I started making these ginger snaps last year as a request from my sister for her birthday. “Gingersnaps… but chewier” was the request, which at the time was a bit paradoxical, being that its characteristic hard texture is part of the cookie’s name. Nevertheless, one party favor led to another and I’ve become known for…
Category: Spicy
Lots of flavor, heat, and very fun to eat.
Mulligatawny… in a Slow Cooker!
This is an easy-peasy mulligatawny. Delicious as a soup served with some toast or as a dinner time meal or over a bed of rice and garnished with cilantro. I was originally inspired to make this recipe for the blog spoonforkbacon.com but adapted the recipe and shaved some calories by not cooking the veggies in…
Mofongo Relleno with Lime-infused Black Beans and Rice
It was a Friday night and the ladies stayed in, taking pictures of food, making chocolate molten cakes with ice cream and watching bad romantic comedies. So much food. To start the day off right, I decided to cook up these black beans that had been sitting around for a while that needed to be…
Blackened Shrimp with Lime Zest and Mustard-Lime Sauce
Nothing is so refreshing as lime zest over a spicy dish. It certainly plays with your taste buds.Try this eat for the summer on the BBQ or just in your same old frying pan. You’ll need… For the SHRIMP: 1/2 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined 2 T melted putter 1 T cajun seasoning Zest of…
Naan and Sundried Tomato Egg Breakfast
I made this as kind of an egg casserole that you can make the night before, stick in the fridge and heat up in the morning. It was a hit this morning so I decided to share! For the egg caserole, you’ll need: 6 eggs 1/2 an onion, minced 3 T tomato paste 5 sundried…
Coconut Fried Rice with Okra and Tofu
I’m pretty enamored with coconut. I pretty much try to get it into everything I cook, and luckily my roommates feel the same way. We all love coconuts. Are we nuts? You’ll Need: 1 cup brown rice (plus 2 1/4 cup water) cilantro, diced 1 tomato, diced 1/2 a medium sized onion, diced a handful…
Crunch Wrap Supreme à la Lizzy
It’s that time of the year again where things are getting busy with school, I’m starting cooking projects when I don’t have the time, but I can’t wait to eat the cooking projects either. Story of my life. My roommate had mentioned she was craving taco bell, and since I am incredibly indecisive I decided…
Baked Cajun Sweet Potato Fries
You’ll need: 1 large sweet potato large bowl ice cubes cold water olive oil salt pepper cajun seasoning For THE SAUCE: Jamie’s Avacado-Lime Aoili sauce Directions: Preheat your oven to 375*F Cut the tip of your sweet potatoes so that it will stand up straight; I do this to make slicing sweet potatoes easier. This…
Bronze-Medalist Curried Pumpkin and Tomato Soup
So I bet you’re wondering why this recipe gets a fun name. About 2 weeks ago, a local business called for entries for a cooking competition, under the parameters of something simple, student friends, and under $10. Like any day, I looked at what we had leftover in our fridge. We had half a can…
Parmesean and Sriracha Popcorn
You’ll need: POPCORN: 1/2 cup of kernels oil for cooking For THE SAUCE: 4T Butter 3T Sriracha 1/8 freshly shaved parmesean Salt DIRECTIONS: Heat up a large saucepan on high heat with a tablespoon or so of oil. Throw a couple of popcorn kernels in the pot. Once they’ve popped, throw in the rest of…
They Call Me Saucy 