chocolate spoons
February 5, 2012 – 4:21 pm | 12 Comments

The perfect little dessert for Valentine’s Day!

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killer chipotle shrimp
July 3, 2009 – 7:30 am | 7 Comments
killer chipotle shrimp

It’s official…I have a new idol.

easy pot pressure maker
July 1, 2009 – 7:18 am | 3 Comments
easy pot pressure maker

I’m always wishing there were more hours in the day.  Here’s a cool new product that won’t give you hours, but the minutes it will save you will add up throughout the week – you’ll …

Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Eat like a U.S. President!
June 28, 2009 – 6:15 pm | 5 Comments
Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Eat like a U.S. President!

Food blogging is filled with perks.  It’s not why I became a blogger (I didn’t know this when I started out), but it’s one of the things that makes it so addicting!  Foodbuzz is amazing …

coconut banana bread with lime glaze
June 24, 2009 – 1:19 pm | 8 Comments
coconut banana bread with lime glaze

As much as I love to cook and bake, it’s been a rare exception that I’ve attempted anything with the word “bread” in it.  Sure there’s bread pudding, beer bread, and now this yummy banana …

soft shell crab – easy and delicious!
June 23, 2009 – 6:12 am | 5 Comments
soft shell crab – easy and delicious!

Soft shell crab is one of those things that has always seemed rather mysterious to me. It wasn’t until a
few years ago that I even knew what it was (crab without its shell? …

shrimp and feta rigatoni – the perfect recipe
June 16, 2009 – 7:14 am | 4 Comments
shrimp and feta rigatoni – the perfect recipe

An easy shrimp recipe with a secret ingredient.

mac ‘n cheese for grownups!
June 12, 2009 – 7:28 am | 8 Comments
mac ‘n cheese for grownups!

Comfort food.  Admittedly it’s best on a rainy, dreary day – and since that’s all we’ve had around here lately that’s what I’ve been craving.  Macaroni and cheese is one of my favorites – if …

Father’s Day is June 21st – do you know where your ideas are?
June 10, 2009 – 6:52 am | 2 Comments
Father’s Day is June 21st – do you know where your ideas are?

Why, right here at The Wicked Noodle, of course!  Last week I promised to find you some unusual and fun ideas for the Dad who loves to cook and/or barbecue.  Here are my favorites from …

be our guest…the portabella mushroom burger
June 4, 2009 – 9:31 am | 2 Comments
be our guest…the portabella mushroom burger

Fire up the barbie, honey, our guests have arrived!  Today they’re joining us from BURP! – where they just love to cook up all kinds of delicious looking goodies.  This portabella mushroom burger had us …

refreshing strawberry limeade
June 3, 2009 – 6:11 am | 5 Comments
refreshing strawberry limeade

24 limes.  That’s how many limes lost their juicy little lives in the lime-juice bath massacre in my kitchen.  The strawberries were innocent bystanders, but they were necessary casualties.  (the carnage) ———>
Limeade seems to be …

country bob’s steak sauce giveaway!
June 2, 2009 – 8:29 am | 9 Comments
country bob’s steak sauce giveaway!

The winners have been announced!  Congrats to Jennie and Jennai!  We used the “True Random Number Generator” to determine our winners.  This was great fun – thanks to Country Bob’s for putting together this yummy …

june – what’s in season and other groovy stuff
June 1, 2009 – 3:54 pm | 3 Comments
june – what’s in season and other groovy stuff

Everything in the collage above is in season this June here in Virginia!  Hurray for berry season!
Would you like to know what’s in season in your area?

Johnsonville Brat Throwdown!
June 1, 2009 – 9:23 am | 10 Comments
Johnsonville Brat Throwdown!

I’ve been eating brats since the day I was born.  I was born and raised in WI, where it’s practically a legal requirement to raise your kids on bratwurst and sauerkraut.  They’re sent to school …

three burgers…by bobby flay
May 24, 2009 – 2:59 pm | 5 Comments
three burgers…by bobby flay

Three delicious burgers by my favorite celeb chef!

free chocolate? oh, yeah!!
May 20, 2009 – 3:51 pm | 3 Comments
free chocolate?  oh, yeah!!

Mars Snackfood U.S. is giving away as many as seven million full-size packages of its chocolate products as a part of its “Real Chocolate Relief Act,” which is going on now through September.

what’s your most prized cooking possession?
May 12, 2009 – 7:19 am | 20 Comments
what’s your most prized cooking possession?

Everybody’s got ‘em – those few things that you go to every time you’re in the kitchen, convinced that your food wouldn’t be quite the same without the extra bit of love your special something …