Shrimp and grits is a traditional dish that originates in the Lowcountry of the coastal Carolinas and Georgia in the United States and was originally purposed as a breakfast dish using ground hominy. Later, southern restaurants and chefs began to elevate the dish, and now it is a foodie favorite with as many varieties as…
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Continue ReadingHave I ever mentioned to you my obsession with fresh sweet corn? Just ask my parents. Before I go to visit them in Michigan, I tell my mom “now, we’re having fresh sweet corn at least five times aren’t we?”. I’m not even joking around. I really do that. The corn up there is just…
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Continue ReadingOne of our favorite places to go here in Oklahoma City is a Thai restaurant called Panang 2. Their curries and fried rice dishes are incredibly delicious and plentiful and we always take a large portion home for lunch the next day. Mr. Wonderful almost always orders the pineapple fried rice and so last week…
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Continue ReadingA Thai “rice bowl” starting with coconut lime quinoa, topped with curry-grilled shrimp and piled with fresh vegetables and herbs and a Thai vinaigrette.
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Continue ReadingSo say one night, you’re home alone with your Mr. Wonderful. The kids are gone (who don’t eat mushrooms) and he is hankering for a manly bratwurst on the grill, slathered in spicy mustard, sprinkled with chopped onions, and sandwiched in a crusty, rustic bun. Stuffed Mushrooms have not really Say you want to even-out…
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Continue ReadingIf you know me, you’ll know I am a Pho freak. I love this Vietnamese soup dish ..it warms me through and through and I have come to crave it of late. I could have been perfectly happy to have stayed with my steady Pho. We would have been blissfully happy for the rest of…
