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Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

This is a quick and simple chocolate buttercream frosting.  It is extremely versatile and can be used on cakes, cupcakes, or any type of dessert. …

Overstuffed Chop Chicken Salad Sandwich

Overstuffed Chop Chicken Salad Sandwich

When we lived in Brooklyn, there was a bodega on the corner that made chicken salad sandwiches with deli meat.  You would choose your deli meat, cheese, and toppings which…

Bourbon Ginger Molasses Cookies

Bourbon Ginger Molasses Cookies

These cookies were born out of an invite to a cookie exchange party.  After looking at many different recipes for ginger cookies, we decided to create our own version. …

Maryland Crab Cake

Simple Maryland Crab Cake

This is a recipe for a true Maryland crab cake, in order to have that designation it has to be made with blue crab, have very little to no bread, and have chunks of crab in the cake itself. …

Brownies

Brownies

After looking at many different recipes for brownies and doing a lot of mixing and matching we were able to come up with this versatile fudgy brownie recipe. …

Salsa

Salsa

This is a super simple salsa recipe. We found this on the Midwest Foodie Blog and only made a few adjustments to the spice level and how the instructions were written. Works well…

Tartar Sauce

Tartar Sauce

This is a simple tartar sauce that we came up with using greek yogurt as the main base.  Works great with fish or any other seafood.  If you purchase the single-serve-sized…

Peanut Butter Mousse Pie

Peanut Butter Mousse Pie

We were watching a cooking show a while back and this was a quick segment which was very vague, no measurements or anything like that.  We knew most of the ingredients but …

Shrimp Étouffée

Shrimp Étouffée

This is a recipe Tim has been making for years and unfortunately does not remember where the original recipe is from, but has made several changes throughout the years. …

Buttermilk Cheddar Biscuits

Buttermilk Cheddar Biscuits

We found these buttermilk cheddar biscuits on Little Spice Jar.  We left the recipe as is but re-worked the instructions slightly.  These work great as a quick and easy dinner…

Chocolate Guinness Cake

Chocolate Guinness Cake

This Chocolate Guinness Cake is mostly pulled from Allison Lehman’ Blog, with modifications largely to the execution.  It is an extremely versatile moist cake…

Beau Monde Salad

Beau Monde Salad

This beau monde salad is basically a glorified pasta salad that we created.  It is named after the seasoning of the same name.  It works great as a meal or as a side dish.…