Weekly Menu

Get out of that same ol’ recipe rut and try one of these delicious and easy recipes this week! This week I highly recommend making the Chunky Shrimp Burgers with Avocado Aioli sauce and Ultimate Cheesy Roasted Veggie Calzone!

Hey hey hey TKW Family!  Happy Sunday!  How are you peeps today? I’m one whooped puppy.  Even though we took the work off from all of our jobs to celebrate Mr. Fantabulous’ birthday it still wasn’t restful.  We got up early on Saturday morning, well okay I did, I let him sleep in.  Since we were going with a bunch of friends to support a gunbash I decided to whip up a batch of my salted caramel chocolate chunk cookies (see the instagram pic below). Now as you know where we live, nothing is close so we drove the 60+ miles to the bash. The gun bash was fun and this time the food was pretty good but the best was seeing our friends and seeing Mr. Fantabulous relax.  After that we met up with some other friends for dinner at this new brewery in Castle Shannon (Mindful Brewing for you Pittsburgh peeps).

It’s funny because Pittsburgh is truly a small town as we knew the manager of this place as he was one of our favorite managers at a different brewery. The food was pretty good.  I asked Matt, the manager, what he recommended. He advised Mr. Fantabulous on some beer and for me, since he knows I’m a food snob he recommended the fried chicken and waffles.  Now even though I’m not a huge waffles fan I took his advice.

Now this chicken, omg people… it was seriously good!  They pressure fry their chicken.  The skin was crispy and the meat was ridiculously moist. Like we’re talking so good that I want to buy a pressure fryer! But right now that’s not practical for me. I’d definitely go back to see Matt and get the chicken but I’d go earlier in the day as our wait was 2 hours annnnnnnnnd it was insanely loud. We’re talking so loud that you couldn’t hear the person sitting next to you. I actually left there with a headache (and still have one today).

Last week I had lots of stuff I posted on Instagram. Some posts even had recipes in them.  If you don’t follow me on there you’re missing out! Oh also, I posted a video of the finished floor in the media and billiard room.

Updates of the finished hickory flooring in the media and billiard rooms. We still have way more flooring to do still downstairs (about the same size of these two rooms) but it’s progress. . 👍 . #construction #floor #flooring #hardwood #diy #remodel #renovation #canteaittosell #buymyhouse #makeanoffer #pittsburgh

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Then I went all kinds of crazy with not one but TWO potato wedges recipes! This one is Smoked Paprika, Garlic, Onion and chives! The other one is Ranch Parmesan.

Mmmm dem taters are good eats! Today I made 2-types of Roasted Potato Wedges. This one is Smoked Paprika, Garlic, Onion and chives. . 🥔 . Simple recipe: 1. Cut the 2 large potatoes in wedges and soak in a ice bath for 30 minutes. 2. Remove from the water and towel dry completely. 3. Coat with 2-3 tablespoon olive oil and a mixture of 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon onion powder, 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika and 1 teaspoon kosher salt). 4. Bake at 400F on a rimmed baking sheet for 20 min, flip over and bake another 20. If you want them crispier broil for 1-2 min per side. . ❤ . #food #foodporn #foodgasm #instagood #chefsofinstagram #potatoes #eeeeeats #delicious #thekitchenwhisperer #recipe #chef #cheflife #buzzfeedfood #huffposttaste #nomnom

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And then I introduced “Face Cookies” These cookies are the size of your face and something you *should* share with someone buuuuuuuuuut you don’t really have to when you’re having that “OMG I NEED THIS” craving!

⭐️Allow me to introduce the FACE COOKIE! The cookie as big as your face😍 . 🍪 . #chefsofinstagram #chef #instagood #buzzfeedfood #cheflife #thekitchn #thekitchenwhisperer #eeeeeats #instagood #food #cookies #baking #sweets #huffposttaste #foodgasm #foodporn #foodnetwork #cheatday #cookiesfortwo #foodie

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Anyway peeps, my head is still hurting pretty bad. I want to take some more Tylenol and grab some food. Have yourself one fantabulous week!

♥ Monday –  Avocados on the halfshell
♥  Tuesday – Chunky Shrimp Burgers with Avocado Aioli sauce
♥  Wednesday –  Happy Birthday Mr. Fantabulous!
♥  Thursday –  Unstuffed Cabbage Lasagna
♥  Friday – Ultimate Cheesy Roasted Veggie Calzone
♥  Saturday – Summer Garden Pasta
♥  Sunday – Bourbon Honey Butter Pork Tenderloin
♥  Dessert of the week – Simple Skinny Banana Cookies with raisins and chocolate chips

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