Our first soup is a love letter to slow food and an absolute stunner: juicy chicken cooked right in the stew, shredded piles of cabbage and chomps of tender carrot, almost creamy beans, and a rich, smoky broth thanks to a bacon, onion and garlic build. We’re here for all of it. comment icon 52 more comments So, this isn’t necessarily like a hectic Tuesday kind of soup, it’s a little more involved....

comment icon 59 more comments My husband has a new favorite meal. It starts with Chicken Caesar and it ends with Lasagna, with layers of creamy spinach, sun dried tomatoes, and Mozzarella in between, and it is deeelish. When we were in Seattle a few weekends ago, Bjork and I went out to a pizza place and ordered a Caeser salad to share. Only as an appetizer before each eating our own full-size wood fired pizza, so don’t go thinking we’re a shared-salad-as-an-entree kinda couple, alright?...

Did you know that a traditional “5-cup fruit salad” uses sour cream as the sauce? I’m sorry, but does anyone else cringe at that thought? Sour cream…really? This fruit salad recipe has the same delicious creamy flavor, but uses Greek yogurt instead. It’s creamy and sweet and absolutly delicious! Plus it takes all of 10 minutes to throw together. It’s the perfect side for family gatherings, holidays, or parties where you want something fun and something everyone will love!...

I’m always looking for new ways to serve salmon that my family will love. And when they tried this creamy garlic butter Tuscan salmon everyone was a member of The Clean Plate Club! The salmon is tender and juicy, and it’s bathed in a creamy cheese sauce made with garlic butter, heavy cream, and Parmesan cheese. Sun dried tomatoes and baby spinach add both flavor and a bit of chewy texture to the otherwise silky creamy Tuscan-inspired sauce....

Caramel Apple Bar Ideas Get ready for some fall-inspired fun with a caramel apple bar. I love that the apples are already in bite-sized wedges. Nothing quite like trying to bite into a big caramel apple and either ending up with a face full of caramel, which is totally avoided here! This caramel apple bar would be a great activity for kids on, say, a game day afternoon when the adults are focused on a football game, for anyone looking for a fall-themed birthday party idea, or even as a girls-night-in activity....

Why I make my own stock: Healthy and flavorful: Simmering bones to make stock has next-level depth of flavor that you can’t get from chicken broth or store-bought stock and it takes any recipe to the next level! Also, I love knowing and controlling exactly what’s in my stock. Easy: I grab a rotisserie chicken from Costco for $5 and feel good that I can use the meat in several different recipes, and instead of wasting the carcass, I use it to make healthy and flavorful homemade broth!...

Easy Coconut Cream Pie Recipe One of my dad’s favorite pies is coconut cream pie. Every time I have a slice of one or make one, I think of him. He adores this homemade coconut cream pie, which is just brimming with coconut flavor since coconut is used four different ways: shredded coconut, coconut milk, coconut rum, and coconut extract! If you have a coconut fan in your life, they’ll go nuts for this super creamy, decadent, and luscious pie....

Quick Beer Bread Recipe I hate beer. But I loved this bread. You will too. And it’s ridiculously easy. Hate may be too strong of a word about my feelings for beer, but not really. In college, if the choice was drink beer at a party because it’s all there was or stay sober, I stayed sober. I was the built in designated driver. I really don’t know what it is about beer that I despise so much....

If there were ever an award for most beautiful fruit bowl presentation, my mom would win, hands down! A huge bowl of amazing, fresh fruit was a staple at our house growing up, pretty much all year round. I never thought anything of it because it was such a normal part of our meal time. Now that I have a young family of my own I also love to have tons of fresh fruit to serve with almost every meal....

