A blog about people and food.
Shopping for 12 and splitting the bill? Feeding a share house can be rough. Just one evening’s meal can require a day’s worth of errands – picking up the seafood, picking out produce, and lugging cases of beer – meaning you miss precious poolside time. And then there’s the dreaded splitting of the tab, which usually requires you to have a math degree to figure out.
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It’s head-to-head competition for these delicious snacks. Choose your favorite or be a real winner and eat them all….
We scoured the web for the best March Madness dips so you can spend more time watching the games. These are our final four picks….
We’ve all been there… the freshman fifteen. It wasn’t pretty, but it sure was tasty! We’ll make it easy for you to relive your glory days by eating all your delicious college faves. …
You didn’t know you were hosting a March Madness party, did you? Well you are, and you only have a few hours to prepare. Don’t worry! We’ve got easy dips you can make in 3 ingredients with staples you already have in your kitchen.
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Elegant Fruit Salads
With picnics, potluck dinners, and BBQs galore this summer, I usually bring a fruit salad.
Fruit salads are easy, healthy, and require no cooking at all (which is perfect when the weather outside is steamy!). You might think that a fruit salad is fairly plain, but when you mix fresh, seasonal fruit with complementary homemade dressings, they become an elegant dish.
I put together a couple of my favorite recipes below. Many of your favorite fruits will work in these recipes. The pièce de résistance is in the dressing….
Did you know that Cinco de Mayo is celebrated for 2 reasons? For those in the United States, it is a celebration of Mexican heritage and culture. In Mexico, it is the celebration of the victory at the Battle of Puebla. This year, I decided to have a celebración that high-lighted the best both worlds.
Non-Traditional Chicken Cemitas
For my fiesta I had a “Make Your Own Cemitas” bar! I prepared all the ingredients earlier (with a lot of help from the FreshDirect Heat & Eat Department), leaving me with plenty of time to enjoy the fiesta stress free. I gave my guests the option of creating a traditional cemitas (by leaving a recipe card on the table) or allowing them to go for something a little bit more inspirado….
Sausage and Potato Bake
While I enjoy sausage, I don’t cook it at home very often. So when our meat department revamped our FreshDirect sausage line, the sausage was so good that I wanted to find an easy way to rotate a new meal into my routine.
Personally, my favorite recipes can be cooked in one pan or pot. This sausage bake is no exception. I borrowed my dad’s recipe as a base and then added my own twists from there, which I encourage others to do with any easy recipe. Substitute in what you like, remove what you don’t!…
Game Day Guacamole