Every time I go to Red Robin, I face the same dilemma: I very much enjoy their southwestern-themed salad, BUT salads don’t come with bottomless fries. And if I’m being honest, the bottomless fries are a big part of why I go to Red Robin (I’m not alone in this, right?). ...
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Jalapeño Ranch Potato Salad
In my high school biology class, we did a unit on the human digestive system, and for the unit test, we had to describe the digestive process for various types of foods: fats, carbohydrates, etc. I still remember that test: it read, “Sam eats a spoonful of mayonnaise. Describe how he digests it.” My first thought was, He doesn’t. He barfs it back up because that’s DISGUSTING. I mean, really, how ...
Spicy Peanut Butter Bacon Cheeseburgers
Happy first day of summer! In honor of the official start of summer, I thought I'd share my blog's first ever burger recipe with you all! First, let’s talk about these wonderful spicy peanut butter bacon cheeseburgers, and THEN I’ll tell you about the fiasco that went down the day I made them, okay? Okay. The first time* I heard of a burger with both cheese and peanut butter, I was pretty ...
Southwestern Sloppy Joes on Cheddar Jalapeño Biscuits
Sloppy joes are one of the few foods I can think of that actually originated in the United States. Given that most foods we tend to consume here are not, in fact, native to the US (probably owing to the fact that we’re a nation of immigrants), you’d think we could come up with a more distinguished-sounding or unique name – I mean, it’s not like we’ve used up all the good names on the hoards of ...
Mexican Fiesta Breakfast Scramble
Some mornings, you just need an extra little push to get going, you know? Last Sunday was one of those mornings for me. It was late February yet the temperatures resembled those of January, the insides of my nose kept freezing every time I had to take the dog outside, I had papers to grade and a midterm of my own to study for, and I was just not feeling motivated. So naturally, I decided to take a ...
Jalapeño-Lime Chicken Fajita Bowls
Fajitas have always been a tricky food for me, since I typically try to cram the tortillas with far more than their actual capacity. Half of the contents then spill out the back end of the tortilla, leaving behind a delicious mess that, as I gobble it down with a fork, proclaims to everyone at the table that my eyes were larger than my stomach tortilla. So, I figure, why not just skip the extra ...