• date night dinner & a show: all about hamilton

    July 31, 2018bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    So this past weekend we got to see Hamilton at the Kennedy Center! If you happen to have been living under a rock and have no idea what I’m talking about, it’s a 2h 45min musical about Alexander Hamilton and the other founding fathers culminating in the duel where Aaron Burr killed Hamilton. It’s got insanely catchy music, fusing hip hop, R&B, pop, soul, and rap, and color-casts non-white actors with deliberation. It’s a crazy piece of history, both in the telling and the making, and it’s also just good old fun. The Kennedy Center production we saw was amazing.…

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  • Mexican Corn Bread @ bestwithchocolate.com

    mexican corn bread;

    May 12, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Spice up your classic cornbread with this green chile corn meal batter topped with a mexican blend of cheese!  Easy to make and perfect for meal prep or to feed a crowd. – – If you’re looking for a different spin on cornbread, I highly recommend this one!  It’s pretty classic, has those big kernels of corn, and is packed full of flavor.  I honestly don’t think it needs a slather of butter that some people like on their cornbread because of the green chiles and cheesy topping! This is also one of my make-ahead side dishes!  You’ll need to…

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  • Tamale Pie @ bestwithchocolate.com

    tamale pie;

    April 14, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Corn bread, and beef, and cheese, oh my! This is a great make-ahead meal!  We had a game night with a friend coming over, and I was going to try to not actually be in the kitchen making dinner for like half of his visit (like I usually am most times when people visit for dinner).  I do love our current place for the fact that it has an open layout, and I can actually be in the kitchen talking to other people in both the living room area and the dining room area, and the kicker–NOT in my kitchen.  It’s the…

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