Cheddar and Chive Beignets
**UPDATE** Voting for this round begins November 15! Check out all the entries, and vote for your favorites, here! Thank you all again for your support!! Sometimes the hardest part is getting there. Hi, my name is Kelly and I am not a filmmaker – but I tried! I wanted to get that out of the way since it is time for yet another Project Food Blog Challenge entry. This week we were challenged to create a video: Channel your...
Sweet Potato, Apple and Caramelized Onion Gratin
I am exhausted. Project Food Blog has been, and continues to be, intense, I’ve had friends in from out of the country, I have four family birthdays coming up, and I am still working three part-time jobs. On top of it all looms the specter of Thanksgiving and all the preparation that entails. I am doing my best not to think about it too closely and a good distraction is my kitchen. This gratin was born out of my efforts to...
Taco Mac and a Rotel Giveaway!
**UPDATE** The lucky winner is comment #109! Congratulations to Addie! I hope you enjoy your prize!! I’m doing something very rare … I’m hosting a giveaway! If you have read my blog you know I have an ongoing, and passionate, love affair with Rotel tomatoes. They are a pantry staple in my kitchen and I use them in all sorts of Tex-mex dishes (See my Baked Sopes with Skirt Steak and Black Beans and Beef...
Black and White Gooey Butter Cake
If you grew up in the Southern part of the United States then you are probably familiar with gooey butter cake. You might also know it from Paula Deen on The Food Network who has made a cottage industry out of the dish, going so far as to sell countless varieties of them on QVC. Growing up we never had gooey butter cake. My first experience with it was about ten years ago and I was hooked. The only thing I did not like was the cake...
Food for the Road!
It is time for the next Project Food Blog challenge … thank you all for voting and getting me this far! This week we have been challenged to take our food on the road: For this challenge, you’re tasked with creating a delicious meal that will travel well and still look great. From picnics and school lunches to bento boxes, or any other meal on the go, you need to whip up a entree, side, drink, and dessert to enjoy after...
Spiced Dark Chocolate Soufflé
I love things that look difficult but are in fact quite easy. Soufflé is one of those desserts that people assume is terribly difficult to make. I think it goes back to cartoons and movies where someone is making a soufflé that comes out tall and perfect only to have it collapse in spectacular fashion. When I was in culinary school I dreaded soufflé day, knowing that they were so terribly hard to make. I quickly discovered the...
