbowl party. Before we talk about how these beautiful chocolate cinnamon rolls came to be, let’s spend one minute, or five talking about sports and the three-peat. As you may already know, I love sports,…
Chili Pie Big Bowl Style
Touchdown! I love chili pie and sorry Texans, I added beans. If you love a big bowl of red then go to my Chili Con Carne recipe without beans. Big Goo does not like beans in his chili so let’s just say, he’s going to have to pick them out. Hey, a girls gotta cook…
Super Bowl Dips
R U Ready 4 Some Football! I decided it’s almost Superbowl time and to continue my theme for great Superbowl party food I am going to reprint some of my favorite go to Super Bowl Dips. Cevapi Sausage Dip This dip was just chosen by foodbeast.com in their 21 steamy chip dips that’ll make you…
Caramel Crunch Bar
Sweetness! I will admit this right known, I was not planning on making this a Caramel Crunch Bar. I wanted some caramel and it went haywire. I mixed the butter and sugar well. Look it’s real pretty. I did allow some butter to go unbeaten as you can see. I caramelized the sugar, golden amber,…
Smoked Carnitas Chimichangas
Superbowl Eats Part II! In my recent post Creole Chicken Artichoke Balls I discussed my love of sports, and my need to create food that can stand up to my rambunctious sports loving family. I decided to pull out my smoker, yes it’s cold out but the smoker does all the work. Look at this…
Texas Hash
Brunch Eats! I must admit, I decided to make Texas Hash for brunch because everyone in my house overslept today and we missed breakfast. Actually we missed breakfast and lunch but who’s keeping track. I wanted my Texas Hash to be smokey, so I added 2 minced Chipotle peppers, which really kicked this dish up….
Smokey Grilled Steak with Chipotle Butter
Smoke-Fest! It’s time again, what time is it? It’s steak time and I am about to cook and eat a real good smokey steak with some homemade chipotle butter. The key to turning a steak into a STEAK, is these little smokey, red babies. A chipotle pepper is a smoked jalapeno but it’s not really…
Creole Chicken Artichoke Balls
I have to admit everyone in my house is a sports fanatic. We love all sports, football, basketball, baseball, tennis, volleyball, soccer, you name it and we love it! But you can’t watch sports without something to eat! Enter my Creole Chicken Artichoke Balls! It’s football time and I am getting ready for my super…
Citrus Chicken 10 Layer Salad
Homemade Creole Buttermilk Ranch Dressing! As I stated in my previous post, Chopped Pasta Salad, I love salad. I try to make at minimum one salad a week. This week I decided to make citrus chicken with 10 layers of goodness and homemade buttermilk ranch dressing. I love ranch dressing and this was so simple…
7 Cheese Mac and Cheese
This is the best 7 Cheese Mac and Cheese, EVER! Yes, I am patting my back and tooting my own horn (toot, toot, beep, beep). I have around 10 different macaroni and cheese recipes I make. From the bacon-mac, andouille-mac, shrimp-mac, crab-mac, truffle-mac, mac-mac, you get my point. Well this is the Mac-i-licious-Mac! The key…
Roasted Chicken and Dumplings Creole Style
Savory Goodness! I love chicken noodle soup. It has been so cold lately and my baby girl is just getting over her cold. I decided to knock the rest of baby girl’s cold out by taking my chicken noodle soup recipe and turning it into Roasted Chicken and Dumplings. I replaced the egg noodles that…
Stuffed Pretzels Sticks with Pastrami and Cheese
Sandwich In A Stick! I decided to combine my two favorite things, sandwich meat and bread. I created these Stuffed Pretzels for a filling tasty snack. After mixing all the ingredients the pretzel dough is put into a freezer bag dusted with flour and this is what happens after 30 minutes and the dough…
Andouille Stuffed Potatoes
Fast, Quick & Tasty! I decided to make Andouille Stuffed Potatoes today because it’s one of the quickest meals ever. You can stuff potatoes with almost anything and it would turn out excellent. I had some extra Andouille sausage sitting around. Yes, it was just sitting around in my refrigerator saying eat me, and so…