I can’t believe the holidays are almost here! These delicious funeral potatoes accompany many Sunday dinner, holiday dinners and potlucks this time of year in our house. They go well with everything and are a huge crowd pleasing side dish. Funeral potatoes get their unique name from being a crowd-pleasing casserole served as a side dish at after-funeral luncheons (particularly in the culture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)....

comment icon 71 more comments It’s an 11/10 for me. THEY ARE SO GOOD. The meatballs are jam-packed with flavor, golden brown on the outside, and perfectly tender. What a dream. This whole thing comes together shockingly easy, especially if you use a little blitzer like this guy (affiliate link) to mince all the meatball mix-ins! The meatballs will beg to be eaten straight out of the pan as an “appetizer” before you even get to the sandwich, but once you do get there, you can use any number of types of bread – soft French bread or baguette or pita, for example – to build the sandwich....

“Impossible” Crustless Coconut Pie I remember a few years back when ‘magic cakes’ were all the rage in the food blogging world. I never made one like the ones I am thinking of but I have made magic cake bars. But today I have something even better: a magic “impossible” pie. The magic cakes I remember reading about are cakes that form three different layers while baking, from the same batter....

comment icon 79 more comments This week I found a treasure in my school mailbox –> a collection of recipes clipped out from a magazine with a little stickie note from a friend next to one of the recipes that said: green rice? Thank you, food blog, for letting every person in my life know that I love food and allowing them the opportunity to have a food friend who will enjoy things like clippings of magazine recipes in my mailbox....

It’s called brewing it myself… …with the coffee pot I brought with me. With the local, Dutch coffee. This stuff is seriously the best coffee I have ever drank!!!!! And I’m an addict. And it’s cheap. And I hate to happily say that it leaves Starbuck’s, Peet’s, and random specialty, organic, fair-trade brews in the dust. And I drank up in these re-useable mugs I purchased along with the 50 cent bowls I mentioned yesterday, I’m totally in business now!...

comment icon 106 more comments Here’s a stunner for you. You are looking at a big ol’ bowl of store-bought wonders such as hummus, olives, and pita bread, topped with a pile of meatballs (also store-bought! SOS life) that have been coated in a quick harissa / lemon / olive oil paste and baked to juicy-crisp perfection, roasted peppers and zucchini, and a super tangy, salty, whipped garlicky feta to add a little creamy punch to every bite....

Better-Than-Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino Recipe I can suck down iced coffees like nobody’s business and would go broke if I had to buy them out. A $5 dollar drink lasts me maybe 63 seconds. Which is why this copycat Starbucks Frappuccino recipe is perfect. It’s icy and bulkier, so it takes me longer to inhale. This caramel frappuccino recipe makes two large drinks. If you were at Starbucks, we’re talking two venti drinks....

I’m convinced the Instant Pot is the easiest way to cook chicken breasts and thighs, especially when you can add them from frozen, and with the touch of a button they will cook perfectly! You can add basic seasonings to the chicken and use it in meal prep or recipes that call for cooked chicken, or serve as a main dish with gravy made from the sauce leftover in the pot....

I focus on two things with these reports (1) Pinch of Yum’s income and expenses and (2) Pinch of Yum’s analytics and traffic. I also include any tips or tricks that we’re learning as we continue to find ways to grow the blog. Usually these tips and tricks are pretty factual, like how to block certain ads in AdSense or advice on running a sale for your eBook. This type of information is important to understand and apply to your blog....

comment icon 99 more comments I came home from the studio on Sunday night after teaching a workshop over the weekend, and I settled into the couch with my phone and my cookie to get in the Mindless Introvert Zone and opened up my social apps and there it was all over everything: the news. And my brain trying to process it: no no no no no. This morning as I sit here at my little breakfast counter trying to write this post about Korean BBQ Yum Yum Rice Bowls, I’m just way lost....

Or in the case of these treats, gooey, sweet, melted marshmallows and butter with Fruit Loops. Fruit Loops were a favorite childhood cereal, but they were something special and only served at Grandma’s house. I haven’t bought them in years but saw them in a local Aruban grocery store and the brightly colored rings beckoned me to place them in my cart. Drizzled with white chocolate (I’m keeping good on that white chocolate promise) and sprinkles, and these little no-bake bars have many of my favorite ingredients rolled into one....