The Foodie Patootie

National Crabmeat Day | Crab Rangoons

I love food court Chinese food. I can’t help it and I won’t bother denying it. Master Wok at the local mall is my favorite and after so many years of visiting, the staff...

#HSNCooks Part 1 with Curtis, Donatella, Ming, and Lorena!

I’ve been sitting at my computer completely dumbfounded for a solid 20 minutes. This is no exaggeration. I’m trying to wrap my head around my day because frankly, I don’t even know if it’s...

National Peanut Cluster Day | Homemade PayDay Bars

If I was able to eat a PayDay every day without gaining weight or feeling sick, I would. This was my favorite candy bar when I was little, until I upgraded to Heath Bars....

National Cereal Day | Puppy Chow

Are you a salty or sweet snack lover? Are you both and just never have any idea what to have to satisfy your tooth? Well, puppy chow is that snack! It’s kind of cruel...

National Crown Roast of Pork Day | Crown Roast with Apple Stuffing

SMH SMH SMH SMH. It was a semi chore in getting this crown roast into my home. I thought it would be easy to find one, but then I started seeing prices online and...

National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day | Cheesecake with White Chocolate Sauce

Ahh, thank you food holidays for making it easy and acceptable for me to be consuming cheesecake on the regular. It was almost an exact month ago that I was celebrating National Cream Cheese...

National Frozen Food Day | Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans Dinner

I’m very excited for this food holiday. It’s a complete meal that just reminds me of home. National Frozen Food Day is celebrated in a different way in my house today. How about homemade...

National Cheese Doodle Day | Ghost Pepper Cheese Doodles

Google tricked me because when I looked up cheese doodle recipes a couple of weeks ago, it showed me cheddar biscuits  Google, you failed me. However, it really is just cheese sticks, cheese puffs, whatever...

National Absinthe Day | Pernod French Absinthe

Just hearing about Absinthe makes me giggle. Why? I don’t know. Maybe it’s the fact that it reminds me of green fairies and I think about that one movie with the college kids who...

National Pound Cake Day | Pound Cake Two Ways

For my southeastern states folks, pound cake is on sale at Publix! Perfect timing, Publix, thanks. I’ve made two different recipes with Pound Cake for today. Krystal totally reminded me of this salad I...