I rarely post side dishes because I’m usually bee-lining it to the big TA-DA of the meal (i.e. the meatloaf, the steak, the taco, etc). But when I made this zippy carrot salad to accompany the chicken shawarma pitas we grilled up recently – I was INTO IT. […]
If I had to pick only one recipe as THE recipe of the summer, this IS it. My friend Jihad introduced me to this recipe (his own) on a recent camping trip and I was blown away by the flavor. The bright marinade with fresh lemon and bold […]
Wowza, I guess I hadn’t updated the “About Me” page on the blog for…um…5 years or so! While a lot is the same, a lot has changed, so I thought it was time to dust off the cobwebs of this page and update! Check it out below if […]
I think we are all aware dessert is not my specialty – but I am happy to report that this “wang-dang” – what my friend Laura refers to as any dish you kind of make up as you go along – turned out pretty fab! We all went […]
I have had the MOST FAB time cooking this summer! I have so many recipes to share with you all, I can barely keep up with this whole ‘posting to the blog’ thing. 😀 We’ve been using a lot of fresh herbs and veggies from our garden (see […]
How has everyone’s summer been going!? Ours has been pretty rockin’! We just went to Ribfest in Naperville, which I think you all know by now is my favorite day of the year (tied for Halloween, of course). We had AMAZING ribs, sunshine, beer, music (KC and the […]
It’s rare that you come to my house and I don’t have a dip out to share. I don’t know what it is about dips, but I adore them (any and all kinds). I have even been known to chow down on some onion dip with ruffles as […]
I'm Annie, and this here is my blog. I'm a meat, beer and rock n' roll loving gal in Chicago who loves to write about the best eats, travels, partyin' and entertaining. I hope you enjoy exploring my blog! Click on the photo above for more info on who this meatloaf lady is! Inquiries: annie@givememeatloaf.com
