This Sweet Corn and Green Chile Tamale Pie (aka cazuela de tamal) has all the tamale flavor with half the work! This Texan loves herself some tamales. I have so many fond memories of making them with my friend's abuelita, and my dad bringing them home around the holidays from his "tamale lady" at work. We're serious about our tamale ladies too. You find the one you love (sometimes a neighbor, the ...
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The Retro Re-pin Party Week 37 featuring Icing Carrots and a Picture Shelf Hack
Welcome to the Retro Re-pin Party! I hope you all had a lovely Easter!! We celebrated with good friends by dying eggs and having people over for dinner. Holidays with friends are some of my favorites. How does your family celebrate Easter? The Retro Re-pin Party is a quick, weekly link party where you can share some of your older (or "retro") pinned blog posts and give them some new ...
Simplified Turkey Muffuletta + Meal Plan Monday Week 14
A simplified turkey muffuletta with salty olive salad, smoky roasted turkey, and melty provolone cheese on a flaky olive focaccia bread. One of my favorite parts about growing up in Texas is the huge mix of different culinary traditions. We've got tons of BBQ, Tex-Mex, traditional Mexican, Soul Food, Comfort Food, and "Southern" food, but also pockets of German, Vietnamese, ...
No Bake Butterscotch Cookie Butter Bird Nests
These fun Butterscotch Cookie Butter Bird Nests treats are made with creamy butterscotch morsels and craveable cookie butter that's poured over chow mein noodles and topped with candy eggs. Yep, you read that correctly - butterscotch cookie butter bird nests. And they're no bake to boot! I put these together earlier this week for a small group treat, and wanted to put a fun twist on ...
Shallot and Green Olive Focaccia
This Shallot and Green Olive Focaccia Bread has a crispy, flaky crust that you may associate with the best deep dish pizzas. Top that flaky crust with the garlic and onion flavor of shallots and the salty tart flavor of green olives, and you are in complete bread heaven! Sometimes delicious recipes show up while I'm cleaning out my fridge. For a while now, I've had a couple shallots sitting ...
The Retro Re-pin Party Week 36 featuring Paper Lilies
It's Time to Retro Re-pin Party! This week has been a lot less eventful than the week before. The most exciting part was building a raised garden bed with my hubby in our front yard. We have a tiny backyard that's mostly deck and doesn't have much afternoon sun, so the front yard just makes more sense for a vegetable garden. Hopefully our neighbors in downtown Denver understand and don't ...
Walking Dead Brain Cheesecake + Meal Plan Monday Week 13
How many of you watch The Walking Dead? If you've been around for a while, you probably remember that we host a weekly watch party at our house every Sunday night. This Sunday was the season finale, so I decided to make an extra special dessert to celebrate. Yep, that's a Walking Dead brain cheesecake. An oozing, gooey, cherry-filled, graham cracker crusted brain cheesecake. Don't you just love ...
The Retro Re-pin Party Week 35 featuring 25 Ultimate Caramel Desserts
Welcome back to the Retro Re-pin Party! I can't believe it's Tuesday again already! This past week seemed to fly by and it's been a fun and crazy week. This past weekend I got to help throw a Snoopy/Red Baron Baby Shower for a good friend of mine, and it was so fun to pull together all the little dessert bar foods! I made some Lemon Puppy Chow (since Snoopy is a puppy), Chocolate covered peanuts, ...
A Kinfolk Table Cookbook Giveaway + Meal Plan Monday Week 12
Today I'm happy to bring you an amazing cookbook giveaway and this week's Meal Plan Monday. Hannah at Just Bee // Courtney at Familiar Friend // Betsy at Heavens to Betsy Rebecca at Caravan Sonnet // Laura at According to Laura Jean Abby at Winstead Wandering // Stephanie at Sustaining the Powers // Emily & Sydney at The After Hours Chef Happy Monday! Today I've teamed up with some ...
Rosemary Blood Orange Syrup (for Sodas, Pancakes, or Eating with a Spoon!)
A simple Rosemary Blood Orange Syrup for soda, beverages, or desserts. I have always loved sparkling water. I think it started in childhood with Clearly Canadian sodas (anyone else remember those? The blackberry was the best!) And my addiction only grew when I spent a summer living in Italy and Spain where all water is sparkling. It doesn’t need to be flavored – I really just love plain tap water ...