Apricot Glazed Pork Tenderloin
In college and for a few months after graduation I worked at an Outback Steakhouse. It wasn’t a terrible place to work by any means, but at that point I had already bartended at a bowling alley bar where I made BANK for doing really easy work. To this day that remains my favorite job. […]
Italian Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner
Don’t get cross with me now, but this recipe actually calls for TWO sheet pans. Am I a fraud? Does this still count as a sheet pan meal? As usual I only have your best interests at heart. I want you to use two sheet pans so that your dinner cooks evenly. Sheet pan meals […]
Air Fried Pickles
I swear I’m not trying to be the bearer of bad news here, really I’m not, but it’s becoming increasingly obvious that we’re NOT going to have a fair season this year. Thanks so much, coronavirus. You’re a real doll. I just heard that L.A. County extended their stay-at-home orders for another three months. If […]
BBQ Bacon Meatloaf
Hallelujah, it’s another meatloaf recipe! If you don’t know this about me by now, you should know that I absolutely adore meatballs and meatloaf. No clue why. It might be because my mother has been conditioning me for 30 years to love meatloaf. It’s what she serves me every year on my birthday so I’ve […]
Taco Meat
A very simple health swap to make is to ditch those packets of spices you see on the shelves of the grocery store that people buy to cut down on the time it takes to make things like gravies, soups, dips, and, yes, taco meat. I haven’t purchased store bought taco seasoning in probably about […]
Air Fryer French Fries with Campfire Sauce
Welcome to the third recipe in The Hungry Hungry Hiker BBQ Series! In case you missed the earlier posts in the series, I kicked off with the one, the only, BBQ Sauce last week. How else would one start a series on barbecue? Then earlier this week I brought you Oven Baked BBQ Chicken Breasts […]
Oven Baked BBQ Chicken Breasts
Welcome to the second post in The Hungry Hungry Hiker BBQ Series! In case you missed it, I kicked this series off last week with the king itself, BBQ Sauce. Because you can’t have a BBQ Series without BBQ Sauce, naturally. I am aware that it is still April. But hey, it’s almost May. And […]
Buckeye Brownies
Happy Thursday! We’ve made it this far and now it’s time for some fun in the kitchen. Why does “fun in the kitchen” automatically translate to “baking” for so many? Am I completely alone in this thought? I don’t think so. Dear readers, don’t think I don’t know that “buckeye” anything traditionally involves peanut butter. […]
BBQ Sauce
Have you had success in finding a squeaky clean bottled barbecue sauce on supermarket shelves? You may be able to answer yes to that question. If you have found one, what did you think of the price? I know that nowadays there are a ton of companies offering much healthier food options. Of course, those […]
Instant Pot Shredded Chicken – 3 Ways
Shredded chicken is such a versatile staple to have on hand for prepared breakfasts or lunches for the week, or to help with cutting down the amount of time it takes to get dinner on the table on a busy weeknight. I love making a huge batch of chicken on Sundays and finding different ways […]