Jewish Pizza! Hut, Hut, Hike!

We'll use sports just for an excuse to make great food!
Who cares about the game...we just want to eat!
Wanna serve something other than cheese pizza this game day? 
This pizza is a perfect appetizer that's not so typical!

It's topped with melted cheese, sweet and salty caramelized onions, thinly sliced potatoes, fresh thyme and holy smokes its GOOD!  
The recipe comes from our good friend Cara at Freshmade NYC(where Andrew works). 
She's a master in the kitchen...the moment we tasted this, there was no going back!

Ingredients
Caramelized Onions...lots of onions! About four big yellow onions.

Pizza dough (we buy frozen dough)

Olive Oil 
One thinly sliced potato
1 cup Mozzarella cheese
Salt and Pepper to taste
Fresh thyme
Balsamic Glaze

It's a pretty simple recipe.  
Caramelizing the onions takes the most amount of time so we do that before starting anything else. 
Just remember low and slow! And add a good amount salt and pepper!

Once the onions are done preheat your oven to 450 degrees! 
Stretch out the dough and start layering!
Mozzarella cheese, onions, potatoes! 
Give a good drizzle of olive oil on top of the potatoes, again salt and pepper heavily and add some thyme!  
Add a sprinkle of salt around the crust before popping it in...makes the dough that much tastier. 
It's take about 30 minutes to cook depending on your oven, just keep an eye on it!

This isn't in fact a "Jewish pizza", but once at work this crotchety old man kept calling it a "Jewish Pizza", because of the potatoes and onions...it was slightly offensive/hilarious, and name stuck!

To finish, drizzle with a little bit of Balsamic Glaze!
You can see us making the pizza on our YouTube Channel!

Game changer!

Sriracha. Maple. Bacon. Cheese. Ball.

This is not a drill!
Sriracha Maple Bacon Cheeseball!
An addicting appetizer, perfect for any holiday...or everyday.

We we're inspired by our local bagel shop in Astoria that has honey bacon Sriracha cream cheese!  It's sooooo good!

Ingredients
2 packages of 8 oz softened cream cheese
1 1/2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
6-8 slices of bacon, cooked, crumbled and divided
1/2 cup green onions, chopped
1 teaspoon salt 
5 tbs Sriracha (to taste)*
3 tbs of maple syrup (to taste)*
1 tbs Worcestershire sauce (to taste)* 
1/3 cup of crushed pecans
2 tbs dried chives 

*The more liquid ingredients you use, the harder it will be to form a ball...but if you want more Sriracha, why not turn it into a dip?

• In a small bowl combine Sriracha, maple syrup and Worcestershire sauce.

• In a medium size bowl, stir together cream cheese, shredded cheddar, 2/3 of bacon, green onions and salt until evenly mixed. 

• Combine both bowls and mixed well...go on try it, we know you want to!

• Once evenly blended, scoop mixture onto plastic wrap.  Use the wrap to form a ball and chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.

• Once chilled, place crushed pecans, dried chives and left over crumbled bacon on a plate and roll your cheese ball until fully covered.

• Place back in the refrigerator until serving.

• Devour!

Make one gigantic ball or split it in two!
They will also freeze well.
Love this remake of a classic retro appetizer.
We can't stop eating it!

Pasta Party!

We love pasta salads...especially in the summer!
Here are some of our favorite pasta salads we posted our first year of the blog.
Clink on the links for the full recipe!

Mom's Classic!

Simple and basic but you won't be able to stop!

Bow Tie Pasta!

Greek and on fleek!

Ranch BLT!

Need we say more?

Feta Orzo Pasta Salad!

Nom, Nom, Nom.

Get cooking!

Let's get soakin' wet!

It's pride in NYC!
We're flourishing with rainbow gummy bears.
Cocktails and candy!

"Yesterday's struggle is today's heritage."
Just be you!

Old Bay for your Old Man!

Our nuts are always a huge hit! Hehe
Old Bay seasoning is a Maryland summer staple.

The seasoning is a mix of mustard, paprika, celery salt, bay leaf, black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, mace, cloves, all spice, nutmeg, cardamom and ginger! Damn!
Let's coat our nuts, shall we?!

Ingredients
1 egg white
2 tbs water
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup of Old Bay seasoning
1 pound of raw cashews

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
In a large bowl, beat egg white and water for a least 3 minutes, until foamy.

Slowly add all the sugar and 2 tbs of Old Bay Seasoning...if you add all the Old Bay the egg whites will deflate.
Slowly fold in cashews and mix until well coated.
The goal is to keep it foamy. Less mixing, the better.
Spread on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for about 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.

The first time you stir, add the rest of the Old Bay seasoning...or more!
The more the merrier!

Nuts, nuts, nuts, nuts, nuts!

Happy Father's Day!

Perfect pomegranate pretzel bark!

This tasty treat made us feel the LOVE! 

Pops of sweet, salty and hints of bitterness. 

