fried green tomatoes (& a foreword about cooking with bacon fat)

i save my bacon fat, and you should, too.  it is one of the cheapest ways that you can righteously indulge your taste buds.  any emptied, cleaned canned good vessel will work.  i keep mine in the refrigerator, but grannies and great-grannies everywhere have been storing theirs at room temperature for decades, so it’s probably safe to do that, too.  you get food poisoning from that shiz, remember i didn’t endorse it.  the following is a short list of delicious ways to utilize your stored bacon fat (BF):

my mom’s old-fashioned battered onion rings

guys, behold a taste of my childhood.  my mom makes the most delicious onion rings, and recently i had the pleasure of having them again (it’d been probably 15 years) while visiting my family in indiana.  i tasted the first one hot out of the frying pan, and got a blister on the roof of my mouth, and through the searing pain, i moaned with pleasure and thought “OMG.  i am so blogging these.”  they are a joy; no frills, no bells & whistles — just sweet/vidalia onions with a clean, light, crispy batter.

the realness/mongolian beef. PF changs, gets ta’ steppin’.

look, i got no beef with PF schwangs.  they’re cool, if you want overpriced, serviceable chinese food.  they’re panda express on steroids.  this recipe is PF chang’s mongolian beef on steroids.  takethat takethat takethat.

my mom’s ultimate fudge recipe

i love sweets, but i am not big on fudge.  most of the fudge i’ve had in my lifetime has been too sweet.  my mom’s chocolate fudge recipe is the only fudge that i really love.

red snapper with mango relish

i giggle at this post, and i haven’t even written it yet.  i’ll tell you why — because within my pack, “snapper” is a crude euphemism for a woman’s ladyparts.  okay, who’s ready to eat some fish?  i really know how to screw up a food blog, right??  get your squeamish ass back here and read my recipe (and pleasure your lady upon finishing?)

crash hot potatoes

there are 2 things pictured here.  you know damn well what one is (oh, you better know!), but may be iffy on the other one.  well, it’s called a crash hot potato. 

white pizza with bacon, arugula, spinach, red onion, & goat cheese

every now and then, i make something that is so good, i am honestly shocked.  this pizza was a shocker.  there was a slow dawning of culinary masterpiece recognition  around the table as the greatness was registered.  eyes met, and mental slow-clapping ensued.

peach habanero BBQ sauce

grilling season is upon us!  HAHA, i live in florida, ’tis the season for grilling year-round!  *falls into a sinkhole while bragging*  AHHHHHHHHH!!!! 

yellow thai chicken curry. yes, i know that it resembles slop.

i’ve been meaning to blog this for a few weeks.  the first time i made this curry, i was making it primarily for mr. apron, because he loves any yellow curry with potatoes.  i don’t so much.  didn’t so much.  i kind of preferred my red thai curry and stuck with it.  well, this recipe changed my mind..(dramatic whisper — foreverrrrr…)

stuffed peppers with chorizo. the comeback.

hi, kids.  today we’re going to learn how to make insanely awesome stuffed bell peppers.  ugh, who wants their meat packaged in a vessel of vegetable??  you do.