Big News!
You guys we have exciting news to share with you! First of all, we want to thank you for hanging in there with us. We haven’t been able to post as much as we would like this past year due to some family changes and …
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Instant Pot Cider Pulled Pork with Apple Slaw
Fall is finally in the air! October has arrived and we are definitely in the Fall state-of-mind…desiring all the spice, apple and pumpkin flavors. So today, we share with you our recipe for Instant Pot Cider Pulled Pork with Apple Slaw. A warming meal with …
Individual Key Lime Desserts
Life has taken us on quite a wild ride this past year! We have missed you all and our blog. We are so glad to be back! We are kicking off the hot weather season with a super easy frozen dessert. Please welcome our Individual …
Buttery Candied Popcorn (Screaming Yellow Zonkers)
Have you ever tasted Screaming Yellow Zonkers? They were a big deal when we were kids and we loved them well into adulthood – until they stopped making them in 2007. They were this weirdly yellow, buttery, sugar shellacked popcorn that we couldn’t get enough …
Mini White Bread Loaves
When we were little, our parents used to take us to weekend brunch at a fabulous place called The Nut Tree in Vacaville, California. If you have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, or parts east of the bay, you probably know about it. …
Toasted Almond Crunch Cake
We recently had the pleasure of sampling a burnt almond cake. They seem to be everywhere right now and are apparently a riff on a cake that originated in San Jose, in the Bay Area. While we enjoyed the cake, we felt we could improve …
Shrimp Po’ Boy Sandwiches
When the weather warms up, we turn to sandwiches for easy meals. Frying shrimp (or any shellfish) seems so fussy but it’s really very easy and not terribly messy. The Cajun seasoning in these Shrimp Po’ Boy Sandwiches adds an amazing amount of flavor. Cornmeal …
Herbed Salad with Goat Cheese and Almonds
Happy Spring!!! Can you believe it’s finally here? We won’t be celebrating Easter with extended family this year, but we will still be enjoying delicious food! Our Herbed Salad with Goat Cheese and Almonds is the perfect celebratory salad and a perfect welcome to springtime. …
Beef and Potato Empanadas
We have wanted to try to make empanadas for quite some time now. We order them in restaurants and love them, but they seemed challenging to make at home. However, when we saw J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s recipe for Beef and Potato Empanadas, we knew it …