Over the last year, not a day has gone by without someone asking me how I come up with my recipes. Usually, I take inspiration from restaurant menus, farmers markets or food conversations with friends. However, every once in a while, I wake up in the middle of the night and a genius recipe idea just pops into my head. Over the weekend, this exact phenomenon happened. I introduce to you, my latest creation....the buffalo chicken pot pie (insert *gasp* here)! This dish is epic. I thought ... [ Read More ]
Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
With the Super Bowl around the corner, I know you're going to need recipes for lots of delicious finger foods! From experience, I can tell you that showing up with anything "buffalo" is one of the best ways to be the MVP of your party. Over the last year, I've posted my famous buffalo chicken wing dip (always a hit) and my cauliflower buffalo wings. However, if you're looking for something new and exciting, you need to try my buffalo chicken meatballs with my creamy gorgonzola sauce. These ... [ Read More ]
5 Lessons I’ve learned in 2014
Hands down, this has been the most life-changing year for me. Between quitting my job in May, getting engaged and launching my own brand/business, I feel like I've learned a lot. I thought it would be awesome to finish out 2014 by sharing the 5 most salient lessons I've learned over this year in hopes that they will inspire you to get the most out of 2015. 1) There is always going to be an excuse not to do something: If I've learned anything this year, it's that there is never a good time ... [ Read More ]
10 Most Popular Recipes of 2014
I've had such a wonderful year writing Everything Erica! Between finally figuring out how to leave my career in Real Estate to work on this full-time and all the incredible opportunities I've been afforded, I feel truly lucky. Since there has been so many yummy dishes that have come out of my blog this year, I thought it might be fun to go through my site stats and pull out the 10 most popular recipes of 2014! Here we go... #10 - Drunken Caramelized Brussels Sprouts: Since brussels ... [ Read More ]
Balsamic Grilled Chicken & Eggplant w/ Goat Cheese Couscous
Last week, I asked my followers via Facebook to name 6 ingredients and I would figure out a way to combine them and make a cohesive and delicious dish. With-in seconds of posting, here were the first ones that I received: Chickpeas Eggplant Chicken Breast Couscous Capers Goat Cheese Here was my thought process on creating the dish... 1) Immediately when I saw the couscous and the chickpeas, I knew I had to go Mediterranean. I had been dying to make this Turkish hummus I ... [ Read More ]
Candy Cane Martini
Last week I had a super fun holiday party with some of my favorite Chicago foodie ladies. Since this was a heavy hitting group of foodies, I knew I wanted to impress. I thought, "what better what to start the evening off then with a fun and festive martini?" I recently got a bottle of Ice Fox Vodka as a gift and thought it would be the perfect base to start my Candy Cane Martini's! Since I'm not much of a mixologist, I invited my incredibly cool friend, Kelly Rizzo (www.eattravelrock.com) ... [ Read More ]
Roasted Garlic Turkish Hummus
If you're a big hummus lover like me, then you must try this delicious roasted garlic Turkish hummus. I stumbled across this variation last month when I was visiting my friend, Holley, in Philadelphia. She took me to this great Israeli restaurant called, Zahav, and we decided to start with one of their house specialities, the Turkish Hummus. If you haven't heard of it before (I hadn't), it's made with butter instead of tahini and served warm out of the oven. It's complete heaven and I would ... [ Read More ]
Positive Vibes Only!
Recently, I got a pretty harsh comment in response to my "5 Ways to not get Fat over the Holidays"and I felt like it was important for me to publicly respond to this person. The person writes: "I don’t get the obsession about being skinny. You waste your time obsessing about your looks when everything else is so much more important. You’re one of hundreds of thousands of women who just succumb to the pressures that society places on them instead of finding strength and fighting ... [ Read More ]
Hutch: A Memorable Chicago Brunch
Last month I had such a great dinner experience at Hutch in Lakeview, that I thought it might be fun to give them a try for Brunch. After heading online and checking out their jaw-dropping menu, I was 100% sold and booked my reservation. The biggest issue I had going into this meal was that I wanted to try SO many things and I honestly couldn't decide. That's why I brought a group of friends with me who were down to dine "family style", so that we could try a few different ... [ Read More ]
5 Ways to Not Get Fat Over the Holidays
Sorry to be so blunt, but my blog title got your attention right? As my blog and social media has grown over the past few months, the #1 question I've been asked recently is "How do you stay skinny when you eat so much?". First off, let me first say that I don't not consider myself skinny. I have curves and just like many of you, I struggle every single day of my life with feeling bloated and heavy. I do recognize however, that considering that amount of food I eat or am perceived to eat ... [ Read More ]
