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A festive DIY nacho bar set up for game day with bowls of toppings, cheese sauces, tortilla chips, and layered nachos on a rustic wooden table.
Food & Cooking
Tay M.

DIY Nacho Bar: The Ultimate Game-Day Crowd Pleaser

Create the ultimate game day experience with a DIY nacho bar that lets everyone build their perfect plate of crispy, melty, flavor-packed nachos. A Quick Bite of Nacho History Nachos might feel like a modern party food, but their roots go back to 1943 in Piedras Negras, Mexico. Legend has

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Food & Cooking
Tay M.

A Culinary Legacy: Learning from My Mom’s Kitchen

My mom, actually my grandmother who raised me, was an excellent cook and a true food lover. Her kitchen was typically filled with the delicious aromas of classic Louisiana cooking, but when it came to her personal tastes, she craved anything but the usual Southern fare. Most Saturdays, you’d find

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7 of my favorite flavor combos
Food & Cooking
Tay M.

Taysty Tips – 7 of My Favorite Flavor Combinations

Why Use Flavor Combinations? My seven favorite flavor combinations serve a specific purpose in my kitchen – to make cooking on the fly easier.  They are ingrained into my head and make whipping up a meal effortless.  I only have to decide which places I wish to delve into.  I

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Food & Cooking
Tay M.

Poached Whole Chicken

Poached Whole Chicken is juicy and tender with hundred of uses in the culinary world.  From soup to quick meals having poached chicken on hand will come in clutch at mealtime.  I always have dark, white, and mixed chicken in my freezer.  Use the meat in almost any recipe that

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Food & Cooking
Tay M.

Spicy BLT Avocado Toast

  Say it with me, Spicy BLT Avocado Toast. Perhaps I should start off by saying that I did not think I liked avocado for the longest time. I know, I know.  What type of self-respecting southern Californian does not like avocado?  I swear I did not.  Boy, I have

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Food & Cooking
Tay M.

Why I Love to Cook

I love to cook, in case you have not noticed. In my (not so) humble opinion, I tend to be pretty good at it.  Recently, I realized I was using my cooking abilities in both a healthy and unhealthy manner.  As I look back over the years, I can see

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