She's the Bross

[Week 27]  Also known as my birthday week o’ celebration was pretty uneventful on the cooking front, as in there was NO cooking at all. Lots of eating though… a happy hour at Doc’s on Friday. They have the BEST cocktails and appetizers. I recommend the andouille sausage spinach dip, and of course oysters on the [...]

This year, my work friends and I decided to have a cookbook exchange for Christmas. Maybe people have been doing this for years… but it was my first time. It was so fun and so practical, as most cookbooks are less than $20. Plus, who doesn’t love a new cookbook? The only downfall was the [...]

In my menu recap from last week, I described this recipe as follows: This “pizza” was really tasty with a lot of different flavors. I say “pizza” with quotes because it isn’t your typical pizza. No hot, melty cheese, or your regular pizza sauce or toppings. I would say this is more of a flat bread [...]

I really like doing these menu recaps. It holds me accountable for our meals throughout the week and forces me to organize a shopping list at the beginning of the week rather than running to the store after work or on my lunch break twice a week. Run on sentence anyone? I’m sure menu planning [...]

Salsa is one of my all-time favorite things to eat. Especially in the summer when a nice, cool snack always sounds refreshing. Unfortunately, the unrelenting heat has turned my plants into something like this. Needless to say, I have zero tomato plants. In all honesty, I have zero plants. I left for one weekend and [...]

After being continuously tortured by my friend Big Perm‘s taco pics, I decided to have a taco night of my own.  It was very last minute and was inspired by one of our last rooftop nights at our loft in OKC. Ingredients 2 boneless, skinless, chicken breasts 1 lime 1 small onion, quartered bay leaf [...]

I’ve come to learn that there a few things that can make anything taste good.  Garlic and onions, for one. Cayenne pepper, for another.  And chocolate. I recently discovered that chipolte is one of these things. As in chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. As in this: At a family get-together, my grandpa made this incredible [...]