We don’t buy king cake until January 6. There are rules, you see, and we don’t want to be responsible for rain on Mardi Gras Day. So we patiently wait, and then we generally try to support our friends Will and Jennifer, who own King Cake Hub. But my kids love it when I make…
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Pretzels & Beer Cheese
Long work days and school stress pair to champion my strong desire to pursue cheesy carbs as a coping mechanism. Is it the healthiest choice? Nope. But sometimes you want to pretend that despite 93 degree October temperatures and 1000% percent New Orleans humidity, that it’s autumn, and that comfort carbs are the way to…
Because reasons.
Over the past couple of months, I’ve subsisted on a quixotic blend of coffee, wine, and chocolaty carbs, because work has been…well, intense. But each October, I make my husband a Germanpalooza menu – schnitzel, strudel, Kartoffelnsalat, and soft pretzels. I always throw in a little something extra, though, and it’s ALWAYS these chocolate caramel…
Cold Steak and Vegetables
Surprising entirely no one, kids are expensive. So while we don’t often eat red meat, one of my favorite weeknight dinners when it’s hot outside is a cold, thin-sliced filet alongside some cold, roasted vegetables. When I find tenderloin filet on megacrazycheap special at the grocery store, I’ll often stand there and debate a nice…
Pita
I love pita. My husband loves pita. It’s one of the few things I’ll make that my kids adore, too, especially if I serve it with homemade hummus (that recipe is coming very soon, I promise). Pita is great for mini-pizzas, for dipping into your shorba, and for stuffing with falafel or cold cuts. VIVA…
Reuben Eggrolls
New Orleans’ Irish Channel parade is legendary, and so, too, is my love of hygienically questionable cabbages being lobbed off floats by people who have been drinking for 6 hours. Our friends host a house party each year near the parade route, and my job is to bring reuben eggrolls. They’re ridiculously easy, and a…
This Girl Cait 