Oh my yum...

Chocolate covered bacon.

'Nuff said.

Spoonfedgrill dot com AKA THE FOOD TRUCK!

If you are a friend of mine (and if you're reading this you probably are because I haven't really branched out.. boo..) you know I'm always tweeting or Facebooking about the food truck!

Recently food trucks have been all the rave yo. There's a show on the Food Network about them, and well, they're just everywhere now.. This food truck specifically comes around my place of business at least 3 days a week and has never disspointed me.

The meal pictured is a turkey rollup with thyme roasted sweet potatoes. I love this wrap! It has turkey, greens, tomatoes, sauteed apples, apple butter, cheese (I think it's provolone) all wrapped up in a whole wheat tortilla and grilled to perfection. It is for reals one of my favorite things on the menu.

They also offer delicious quesedillas! I have had one with steak and bleu cheese, also they have one similar to the turkey wrap, but it has chicken, cranberries, and GOAT CHEESE! I think I have said enough.. you must track down this food truck!

Check out their site and follow them on Twitter to find out where they're going to be!

Zoe's Kitchen, I heart you...

I cannot express to you guys how much I love Zoe's Kitchen. I have never been dissapointed by anything I have ordered from them.

Recently (well in the past 6 or so months) Zoe's Kitchen has added hummus to their menu. I've always been confused as to why they didn't have hummus on there before, being that they're a Greek-ish restaurant. I love me some hummus. Whether it's from the Purple Onion at 3 A.M. after a late night at the bar, or from a grocery store with some pita waching Lifetime movies :P

Zoe's Kitchen has paired my two favorite things into one meal here. Hummus and their greek salad! Their hummus is really fresh and bright tasting! Their greek salad is no joke also. I'll often order a large greek salad from them and eat the whole box.. I think it's the salad dressing.. oh yes.

When it comes to Dr. Pepper, this household needs an intervention.

No joke y'all.. Dr. Pepper is a must in our house. Seriously. When people were running out for bread and milk during our last snow "storm" my sister went on a Dr. Pepper run.. We are fuelled by Dr. Pepper.

Somebody at the local Elk's Lodge where my sister works gave her a bottle of this BBQ Sauce. Now I'm a huge BBQ sauce fan.. I like to make my own when grilling chicken and stuff but any time chicken nuggets come into play I must have a puddle of the stuff on my plate. I'm pretty picky about it too, there is such thing as bad BBQ sauce.

This sauce is pretty damn good. It really does taste like Dr. Pepper! It's sweet and tangy and I bet would taste way better on a grilled pork chop than some frozen nuggets. I bet it would also help to pair this with a cold can of DP, like wine pairing.. mmmm

My sister has been looking around because she also hears there is a Dr. Pepper marinade which she wants to bathe a steak in.. We haven't seen this in the stores. Keep your eyes open if you see this and let me know! We'll buy up a few bottles!

Homemade Lasagna Attempt: SUCCESS!

I've had a day off work so I've sat around and watched Food Network all day.. this gave me an itch to cook something yummy!

I remembered a post my friend Shanna made in her blog with a recipe for a pizza lasagna that her husband and her son love! I also remembered that I wanted to give that a try when I saw the post months ago..

I am VERY pleased with how this turned out! I did make a few tweaks to call it my own, I made the tomato sauce from scratch with just an onion, and three cloves of garlic chopped in my little chopper.. I also added some Lipton Savory Herb & Garlic mix to the ricotta cheese, I had another pouch leftover from a pizza dip that I made. I thought that would give it more pizza taste since I used such a simple sauce..

I plan to make more lasagnas in the future now that I know that I can make a delicious one! I love vegetable lasagna and would like to give that a whirl..

MMMMMM I'm going to be eating good for a couple of days with these leftovers!

Ode to football season foods...

There's no wonder I gain weight during football season.. We're huge college ball fans down here and we also like to party!!

The best things I've eaten so far this season:
Pork, wrapped in pork with brown sugar!
Stadium dog with sauce!

My BFF, SJ, serves these little rolled pices of heaven at her parties.. Oh myyyy gooooooddd... Conecuh smoked sausage wrapped in bacon topped with brown sugar.. Bake on a foil lined cookie sheet at 350 for about 30 minutes. Wow oh wow guys, these things don't last long out of the oven!

That Stadium Dog really needs a post of it's own. I love me a Stadium Dog! Purchased at Bryant Denny Stadium for a whopping $4.50 they're Bryant hot dogs on a soft bun mmmm it's like a hot dog cloud that's floated down from the heavens! You can get them plain, all the way, or with sauce..

Sauce... Now it's just ketchup and mustard, but the ratio and brands remain a mystery and no matter how hard I've tried I can't get it right! I HATE mustard, it's disgusting vile stuff.. But on a Stadium Dog it's a must.. 

It's also a must that it be washed down with a giant Alabama Football cup of Coca-Cola...

Mmmmmmm football season tastes soooo gooooood!

Yogurt bar, you're better than a real bar...

I don't know about where any of yall live but here in Birmingham these yogurt bars are popping up everywhere !! 

I've only been to two, Yogurt Mountain and a place called Treat Yourself.

I want one of these in my house !! I'd be 800 lbs and all happy and full o' frozen yogurt, candy, and cheese cake bites :) 

Ahhh

Pimento Cheese... Pâtè of the South.

Deliciousness!!

Sandwich Week :)

So it's kinda like Shark Week, only I'm the predator! Every day this week I challenge myself to make a post about sandwiches.. because who doesn't love sandwiches!

I commute 25 miles to work one way. I think about A LOT of random things. One day last week I was thinking about what I would do for dinner and this epic idea for a sandwich came into my head!

Two pieces of BBQ bread, BBQ sauce, chicken, sharp cheddar cheese, grilled cheese style!

OMG was this sandwich delicious!! So easy too...

mmmmm sandwiches...

Sometimes you just NEED a burger!

Maybe you've had a bad day, maybe you're starving and you only have $6 in your checking account until payday, maybe you had to go to the doctor and get blood taken and for the first time in 28 years you didn't cry or pass out... Some situation in your life warrants a good 'ol burger.

OK so I was totally just making excuses to eat such a lunch today.
I don't care what anybody says, Milo's is the bomb, yo! From the always crispy fries to the sauce and the piece of mystery meat tucked into the middle of your burger. There is nothing about Milo's that I don't love!

Don't get me started on those pies! Apple, lemon, peach - they're all delicious.

Oh, and the tea! Ohh the sweet tea! Now I've had better tea in my lifetime, usually the best comes from my own kitchen, but there's some kind of tea crack they put in Milo's Sweet Tea. Something that keeps you coming back for more and more until you realize you've drank a whole gallon within a day - oops. Here in Alabama, it ain't a family gatherin' unless you have a jug of Milo's around..

Once in high school, we spent Spring Break in Panama City Beach, Florida. While at the grocery store stocking the fridge for our first week of independent beach-going, we were absolutely appalled and outraged that there was no Milo's Tea in sight at the grocery store. It was a shame! This was not the age of smart phones and wide-spread internet access so it wasn't until I got back to Birmingham until I learned that we were the only ones privileged enough to enjoy this tea crack.

It's my understanding that not everybody enjoys Milo's. I just don't see how this is possible. As far as fast food goes.. Everybody goes to Milo's!