So I’ve gotta be honest, my first introduction to okra was a precarious one – it’s what people here in the South like to call “pickled okra.” As a northern (Minnesota) girl transplanted to Texas, I had to come to terms with Southerner’s strange love affair with okra because they LOOOOVE it……like….really a lot….but to […]
Grain Free Black Sesame Cake with Raspberry Glaze
There are very few things that I love as much as the earthy, smoky flavor of black sesame seeds and at this point, I think my deep infatuation with infusing it into tasty desserts is pretty well documented. 🙂 So this fluffy, spongy, dare I say “sultry” black sesame cake is an extra-tasty way to […]
Kimchi Braised Crispy Chicken Thighs
Last year I wrote a recipe for Braised Crispy Chicken Thighs w/ Fried Pancetta to be used in a spring catalog for a cookware brand I was working with. It was probably one of my favorite recipes, but since I wrote it for them it wasn’t mine to share on my blog anymore (insert sad […]
Paleo Southwestern Taco Salad Wedge
If you don’t already know this by now, I LOVE Tex-Mex and southwestern-fusion foods! I suppose it’s a side effect of living in Texas for over 20 years. And this taco salad dish has ALL the makings of a great Tex-mex dish. From the savory cumin to the spicy chili pepper (using THIS Primal Palate spice mix) […]
Coffee, Skirt Steak Breakfast Skewers & Coffee Glazed Bacon w/ Community Coffee
If you haven’t already checked out my first post on my collaboration with Community Coffee, I highly suggest you read it HERE. I love collaborating with great brands and I talk in that post about who Community Coffee is and about some of the great work they’re doing in response to the flooding in Baton […]