-Dark chocolate

-Pomegranate seeds
-Pretzels 
-Salt 

First we double broiled the chocolate.
Spread it out on a parchment lined baking sheet. 
We added the pretzels first then the pomegranate seeds...next time we will push the seeds in a bit more, some popped out when we broke up the bark.  No big deal.

Then we sprinkled on some salt and put it in the fridge for about 30 min. 

After it was chilled we broke it up and devoured it!
It will last about 4-5 days in the fridge...but it was gone by the end of the day so we didn't have to worry about that. 

A sweet treat for a sweetie. 

Ain't no thang but a chicken wing!

We don't really follow sports...shocking...but we'll use any excuse to cook up some good dude food!
For this year's game were serving up these deliciously easy baked wings!

This recipe is the perfect crispy base for your favorite wings! 

You'll need...
-Wings
-Baking Powder 
-Ranch seasoning or salt! 
-Oil Spray 

• Preheat oven to 250F. 
• In a zip-top bag throw in your wings, a couple of tbs of baking powder and seasoning (enough to coat your wings) and shake shake shake!! 
• Place wings on a sprayed baking sheet and pop into the low temp oven on the bottom rack...this melts the fat before baking at a higher temp. Bake for 30 min.
• Move wings to middle rack then crank up the heat to 425F!  
• Bake for about 40 min, check them occasionally and rotate the pan half way through. 
• Add your favorite wing sauce or enjoy them as is!  

Finger lickin' good! 

Goooooooo team!! ...or something like that. 

Minty fresh!

January is stressful...there's resolution pressure, everyones sick, actual winter weather begins...no holidays to look forward to.  

Take a moment to relax with some fresh mint tea. 

It could not be easier.  Place a couple of sprigs of mint inside your cup, then pour in boiled water and steep!  Sugar/honey optional.

Mint helps with stress relief, nausea, stomach pain, cough suppression, cold/flu prevention...

Relax, take it eeeeeasy!

Delish Cranberry and Brussels Sprout Side Dish!

Finding easy and delicious side dish recipes is a Thanksgiving MUST...because who doesn't want a smorgasbord of sides??  
These roasted FRESH brussels sprouts are so tasty and quick!  The sweetness of maple syrup mixed in with FRESH tart cranberries takes brussels sprouts from bleh to booyah!!!   

The most time consuming part of this recipe is cutting off the bottoms and halving these babies. After that it's all pouring, mixing and roasting!  Couple gluggs of olive oil, couple gluggs of maple syrup, couple handfuls of fresh cranberries salt/pepper and into the oven they go! 

Roast at 425 for 20-35 min.  Cook until the brussels sprouts have a nice char on them, but don't over cook them or they'll become bitter.  Top with pecans for a bit of crunch. 

New Thanksgiving side dish staple! 

Somewhere over the rainbow sprinkled pretzels...

Happy Pride y'all!
We're celebrating with white chocolate mini pretzels with rainbow sprinkles!

Melt, dip, and sprinkle!

 You'll feel like a Queen crunching on these babies!

Celebrate YOU!

The secret's in the sauce!

Memorial Day means summer is coming...finally!
Time to kick back, forget your troubles, enjoy the sun...and EAT!
We're starting our summer with these lip smacking, sweet and savory Lit'l Smokies!

The secret IS in the sauce with these simple ingredients:
2 packages of Lit'l Smokies cocktail sausages.
12 oz bottle of chili sauce.
10 oz of grape jelly...add more if you like it sweeter!

Mix all ingredients in a crock pot or on a stove top on low/simmer until the sauce thickens and clings to the sausages.
It's better the longer it simmers!

Once you pop, you can't stop! 
Bring on the Summer!

Game Day Buffalo Ranch Chicken Dip.

It's game time!

This is a great, addicting, easy, HOT, delicious dippity do da, dippity day game day dip!

Ingredients 
2 cups cooked shredded chicken...you can use canned chicken as well
2 cups of shredded cheddar/mozzarella cheese
1 brick cream cheese
1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles
1/2 Franks Hot Sauce
1 cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
1/2 packet of Ranch mix

Preheat over to 350 degrees.  
In a oven safe dish, mix all ingredients together and top with extra cheese.

Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the cheese is melted and a little brown!
Serve with chips, celery and enjoy!

Get it while it's hot...before it's gone!

Hut hut hike!

Nuts 4 nuts!

Sweet coated pecans with a little bit of cinnamon. 
Sugar, spice and everything nice!

Ingredients 
1 egg white
2 tbs water
1-2 tsp of cinnamon
3/4 cup sugar
a pinch of salt
1 pound pecan halves

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
In a large bowl, beat egg white and water for at least 3 minutes, until foamy.

Slowly add sugar and cinnamon.
Stir in pecan halves and mix until well coated.

Spread on a baking sheet and sprinkle salt.
Bake in oven for about 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.

Warning: These sweet nuts are addicting!