Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls Recipe

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Nov 032013
 

Since the very first time I visited a Texas Roadhouse restaurant, I’ve been hooked on their rolls.  They’re so warm and soft and delicious, and then they make them even more amazing by serving them with that awesome cinnamon honey butter.  The servers know how much everyone loves them and keep them coming until you can’t eat any more.

Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls Recipe

I’ve been wanting to attempt making them at home for a long time now, especially since getting my KitchenAid.  The dough hook is there for a reason, right?  So I finally got around to Googling and found a recipe to try. Continue reading »

Bread Dipping Oil Recipe

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Oct 082013
 

This dipping oil recipe was inspired by products received from Pompeian and Smiley360.  All words and thoughts are my own.

It may sound funny, but I threw my first serious dinner party when I was in high school.  I set the table nicely with linens, candles, and a centerpiece and served up four courses – appetizers, salad, entree, and dessert – to five of my closets friends.  It was a lot of fun – even considering the fact that the guys ended up playing swords with the crunchy rosemary bread sticks and then attempted to light them using the candles.

Gotta love teenage boys.

Being a hostess has always come naturally for me, and even when I’m only “entertaining” my own family, I like to try and make our meals as nice as possible.  Yes, we do take out now and then, and sometimes dinner comes out of the freezer.  But if I can carve the extra time out of the day, I like to add little extras whenever I can.

Bread Dipping Oil Recipe

One “extra” that I like to serve is bread with dipping oil.  Bread has always been a highlight of a meal for me; I’m sure it goes back to baking bread in the kitchen with my Gram while I was growing up.  But after the first time my bread was paired with dipping oil and herbs at a restaurant one night, I’ve made it as a pre-dinner nosh a few times per year. Continue reading »

Mango Bundt Cake with Pineapple Glaze

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Oct 032013
 

Thank you to The Motherhood and the National Mango Board for providing the products and compensation needed to give my family a mangover and try a mango cake recipe.

It’s kind of weird.  While I love experimenting in the kitchen with all kinds of vegetables and proteins, it seems like I haven’t done much with fruit.  It’s not because we don’t like fruit – we love it, actually.  But we tend to gravitate towards strawberries, oranges, apples, and other more traditional, eat-it-like-it-is fruits.

Recently, though, I had the chance to attend a virtual briefing by the National Mango Board.  They shared the ins and outs of all-things mango.  We learned about the different varieties, how to tell when a mango is ripe, how to store them – even tips on how to cut.

How to Cut a Mango

Mango Recipes & Tips: How to Cut a Mango & Mango Bundt Cake with Pineapple Glaze

The cutting tips are something I really appreciated.  I have eaten mango before, but I mostly just hacked it up with a knife.  Let me share my new-found tips with you. Continue reading »

Classic Fish and Chips with Gorton’s #WickedGoodSeafood

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Oct 012013
 

Thank you to Gorton’s for providing a product pack that let us serve up classic fish and chips.

Growing up in Maine I had the good fortune to be exposed to lots of seafood.  Much of it was fresh off the boat – literally.  You’d watch the fishermen unload their boats behind the restaurant and a few minutes later it would arrive on your plate.  And if you’re talking lobster, you could even go and choose the exact one you wanted.

It’s a little harder to get that fresh seafood here in Kentucky.  So when we’re craving something from the sea, we usually turn to Gorton’s.  They’ve been providing quality fish to homes all across the US and Canada since 1849.  The little tag “Trust the Gorton’s Fisherman” is easy to do when you’re talking about a company that’s been around for over 160 years.

Gorton’s now has everything from fish sticks to grilled salmon to shrimp scampi.  There isn’t a single product they offer that I’ve tried that I haven’t liked.  I have yet to try the tilapia fish sticks, but they’re definitely next on my list.

Gorton's Seafood Halloween Fish Stick Graveyard #WickedGoodSeafood

Their seafood products are great served as-is, but if you like to get a little fancy, you can use them as a base in a variety of recipes.  One of the recipes that caught my eye was for the Halloween Fish Stick Graveyard.  This would be so fun for dinner on Halloween night – and it has ingredients my daughter will actually eat. Continue reading »

Mini Chicken Chimichangas Appetizer Recipe

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Sep 302013
 

I was able to create a new Mini Chicken Chimichangas appetizer recipe using Kraft Fresh Take as part of a sponsored post for Collective Bias.  All words and opinions are my own.

I love experimenting in the kitchen.  At least a few times per week you can find me in the kitchen trying completely new recipes I find on Pinterest, duplicating something delicious I tried at a party, or giving our family favorites a little twist.

We frequently went out for Mexican food when we lived in Florida, but those restaurants don’t abound quite as much in Kentucky.  Because we missed those foods I started trying my hand at different entrees that we had regularly ordered: quesadillas, enchiladas, churros, chimichangas and more.  The chimichangas turned out particularly well and earned a regular place in our monthly meal rotation.

Mini Chimichanga Appetizer Recipe Using Kraft Fresh Take Kits #FreshTake #shop

Recently while shopping at Walmart I noticed the Kraft Fresh Take kits in the cheese section.  We’ve used them in the past to change up our baked chicken or pork chops, but that day I had chimichangas on the brain.  It made me look at the packaging a little differently, wondering if I could use it to spice up our Mexican night. Continue reading »

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