#straightouttatampa, this recipe is a faster version of the original spanish caldo gallego (literally meaning 'galician broth', hailing from spain), and is (literally translated by me as) an easy weeknight meal i like to call a "throw-together". hailing from tampa myself, i grew up eating this soup, and certainly many of my fellow tampanians, have from the infamous columbia restaurant.
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baked truffled ricotta dip
seeing as though it's not even thanksgiving yet, it only seems natural that everyone is already obsessing over the holidays and that ohmygosh christmas is basically tomorrow. right. regardless, the season of parties is upon us. here's a helpful (and oh-so-easy) recipe you can whip up in a flash
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crispy parmesan truffle fries
think you can only get those crispy, melt-in-your-mouth parmesan truffle fries at a restaurant? (ahem, cue my favorite atlanta staple JCT Kitchen). think again. my gift to you this week is this preposterously easy recipe hack for those fries you love to hate and hate to love. (but no one really hates them, let's be honest).
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fried green tomato & pimento cheese stack
what's more southern than fried green tomatoes? fried green tomatoes with pimento cheese. put them together you'll have a yankee saying ya'll in no time. what i like most about this summer staple is the versatility that comes with making this recipe. the tomatoes can be stacked, like shown here, or ,cut in quarters and served as appetizers, or feel free to just dive in and eat the pimento cheese with a spoon. (i mean, i don't judge).
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roasted baby beets and rainbow chard with lemon and goat cheese
aesthetically, not the most appealing dish in the book, but flavorfully, it's a mic-drop moment. but hey, that's just a part of cooking. sometimes, the not-so-photogenic meals taste the best, so never apologize for a dish that's just having a bad maybelline moment.
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