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 […]
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. š 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 […]
You know how a certain flavor can take you back to a time and place? Well for some reason every time I have tarragon I’m zipped back to the 80’s – like I see Cybill Shepherd, Reagonomics and blazers with shoulder pads. I couldn’t quite figure out why […]
Happy June everybody! What’s been shaking with y’all? We’ve been busy getting our first-ever vegetable garden planted. While we’re super excited to have fresh veggies, we’re also terrified that our crazy city squirrels are going to chew everything up (last year our poor neighbors tomatoes were a favorite […]
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
