comment icon 27 more comments As summer activities have picked up for our family, I’ve been riding the highs of having a weekly batch of chicken salad in the fridge. I love a cold, creamy bowl of it straight out of the fridge for an high protein Summer Mom Lunch, and my girls love to eat the components (plain chicken, grapes, celery and cashews) dipped in a bit of dressing for a kid-friendly snack plate....
Want to make these Coffee Mug Cookies, you can! If you have a friend who loves to tinker with cookie recipes or a brother who’s always manning the grill, then the pressure is on for nailing down the best kitchen gifts for foodies! You already know they like to cook, bake, or spend time in the kitchen, so what else can they possibly need? I’m here to share some ideas for cooking gifts and kitchen necessities, including many they probably wouldn’t have considered buying for themselves!...
Want more appetizers? Try my 7 Layer Bean Dip, Crab Dip, or Cheesy Bean Dip! Why I love this dip: Fast – Only 10 minutes of prep and 20 minutes to bake!Easy – all ingredients mixed together in one bowl. Crowd Favorite – This is a hugely popular appetizer that we always serve for holiday and superbowl parties! Make Ahead Instructions: To Make Ahead: This baked artichoke dip can be made up to 1 day ahead of time....
Image credit: Nordstrom I’m a BIG fan of Nordstrom, and am an even bigger fan of their AMAZING anniversary sale! Why? Because it’s their main sales event of the year, with HUGE discounts on top-tier clothing brands, beauty products, self-care items, and home goods. The sale runs from July 15 to August 5! There’s a killer deal on these comfy UGG slippers, but I also love these biker shorts and these slim denim jeans!...
comment icon 166 more comments Let’s get real for a second. When it’s summer and you’re grilling more and going to the farmer’s market sometimes and getting gifted things from neighbors gardens or CSA boxes, sometimes “regular meal prep” doesn’t cut it. Sometimes what you really need is just a good sauce or two to get you through the week – be it for dipping, drizzling, salading, spreading, or dunking with all your freshly grilled, roasted, or chopped up summery stuff....
Easy Mango Mimosa Cocktail I hope you’re with friends and family, enjoying good food, and having a relaxing day and that tomorrow will be the same. And I hope you quench your thirst with a mimosa drink. Or three. Rather than orange juice, I added mango nectar to champagne to make this easy mimosa recipe. I love anything mango and it’s a fun and easy twist on classic mimosas. Perfectly sweet and refreshing....
Want more delicious side dishes? Try Buttermilk Cornbread, Wedge Salad, Garlic Knots, or Truffle Mac and Cheese. Why I love this recipe: Versatile – These easy twice baked potatoes or “potato boats” as we call them make a great side with almost any meal. Serve them with something fancy like Prime Rib, or a simple Baked Ham or Pork Tenderloin. Easy – So quick to make, but they feel fancy, and even the pickiest eaters love them....
comment icon 72 more comments These are my affectionately nicknamed “Mega-Burritos,” and honestly, this is all there is for me in the world right now. We are down to the wire before this baby makes her arrival, that this – or variations of this – is literally all I’ve been eating. Does this mean she will love spicy cauliflower and walnut taco meat and roasty sweet potatoes and vegan queso and avocados and flour tortillas and salsa?...
Back in the day, I had a serious love affair with Veuve Clicquot. It was always noon somewhere in my world and never too early for champagne. So it was a lovely surprise to have Scott pick up a bottle. Not sure when we will break into it, but hopefully soon. And after 10+ years together, we apparently think alike. Of all the thousands of anniversary cards out there at various stores, we bought each other the same card!...
Sounds like my Vegan Chocolate-Coconut-Chia Treats from yesterday hit the spot. Yay for that! I hope all you recipe tweakers whip em up, with your own flava and style! Here’s a recap of some of the weekend eats…meals and days are blending together in my less than stellar memory banks… I made this banana oatmeal (1/2 c dry oatmeal and 1 mashed banana soaked overnight in 2/3 c lowfat vanilla almond milk), cooked, and then stirred in cinny & brown shug, and topped with raisins and TJ’s Sunflower Seed Buttah…....
