Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes with Bailey’s Buttercream

Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes – scroll down for printable recipe Listen up because I’m about to tell you about the secret ingredient for the most moistest and deliciousest chocolate cupcakes in the Whole Ding-Dong Wuuurld! I first had these, or a version of them, at the Austin Bakes for Bastrop fundraiser we volunteered at last year.…

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Broccoli Cheese Casserole: Old Lady Recipe #4

Broccoli Cheese Casserole Recipe Video – scroll down for recipe I know this is something that these days one can only find at Luby’s Cafeteria, but it’s still really yummy. Trust me, old ladies know what they’re doing when it comes to vegetables, casseroles, and topping things with crackers. Plus this is like I’m giving…

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Huevos Rancheros

Huevos Rancheros Video – scroll down for recipe I know you know I love tacos, but what maybe you did not know is that I also love tostadas which are like tacos, but flat and hard to eat. Or flat and FUN to eat if you want to think positively about it, which I do.…

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Tartar Sauce Recipe

Here’s a basic tartar sauce recipe for your fried catfish, grilled fish, crab cakes, tuna cakes, or birthday cakes! Just kidding about the birthday cakes, I think. But totally not judging if you’re into trying that. Tartar sauce (or tartare sauce if you’re in the UK) has been around a long time and likely originated…

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How To Make Crab Cakes

How to make Crab Cakes Video – scroll down for recipe card Here’s how to make crab cakes out of crab meat. These would be perfect little cakes if you were throwing a birthday party for a fish or a shark or a whale. Not such a great idea if the party is for a…

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How to Corn Beef Brisket

Youguysguesswhatnevermindstopguessing! I learned how to corn beef brisket! And it was DEE-RISH-US! Sorry. Can’t talk good. Eating leftover corned beef. It’s really simple, as long as you have a refrigerator, which I do. I followed the recipe here from Nils Hoyum on HowToCookMeat.com which is a cool site if you cook and eat meat, which…

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Roasted Asparagus with Chili Oil and Lemon

Roasted Asparagus with Chili Oil and Lemon Recipe Video (scroll down for printable recipe) Roasting, if you are unawares, is most likely the best thing you can do to any vegetable. Asparagus takes particularly well to this treatment. Once roasted, it becomes sweet and juicy with a good, toothsome texture. I’m not really sure what…

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Green Chili Macaroni and Cheese

Green Chili Macaroni and Cheese video – scroll down for recipe Subscribe to my YouTube channel to get notified of new videos. After all the Valentine’s Day lovey-dovey, romancy-pantsy, French, Italian, aphrodisiac and chocolate recipes have come and gone their merry way, all I want to eat in February is old-fashioned American grub. This green chili macaroni…

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Boneless Buffalo Wings

  Are you ready for some FREEKZONE!!! Yes? Well, that is fortuitous indeed. Freekzone came over after a long day and made me his special boneless buffalo wings. They were just what I needed: crunchy, spicy, proteiny, fast, and easy. In fact, after his demonstration and my taste-test, I might say that boneless buffalo wings…

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