Before we dive into the recipe this week, we can’t help but think about traditions that are so prevalent in all our lives this time of year. The music, a church service, the Christmas candies, the hunt for the perfect tree, searching for thee perfect gift for that impossible to shop for person on your … More Have Your Eggnog and Eat It Too
Whipped maple butter? Whipped maple butter beats any cinnamon/honey butter we have tried, hands down! We came across this type of butter at Seven Sushi and Steak Ultralounge over the weekend and needed to attempt to recreate as soon as possible! This would be delicious on any type of bread, rolls, or breakfast item that … More Whipped Maple Butter
How to make an everything bagel from store bought plain bagels: Butter both sides of bagel with salted butter. Sprinkle with your favorite seasonings. Our favorite is “the everything bagel”! Our favorite toppings include: sesame seeds, poppy seeds, dry minced onion and dry minced garlic! Toast in oven face down at 375-400 until golden brown. Before: … More Heart-Attack Breakfast Bagel
Hosting Thanksgiving was fun this year! I stayed up until 2am the night before decorating our house for Christmas. I’m not sure what you think about decorating early for Christmas, but I love the cozy feel when your guests arrive! My mom, aunt, sister and I divided up the food menu so we each made 3-4 dishes! This way it was much … More Chipped Beef Cheese Ball with Dill
Oh, it’s Thanksgiving week! We just adore Thanksgiving! What are we thankful for this year? Receiving so much more than we’ll ever deserve from healthy families, babies, friends, freedoms, faith, and full tables, but mostly we’re thankful for leftovers, Turkey Day leftovers. And you guys, we’re thankful for you guys too. When it comes to … More Stuff The Halls and Deck The Turkey
Grandma’s Apple Crisp This is one of my first dessert recipes I ever attempted, and it’s from my wonderful grandmother. She made this with the grandchildren in mind. There’s no oatmeal in this recipe. She knew we didn’t like it. She’s approaching her mid-90s and was disappointed because this summer she was only able to … More Fall’s Final Farewell..
Here is an easy but delicious white bean dip you will have to make for your next get-together! The spices and cheese make this dip full of flavor, with the added creaminess that balances out the spice! This is a dip that can also be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator if needed. … More White Bean Dip
Because one of us can’t drink or cook nowadays, I can at least still clean. Well, attempt to. With the endless construction and/or projects going on here and all wood floors throughout the house, dust and dirt is a part of our everyday lives, but aside from that, I clean. Sort of. I pick up … More Weekly Read + Dessert Nachos + Zombie Monkeys
As some of you know, Shelly is an old-soul-mediocre-wanna-be-{newspaper}-writer and writes a column for the town paper weekly, usually very similar to what this blog is — a little satire, a little recipe, a little nonsense, mostly exaggerated, a little truth, usually delicious. This week was no different. I unknowingly and uneducatedly wrote this article the morning before the … More We Support Bacon
Want a simple savory sauce to put on chicken!? This is seriously flavorful with the lemon, garlic, cream and herbs. Perfect for a cool day! You can put this on grilled, baked or breaded chicken. You can even throw some raw chicken in a crock pot or the oven and let your chicken cook in … More Lemon Herb Sauce For Chicken + Broccoli
Good Morning! Alright, we have a short recipe post for you this morning! We made these little brunch toasts and just had to share, they were delicious! Breakfast is our favorite meal of the day. Grocery List: French Bread sliced (We used precut slices from Walmart) Soft spreadable cheese (We used The Brewster House Hickory Smoked) Cooked … More Brunch Toast
The Brains and I decided to have a night out, and this is our story of another night eating our way through Iowa. Eatery A got our vote for one of our favorite new places to eat in Des Moines and deserved a mention in this week’s blog post! This place is unique, modern, rustic, … More Eatery A : Iowa Eats
As you may already know, we just celebrated my daughter’s 2nd birthday. In addition to the easy cupcakes we shared last week, you must keep reading to see what else I made to celebrate her big day. We started the morning off with her favorite, homemade buttermilk pancakes! My go-to recipe is from Cooking Classy. I have made … More Our Favorite Go-To Recipes!
It was a chilly night. It was a “let’s light a fire, sit there, and stuff our faces with aioli sauce” kind of night. It was a “it’s been a long week, let’s make burgers with beer” kind of night. It was a “let’s let the toddlers run around outside to burn energy” kind of night. Really, it was the best … More Cutthroat Porter Burgers + Garlic Aioli Truffle Fries
If you need an easy cupcake recipe, oh, man, have we tracked one down for you! We were struggling on finding an easy from-scratch birthday cake/cupcake recipe to try. Every time we bake from scratch, it’s always a fail. This cupcake recipe is a true no-fail recipe. Or as we like to call them, “half-scratch.” We decided to give this … More Almond Buttercream Cupcakes + Breckenridge
Fall, fall, fall, guys! It’s heeeeere!! As if pumpkin beer, pumpkin frappes, pumpkin lattes, pumpkin breads, and pumpkin desserts haven’t been thrown in your face enough already to make that point abundantly clear, we just wanted to make it blatantly clear that we’re excited. That may have been a little drawn out, but how else are we supposed … More Creamy Tomato Tortellini + Italian Meatball Soup
There are two things you should know, A) If you’re not from Iowa, you haven’t seen a rivalry like thee Cy-Hawk Rivalry, Iowa versus Iowa State, you think you have, but I assure you, you haven’t, and 2) if you’re anything like some of us, this is you about all sportsball activities: However, there is one … More There’s Only One Winner this Weekend
The afternoon got kicked off with a with a food n’ beer trade, hydrocodone, and a backseat cook. Suzi was on the hydro. Shelly was the backseat cook telling Hydro what to do. The incompetent leading drugged? Somehow, little to our knowledge, this pizza came to life. Shelly brought some Toppling Goliath Rover Truck Oatmeal Stout and Sam Adams Oktoberfest to share … More Grilled Autumn Pizza + Oktoberfest + Winners!
Oh, where does one begin? First things first. Suzi took over the blog last week, I’ll take over this week all for this very reason — The Gent and I were busy party planning. Party for what? Read on, if you wish. This past weekend, The Dashing Gent and I celebrated, with about 50 of our … More A Decade, Two Babies, and Pretzels
We made some Bang Bang Shrimp Wontons and wanted to share them with you! You have probably seen something similar at Bone Fish Grill or The Cheesecake Factory! We are no seafood cooking experts, so we decided to follow prepping and cooking steps from another blogger’s instructions on frying shrimp! Thank you Damn Delicious! The recipe turned out perfect! We did … More Bang Bang Shrimp w/ Kona Beer!
