Korean Short Rib Tacos

We made these the other night for dinner and they were amazing. J and I fell in love with the Kogi Korean BBQ tacos at Garbo's Grill in Key West this summer. This recipe from Food for My Family is really close and with a few tweaks, we won't have to trek to Key West every time we crave this dish.

Homemade Beef Pho

The more J and I cook at home, the more we find amazing recipes of meals we once thought were super complicated and therefore only available in a restaurant. Pho is one of those dishes. With the complexly deep flavors and food coma-inducing warmth, we were sure we couldn't make it in our own kitchen. … Continue reading Homemade Beef Pho

Steak with chimichurri sauce

We recently had a bunch of cilantro and parsley that needed to get used quickly. Luckily, we found an amazingly delicious and surprisingly easy chimichurri sauce to enhance a skirt steak. (You might notice the meat in the photos isn't skirt steak, our local grocer had thin New York Strips on super sale, so the second time we made this, we used those. But I promise the recipe works just as well with the skirt steak.)

Smoky Chipotle Hummus

For Oscar night back in February, J found the perfect dishes to go with Argo. After that first try, we perfected this hummus recipe, which was surprisingly easy. Everyone who tried it liked it and I wish we'd made a bigger batch this last time. A side of Garlic Bagel Chips absolutely makes this dish! Ingredients: … Continue reading Smoky Chipotle Hummus

Yellow Shrimp Curry

While this originally started out to be Bombay Shrimp, I accidentally purchased the wrong type of tamarind paste so the dish ended up more like a curry. The end result was quite delicious and I was disappointed there wasn't enough for seconds!