Easy Garlic Butter Scallops Recipe Wondering what to make for a special holiday meal, important family dinner, date-night at home (Valentine’s Day here’s looking at you), or a special occasion like an anniversary or birthday? Look no further than this easy garlic butter scallops recipe! Admittedly, scallops aren’t usually my go-to. I have tons of recipes for shrimp including 10-Minute Easy Shrimp Scampi, Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp With Angel Hair Pasta, and Coconut Shrimp with Orange-Chili Dipping Sauce....

comment icon 111 more comments If there’s one thing that can make me want to bake these five (5!) times in one weekend, it’s herbs soaked in melted butter plus a pile of freshly grated Parmesan cheese. There is, um, one teeny tiny detail that required me to make these baked eggs five times. I might have forgotten to set the timer during attempts 1-4? But isn’t Siri supposed to do that for me?...

We are hiring! In the official, public, serious way. 😱 Like, you know us. Sooo super serious. The screaming face emoji = dead giveaway to the seriousness of this event. I guess technically we’ve done this before by offering very part-time positions to family and friends. But today we’re bringing our next job opening to the Pinch of Yum community because a) while it might seem like we mostly just hang out and eat all day (semi-true), there is actually quite a lot of work to be done around here and we could use a few more hands on deck, and b) we believe that the right person for the job is already a part of this little corner of the internet, doing their ultra-organized thing right here in our midst, just waiting to be found and embraced for their awesomeness....

There’s so much good going on here, guys. The carrots and zucchini get all ribboned up into shreds, and the chickpeas get roasted with a little spice, and just like that, the 5 minute Magic Green Sauce finds its place in the world. Well, or just one of its many places in the world because we already talked about how that sauce is a match for just about everything ever ever ever....

comment icon 49 more comments I want to fully turn my brain off, go into full autopilot mode, and get these chicken tacos on the table 20 minutes later. (And ideal if they can also be some of my favorite, most delicious tacos I’ve ever made.) And that is how I arrived here, at what is probably our new house favorite chicken taco. This is where I live now. The chicken for these tacos is juicy, flavorful, and usually eaten right off the cutting board....

About 50 cars all handed out candy so all the kids had to do was walk from trunk to trunk and collect their candy. Tons of parent presence so everyone was safe from strangers. Just not safe from all the HFCS. But once a year, my attitude is whatever, let her enjoy being a Fairy Princess, while eating HFCS-laden candy and all. Here’s a couple cute I took of my Fairy Princess....

comment icon 126 more comments And right now, in my life, the roasted cauliflower burrito bowl combo is delivering big-time. Why are roasted cauliflower burrito bowls just kind of the best thing ever? Definitely 50% magic. The other 50% is split between: aggressively spiced roasted cauliflower coated in some hot sauce;hot, steamy white rice;zippy pico de gallo;fresh sweet corn that is seriously SWEET;creamy mashed black beans;buttery avocado;a waterfall of lime juice and cilantro over the whole thing....

comment icon 106 more comments That bright green basil sauce is the green sauce of summer 2023 for me – pour it over spice-loaded, caramelized salmon and throw a little tomato salad on the side and you have a very happy dinner. We’ve been eating this ON REPEAT in our house lately! In This Post: Everything You Need For Salmon with Basil Sauce Watch How To Make This Salmon with Basil Sauce How To Make This Salmon with Basil Sauce (with Pictures) Step 1: Make the Basil Sauce Just blitz, blend, do your thing....

These tacos are just one more additional to my growing collection of killer-good Mexican recipes! Serve them with a side of refried beans and Mexican rice. What I love about this recipe: Packed with flavor: You’ll think you’re eating at a coastal Mexican restaurant! Every time I make these I can’t help making “yummy” noises with every bite I take! They are just that good. Quick and easy: These tacos should take less than 30 minutes to make, and you can make the slaw and marinade in advance to get them on the dinner table even faster!...

In this recipe, juicy pork chops are smothered in a caramelized onion gravy that reminds me of classic French Onion Soup. The brothy white wine sauce reduces and infuses the caramelized onions with layers of flavor, and the two types of melted cheese make an already amazing dish even better. These pork chops are a remake of my popular French Onion Chicken recipe, which has quickly become a reader favorite since publishing it in January 2023....

