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Meat Lovers’ Queso Dip for all the Game Day Eats!

September 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

Meat Lovers’ Queso Dip ~ Hot melt-y cheese topped with crumbled sausage, ribbon cut pepperoni and green onions. It may not be Texas-style queso, but it’s queso and that is always hit!

Football season may not be same in terms of the how we are use to seeing it, but at least the idea of game day eats remains the same.

Today I’m sharing a hot queso dip for all the meat lovers out there. It’s your standard queso made with: Velveeta, American, Pepperjack cheese and untraditionally leveled-up with a few extra flavors.

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Spicy Frozen Watermelon Margarita

September 13, 2020 Leave a Comment

Spicy Frozen Watermelon Margarita ~ Frozen margaritas are nice, but a spicy frozen margarita is better. It adds a little heat to the sweet for balance.

I know you are thinking frozen margaritas in September? Yes, because 2020 has been messy, so can anyone really object to extending good things and summer feels like this? I didn’t think so. But if you want to get technical, we can go ahead and bill this as a way to close out summer.

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Quick Stir Fry Noodles

September 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

This Quick Stir Fry Noodles comes together faster than it takes for Ubereats to show up at your door. It all has all the flavors, texture and fun you expect: spicy hits of garlicky goodness from the Sambal Olek, savory bites filled out with sesame oil, caramelized goodness that can only come from high heat cooking, added texture from sauteed cabbage and all the slurpy fun from the udon noodles.

My kids are crazy about this dish. I like it even better because it’s easy to pull together and execute. This recipe is from Bon Appetit. I’ve made it numerous times as written and with some simple riffs and subs. You can easily redress the ground pork for ground beef or chicken. If you don’t have udon noodles, ramen noodles work just as well.

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Asian Pork Burgers

September 2, 2020 Leave a Comment

Asian Pork Burgers ~ A pork filled patty with a few familiar Asian flavors to mix up your burger game.

Like many of you, burgers are always on regular rotation in my home. To keep it interesting beyond the classic, I will mix up our burger repertoire with everything from veggie burgers and turkey burgers to these Asian Pork Burgers.

Easy Mango Slaw

August 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

Summer is calling, so I answered it with this Easy Mango Slaw. It’s sweet, refreshing and goes well as a side dish or as topping to grilled chicken sandwiches, burgers and more.

It almost seems impossible that as kid I would have given this the big snub. Thankfully, this recovering picky eater is all about trying to make up for those lost years.