Recipes

I tended bar on one St. Patrick’s Day, and it was as crazy as you might expect. One of the more veteran bartenders warned me that the guys would all ask for Guinness, and the girls would all ask for, “something tasty and green, hee hee hee!” I whipped up an easy drink for this…

My Gramma made all sorts of cookies when we were growing up, but nothing went over as wildly as her Cereal Cookies. They were famous in our neighborhood. Lots of my friends have the recipe now and make the cookies for their kids, which I know would make my gram so happy. Cereal Cookies You…

My friend Leslie makes the most delicious barbecue tri tip sandwiches. Mike drools over them. I think they are great, but I can keep it in check, jeez Mike. I asked her for the recipe, and it was so easy – two pounds of tri tip roast and a bottle of BBQ sauce thrown into…

I’m not going to lie, this is so ridiculously easy that it really should be called, “Chicken Tomato DUH Pasta.” The ingredients are obvious…well, except to me, because my brain doesn’t work like that. And I know there are probably a billion recipes exactly like this because DUH but I am still proud of myself…

My favorite comfort food is something my Gramma used to make called Heavenly Hash. When I had a rough day or was sick, my Gram would make Heavenly Hash to make me feel better. During both my pregnancies, my mom would make it for me as it was one of the few things I could…

My Gramma wrote down most of her recipes, but she made some of our favorites so often that the only “recipe” she had was a scrap of paper with some scrawled-out ingredients. My mom and aunts were able to figure out the instructions for most of these recipes, but the family favorite Cherry Cream Cheese…

After Mike showed off his mostly healthy chicken recipe a few weeks ago, I had to retaliate with one of my own. I think my problem with a lot of healthy recipes is they are really bland. I know I end up adding about 187,000 different spices to my healthy meals, which makes things taste…

This is one of my Gramma’s recipes that my mom and aunts swear by. I have memories of my gram bringing this appetizer out, only to have every last piece snatched up within minutes. I have NO IDEA why they are called “Hawaiian Pupus,” however. I know “pupus” are Hawaiian for appetizer, but I don’t…