Slow Cooker Baked Beans Recipe I had a craving for baked beans that hit me like a ton of bricks over Memorial Day Weekend. And these are the best beans that have ever passed my lips. I was walking around my San Diego neighborhood, and the smells from neighborhood cookouts were wafting through the air, music was playing, people were laughing with beer bottles clanking, and the early summer evenings that stay light until 8pm reminded me of my childhood summers....

I think it was only fitting that the first type of cookies I made on it were chocolate chip. But these aren’t just any old chocolate chip cookies. They’re stuffed. With even more sugar and chocolate With Snickers bar pieces. Remember the old “Snickers Really Satisfies“ Campaign from the 80s & 90s? The campaign that wanted us to believe that Snickers bars were nutritious and filling since they contained peanuts....

Best Lemon Cookies EVER! If you like lemon, you’re going to love these cookies. They’re soft, chewy, and packed with bold lemon flavor. These easy lemon cookies pack a powerful lemon punch, they’re soft and dense rather than cakey, they’re thick enough to sink your teeth into, and I love that they’re crinkly. For robust lemon flavor, I used lemon three ways: extract, zest, and juice. If you wanted to intensify that, glaze them and sprinkle with zest....

comment icon 83 more comments It’s called a Southwest Sweet Potato Tater Tot Hotdish. Oh, yes. You heard me correctly. This is everything we love about Tex-Mex food meeting up with our meatless goals and taking the shape and form of a beloved comfort food of Minnesota winter: the tater tot hotdish. But made new. How To Make Our Sweet Potato Tater Tot Hotdish: I grew up eating the occasional non-ironic tater tot hotdish (#proud), so I feel justified to give you the 411 on this staple midwestern casserole: tater tot hotdish usually has a ground beef and veggie mixture, made with some gravy (and by gravy I mean likely a can of condensed soup) and is topped with tater tots and ketchup....

Guys. We’re obviously going to talk about these southwest turkey breakfast stacks that make us all look like we live in a magazine. But first, can we have a word about meal prep and fridge organization? pushes glasses up on face Be advised: I’m in all my back-to-school organizational and preparedness glory right now, and I couldn’t be happier. I have exactly zero kids in school. I am not a teacher anymore....

Welcome to the land of church picnics, school potlucks, and camping food. The land where everything has mayonnaise, salads have crushed Fritos in them, and the only vegetable on the table is corn. And nobody thinks twice about it. You’re here. Right now. And I was there this weekend. Oh yes, I ate (plenty of) a salad that had little to no vegetables and a few handfuls of crushed chili Fritos....

Ground Pork Lettuce Wraps One of the top 5 most popular recipes on my entire blog is for these P.F. Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps and the Facebook video has currently been viewed 21 million times. So just a wee bit popular. Since I love lettuce wraps, and apparently all of you do too, it was time to branch out from the typical chicken lettuce wraps I make and try something new....

There was also some of my favorite melted chocolate involved. The day was off to a good start for me. It was also off to a good start for Skylar because she got new Jambu shoes yesterday. They’re perfect for warmer weather, and for San Digeo weather in general, because her feet can breathe but there’s still a closed toe and an eco-friendly recycled rubber sole. The best part is that I don’t hear, “Mom, my shoes came untied” because there are no laces....

Stevia-Containing Snack: Chocolate Brownie Protein Oats With additional Tips Here You could also use Stevia in place of some of the sugar in my Vegan GF Cinnamon Raisin Banana Oatmeal Muffins. 1 bowl and a spoon, no mixer required for these. Thanks for your empathy from my last post about the Rain Damage, Heater Out, and the Power of Mother Nature. And that two roofs of ours have leaked in the past couple weeks....

We love ice cream in any form, but especially in the form of Ice Cream Sandwiches, Ice Cream Cake, or Pistachio Ice Cream! Don’t miss all our no-bake desserts! We have so many fresh strawberries and I’ve been using them to make my favorite homemade Strawberry Jam and Strawberry Lemonade. I made sure to set some aside for this amazing Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream, too! What I LOVE about this ice cream recipe: No ice cream maker necessary: No churning necessary!...