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5 Meals to Cook This Week #5
Week 5! Still alive! (How much longer can I rhyme these?! Stay tuned to find out!) This week I was really craving crunchy things, evidently. We’ve got crunchy fried tacos (which you can make a big batch of and freeze half for later) crispy fried tofu, eggplant parm sandwiches on crusty bread, and taco salad…
Read More5 Meals to Cook This Week #4
Week 4! Let’s have some more! It’s warming up all around the US (and the globe, but I guess that’s another topic) so let’s do some grilling this weekend! Plus, Saturday is my birthday and that’s what WE are gonna be doing so we should all do it together. 🙂 Want “5 Meals to Cook…
Read More5 Meals to Cook This Week #3
Week three! This week, we’ve got crispy, fried things; creamy, hot things; super fast things; super flexible things; and one thing you might think is weird but I hope you try anyway. 🙂 It has bacon! For more options check out meal plan #1 and meal plan #2 from previous weeks. Want to get notification of…
Read More5 Meals to Cook this Week #2
Oh my GOSH! Y’all, I was supremely happy to see how much all of you appreciated the premier 5 meals to cook this week post, which made it extra fun for me to plan this week’s post. If you tried it last week, let me know how you liked the recipes. If you didn’t, give it a shot…
Read More5 Meals to Cook This Week #1
I talk a lot about food. I talk to everyone I meet about food — online and in real life. Want to know the most common complaint I hear about cooking? Planning. I’d wager that at least half of us really, really dislike the planning part of cooking. Decision fatigue is a real problem in modern…
Read MoreEaster Menu 2017
I wrote last year of my somewhat uneasy relationship with religious holidays like Easter. I’m not religious; I’m not a believer; I’m maybe a little spiritual (but I’m not even sure what that means). Not to say I hold it against the faithful ones. Not at all. I could be completely wrong and maybe there…
Read MoreKumquat Margaritas
Still basking in the glow of kumquat season (and my everlasting love of tequila) I woke up Saturday morning on a mission to come up with a top-notch kumquat margarita recipe. That was a long day. But I was successful and here’s what I did for one kumquat margarita: If you like this margarita recipe,…
Read MoreHomemade Taco Seasoning
Homemade taco seasoning is a great, edible gift for the people in your life who can’t eat any more cookies! But seriously, for years I’ve eschewed pre-mixed seasoning blends in favor of individual spices and combinations to suit my delicate whims. Put a kid into that sitch, though, and those lofty goals go straight down…
Read More7 Years of Hilah Cooking!
It’s the 7 Year Anniversary Video! All the hits, some of the jokes, all the songs, some of the mistakes. We made a lot of funny cooking videos together, Chris and me, along with a few recurring guests. It’s been such fun; we’ve met great people and made new friends; figured out how to self-publish…
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