Tina's Chic Corner

Ham and Cheese Pockets

February 10th, 2016Tina0 Comments

I’m a glutton for punishment. I first made hand pies back in 2014 with a strawberry filling. They are freaking awesome. However, they are a pain in the butt to make, at least for a perfectionist like me. I roll out the pastry dough, measure, then re-roll, then re-measure, again and again, down to the milometer. It’s not hard to do but it’s undeniably frustrating. I pretty much swore I’d never make them again. The problem is that you find yourself wanting to make new kinds of pastry with this dough because it’s that amazing. (If you can really call that …

Paleo Chocolate Chunk Cookies

February 8th, 2016Tina3 Comments

Let me head you off at the beginning, I’m not following a paleo diet. Truth be told I can’t even say the word “paleo” correctly. I thought it was pronounced as pa-lay-o, emphasis on the lay. One day my husband corrected me. It’s pay-lee-oh, you know, like the era before the dinosaurs? Well, I have a mental block now so I still say it wrong, every single time, and my husband kindly corrects me every single time. I swear I’m actually an intelligent person and can be taught. Just not this time. 😉 Yesterday my girlfriend asked me where I …

Pizza Dip

February 5th, 2016Tina2 Comments

Everyone has their favorite food to munch on while they watch (or pretend to watch) a football game. My ideal food to have during a football game is pizza (and a beer). Who am I kidding? I pretty much want pizza all the darn time, even on a random hot day in the summer when there are no signs of a football around. Anyway, I’m pretty sure that I’m not alone here because pizza is awesome. You may be the kind of person who requires chips and dip instead. After all, chips and dip are a wonderful thing to pop in your mouth …

Banana Cake With Vanilla Frosting

February 3rd, 2016Tina0 Comments

I’m bananas over this cake. (Bet you’ve never heard that one before, but I couldn’t resist.. 😉 ) In all seriousness, I’ve wanted to make this banana cake for a while now. Why? Uhm, isn’t the answer obvious? We’re talking about cake, here. I haven’t made it until now because I’m not the greatest at making cakes or frosting them, especially frosting them. One time I threw an entire cake away because I tried to spread the frosting on it before it had cooled completely and the frosting melted and got weird. I learned two things that day. One, the …

Black Beans, Sausage And Rice

January 29th, 2016Tina0 Comments

I had every intention of making a beans and rice meal and then I realized that beans and rice, while tasty as a side dish, may not keep my husband satisfied. He will, after all, be the one eating it over and over again as the main course. Add another ingredient to the dish, like sausage, and we may have something here. Seriously, my husband and I have tried a variety of “beans and rice” meals and they are all boring. Good, but boring. I had some turkey sausage in the freezer so I threw it in and it totally …