You and your guests are going to love how great they taste and how fast and easy they are to make. I’ve partnered with Evite, NABISCO, and Coca-Cola to share these recipes and images. Click over to the Evite for more fun ideas and recipes. Score with guests by tackling a few recipes found on the NABISCO Pinterest board. Make a Game Day classic in mini form with these RITZ Crackers Pepperoni & Veggie “Pizzas”....
This copycat P.F. Chang’s Mongolian Beef recipe is loaded with rich Asian flavors from the ginger, garlic, sesame, and soy. I love it when I can recreate a restaurant dish and make it taste as good at home, if not better, and it’s extremely easy! It’s ready in 20 minutes, making it perfect for busy weeknight dinners. Or picky eaters, if you happen to have one! Rather than frying the beef in a wok with excess oil, I seared it in a skillet with just a bit of oil....
comment icon 44 more comments I don’t mean like I’m making marinated tomatoes and having it as a side dish (although you go right ahead – if you’re fancy enough to have side dishes right now, don’t let me stop you). I mean like, for the day to day, the extent of my entire “cooking” is a bowl of tomatoes that hang out for a little soak time in some garlic, salt, olive oil, lemon juice, and some fresh herbs....
6:00 am – Eat breakfast (today I had cold brown rice + cold oatmeal + milk and honey and it was delicious), shower, get ready, and above all else, avoid blowdrying hair. 6:55 am – Commute via Jeepney. It’s about a 30 second commute. 8:30 am – Start school. 11:30 am – Lunch time. And thank goodness Jollibee delivers. 4:15 pm – Walk home. On the way home, make a pit stop for rice, produce, Oreos, and other essentials....
Small Loaf Banana Bread for Two Over the years I’ve made 40+ kinds of banana bread, but this version is different in two major ways. First, it’s small enough for two. Even though I never have a problem plowing my way through a loaf of banana bread, if you’re not as zealous as I am or only have two ripe bananas to use, it’s perfect. Secondly, I made it in a Philips Viva Airfryer Digital....
Bella Bars come in two flavors Cinnamon Nut and Chocolate Nut They’re all-natural, raw, vegan, and contain only 12 ingredients Well, okay, 13 ingredients for the chocolate nut flavor because of the cocoa powder The taste and texture of them is very Larabar-esque Dense, chewy, and sweet-ish, but not overly sweet because there’s no added sugar. It’s amazing what dates can do <–aka, Nature’s Candy If you like Larabars, you’ll enjoy the Bella Bars, too...
comment icon 59 more comments Mornings just got 100x better and this is a fact. I want you to know that nutritious breakfasts AND easy non-stressful mornings can be found in the form of something magical and beautiful called chia overnight oats, and do we love oats for this or what? WE LOVE OATS FOR THIS. Also, you should really take it seriously anytime I give you advice on non-stressful mornings because I am about the last person ever who is qualified to train others on such a thing....
Like buttering and toasting one of my favorite childhood cereals. What I love about Christina and her book, is that she’s not afraid of unusual food and ingredient pairings. Although some of the ingredients she uses are quite unusual (glucose and acetate strips), breakfast cereal is about as ordinary as it gets. Ordinary, schmordinary. Cap’n Crunch could never be ordinary to me, but it did just get even better....
Rather than just inhale it as fast as I can chew, I baked it into layered bars that are bursting with texture. That at least slows down the rate of inhalation because the caramel corn is perched on top of squishy, gooey marshmallows, which are on top of dense, rich chocolate chip cookie bars. They’re quite a mouthful in the best possible way. I have a real fondness for marshmallow-based bars and cereal bars....
I had fun standing at the table and snapping pictures of beets. Oh yes, that’s me, with my big honkin’ camera, just taking pictures of dirty root vegetables. Fun times! I took all the pictures very fast. On the fly in less than 30 seconds because I haven’t lost all shame. Plus, I didn’t want to “hog” the area from other shoppers in case they wanted to get rooty. But aren’t these pretty?...
