Fideo pasta is one of my favorites. Its pretty much a cut angel hair pasta that’s been toasted prior to cooking. Its commonly used in Spanish cooking but when I have it on hand anything goes. I love having fideo on hand for a couple reasons. One, Kids love it! It makes so much less…
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Cheesy Jarlsberg Mashed Potatoes
Jarlsberg cheese is my new cheese obsession. I got a Costco size hunk of cheese from ya know, Costco and I had to find many of ways to use it. Now I’m not a cheese experts and there are a lot of different cheese, so I don’t keep up with cheese I have and haven’t…
Broccoli and Shishito Pepper Slaw
I have never been this excited for coleslaw before. So as a kid I hated coleslaw. It was over wet. about 2 cups of cabbage to 1tb carrots. Crazy sugary and just plain one note. Coleslaw as a adult I love because I realized really late that it was my experiences with slaw and not…
Blue Cheese and Broccoli
I’m sure everyone has either heard of had some sort of broccoli and cheese dish or more commonly referred to as a casserole. Often times it consists of broccoli, cheese ( creamy cheese sauce or shredded) and some type of starch hear its normally rice, I’ve heard of people using potatoes. I could see it…
Sautéed Swiss Chard
I love swiss chard its one of my favorite cooked greens but there are a couple rules to dealing with it. Wash it well. I’m not talking a quick rinse I’m talking running it a nice cold bath in the sink then giving it some down time. Cut the ends. Always invite acid to the…
Blistered Shishito Peppers w/ Cotija Cheese
Well this one is fun if you can handle the heat. So this recipe worked out perfect for the first date picnic I made for my brother. My thought was ” fun with food” so that things could give them their own talking points and keep a discussion going. I chose shishito peppers because they…
