Blue Cheese Dressing

Blue cheese dressing (or bleu cheese dressing if the place is classy or TGIFriday’s) is one of my top two favorite dressings that I only ever eat at restaurants. The other one being Thousand Island. At home, I always make a quick vinaigrette, but if I’m out and paying top dollar for a salad, you…

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Meatloaf with Spicy Tomato Gravy

Derrr, I’m not really sure what I can tell you about Meat Loaf that you don’t already know. I mean, he only created one of the BEST SELLING ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. And then invented one of the MOST FAMOUS RECIPES OF ALL TIME. I mean, come on. The guy’s a genius right? Bat Out…

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Streusel Pear Cake: Old Lady Recipe #3

My mama might kill me for calling this an Old Lady Recipe, since she used to make it all the time, even before she was an old lady. (Just kidding, MOTHER!) So if I turn up dead tomorrow, you know who to blame. (Just kidding, MOTHER!) But all seriousness aside, folks, this here is one…

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Red Beans and Rice

It’s almost Mardi Gras so get your beads ready, or your boobs. I’m not really into that so I’ll just be at home stuffing my face with red beans and rice with sausage, maybe occasionally showing Chris my boobs just for kicks. Red beans and rice is possibly the most New Orleans of New Orleans…

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Pink Grapefruit Pie

Still rocking the free Rio Star grapefruits I got from TexaSweet, I started thinking about some grapefruit pie. I searched high and low until my fingers fell off and my eyes started bleeding, but the only recipes I could find for “grapefruit pie” involved strawberry gelatin. While I’m sure that’s a great recipe – why else would…

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Grapefruit Salad with Rosemary-Honey Mojo

grapefruit salad

I got FREE GRAPEFRUITS! TexaSweet offered to send me a box of Rio Star grapefruit. I like grapefruit, AND it’s the state fruit of Texas, so of course I accepted. I think that satisfies my FTC blogging requirements. (That’s the first time I’ve ever had to do that!) Also, it’s National Grapefruit Month ALL of…

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Surf and Turf: Steak with Oysters

Surf and Turf: Better than at a strip club V-D is Tuesday so here’s an awesome surf and turf combo I came up with that incorporates not one, but THREE aphrodisiacs and if that doesn’t get ya laid, well, perhaps you should look into improving your technique. Relax! I mean your cooking technique!

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How to Steam Lobster (and How to Eat Lobster!)

This video also demonstrates how to shell and eat lobster. Not for the squeamish! 🙂 Laurel made me do it. Then I made her do it. Then we ate our victims. Chris helped and we all guzzled champagne. How sick is that?!? Well, I hope you don’t think it’s too sick. It was really tasty…

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Superbowl Snack Mix

This one’s for all you late-comers and last-minute non-planners out there. I include myself in that group. As much as I love thinking about Superbowl parties (for the food, not the football) and planning menus in my head, I have yet to actually get around to hosting my own Superbowl party, replete with all the…

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