If you’re looking for a fast, foolproof, and flavorful way to cook salmon, save this grilled salmon foil pack recipe. It’s so easy and the salmon is tender, moist, and perfectly cooked in just 10 minutes on the grill. I used my outdoor grill so I don’t have to heat up my house during these warm summer days, but you can bake the foil packets if you don’t have a grill....
Almond extract lends the most wonderfully rich, nutty, and sweetly perfumed flavor to anything it touches. And it touched this unique cake plenty in the three tablespoons I used. French almond cakes are typically rectangular little cakes that have a firm, crusty exterior and a moist, soft interior. They’re also known as financiers because traditionally they look like gold bars. But since no one I know has financier molds to make individual cakes, one 9-inch cake is my solution....
I’ll be celebrating by having a green juice, kinda like the one I made today, which both Scott and I agreed was my best concoction so far. Practice makes perfect. You can read about yesterday’s blend here. Here’s what was in it: *1/2 head romaine *3 huge kale stalks *1.5 cukes *3 carrots *2 apples *1 scant inch of ginger 30 ounces of green goodness… …which we split. But since I was the one doing the pouring and measuring, I may have had a few extra ounces, ya know, for flavor sampling purposes....
Healthy Carrot Cake Muffins I haven’t make a carrot cake recipe in a while and since it’s that time of year when I start thinking about carrot cake, I knew it was time. Rather than making a decadent cake with cream cheese frosting, I made carrot cake-inspired muffins so I can enjoy them for breakfast too. Cake is delicious for breakfast, but you know. The carrot cake muffins are soft, tender, springy, super moist, and accidentally vegan....
Easy, Healthy Stir-Fry Recipe If you’re looking for a new dinner or meal prep recipe that is ready in 25 minutes, easy, and made in one skillet, look no further than this ground turkey stir fry. It’s made with ground turkey which I feel takes a backseat in the limelight department to ground chicken, although you can use ground chicken here. It’s healthy, full of flavor from the soy and chili garlic sauces, and has plenty of hearty crisp-tender veggies in every bite....
Moving right along with some tidbits about me… Recently, one of the things that I’ve been thinking about doing is becoming a certified personal trainer. I was drawn to that not because I truly want to train people day in day out, but because I think it would be a nice supplement to my yoga teacher credentials. Rounding out and broadening my knowledge sort of thing. However, after much soul searching, I think the personal training certification is on hold for a bit because I am pursing the next, and highest level, of yoga teacher certification which is the 500 hour level as recognized by Yoga Alliance!...
The BEST Fudge Recipe Nothing screams that the holiday season is upon us more than fudge, and this easy, foolproof white fudge recipe is a winner. Make it for a Christmas party you’re hosting or an impromptu New Year’s party you were invited to. It’s so fast and easy. If you’re not a white chocolate person and are more of a fudge traditionalist, this may not be the fudge for you....
comment icon 29 more comments This is our house favorite garlic bread, the one I make almost weekly at this point in the year. I like a garlic bread that is crisped, golden, heavily garlicked, a little Parm-y, and thoroughly saturated with butter. It’s not overloaded with cheese because it’s not cheese bread! I feel strongly about this. It’s garlic bread. It’s classic, it’s incredibly savory, and it’s so ridiculously good!...
Easy Lemon Chicken Soup with Orzo Recipe Lemon chicken soup is both creamy and comforting, but it has a lighter feel thanks to a bright burst of fresh lemon flavor! Sometimes this soup is called Greek lemon chicken soup, or Avgolemono. I lived in Chicago for a bit when I was younger and remember going to the Greek diners and Greek restaurants in Greektown and enjoying many bowls of soup just like this....
Best Recipe for BBQ Chicken Nachos If you want to make a dinner out of nachos, this is how. They’re loaded with avocado chunks, juicy tomatoes and corn, and bbq sauce-smothered chicken. I used chicken nuggets because that’s what I had on hand, but shredded chicken is more traditional. They’ll be a guaranteed hit with who ever is lucky enough to indulge in this melty cheese fest, and they’re ready in 30 minutes....
comment icon 97 more comments Okay, but DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW GOOD THIS IS. ‼‼‼ It’s summer, and the eating is good. Fresh tomatoes, spicy garlic, creamy butter, and perky green basil. You know it’s SUMMER-summer when they finally start stocking the huge containers of basil in the grocery store – the ones that come straight from a local grower or farmer instead of this five-basil-leaves-for-$5 nonsense that we Midwesterners struggle with through the fall, winter, and spring....
comment icon 23 more comments Hello self, wake up. You don’t have to work full time in the summer because your students are on summer vacation? Hello?? But what’s full time work compared to a luscious pumpkin muffin, sweet maple glaze, and a strong cup of Cinnamon Vanilla Nut coffee on a crisp, fall morning? By the way, Cinnamon Vanilla Nut coffee? Buy some and fall in love. And then make these pumpkin muffins on a hot summer day and sit in your air conditioning in a sweatshirt to pretend it’s fall....
comment icon 127 more comments I am sitting at the studio looking at this gorgeous memory of a meal from last week, pretending like I have myself put together and that I’m going to write a nice, thoughtful post about how much I love these kale and chicken quinoa bowls with marinated kale WHICH I DO LOVE SO VERY MUCH. But. Considering the following: that I returned home late last night from an epic weekend getaway with my girlfriend squad (pictures to come!...
My heart skipped a beat. Marshmallows and pina colada in one? These were tailor-made for me and instantly went into my cart. Target has some great finds. Sure, I need that new sports bra color, those new seasonal M & Ms that if I don’t buy them now I’ll never be able to get them again, that new body wash scent. Too many great finds for my wallet to handle....
What’s that? You don’t have any Middle Eastern cookbooks? I didn’t either, actually, until I got my hands on a copy of An Edible Mosaic – a cookbook written by Faith Gorsky from An Edible Mosaic blog that features traditional Middle Eastern recipes like hummus, falafel, and chicken shawarma. Are you drooling yet? This cookbook is beautiful. I felt like I was traveling through the Middle East as I paged through Faith’s stunning photos of life and culture and food in this exotic part of the world....
But if you’re feeling like taking a walk on the culinary wild side, courtesy of Christina Tosi, continue reading. Or if you happen to like chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and really buttery, rich cookies, with fabulously diverse texture, and delicious little surprises tucked into each and every bite, then bear with me. Among other ingredients, Tosi calls for potato chips, ground coffee, and mini-pretzels in her compost cookies recipe. I used potato chips and coffee, but substituted Cap’n Crunch cereal because I didn’t have mini-pretzels but had Captain....
While I’m trying to figure my new Filipino life out, I’m going to be introducing you to My Top 5 Healthy Food Blogs. I’m super excited to share these peeps with you, because honestly, they (and their healthy blogs) are amazing. Check out their sites, follow them on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram, and be happy about eating their fresh, healthy recipes! I will be sweating myself silly and eating fistfuls of leftover M&M’s in between battles with my suitcase that has affectionately been named “The Big Kahuna”....
Salted caramel for the win! Also: oats for the win. And also more specifically: oats with pretzels and dates and pecans and caramel and chocolate and sea salt as a snack and dessert — um, yes. Going for the epic major win here. If you’ve been to my house, our studio, or a workshop here recently, there is a 100% chance that I offered you a peanut butter pretzel energy bite or raw salted chocolate snack bar because I can’t stop poppin’ these easy, versatile, nutritious little snacks....
In my drinks world, October means I’m drinking an oatmilk honey latte almost every day – sometimes from Starbucks, sometimes one that I made myself before sitting down at my desk. I have a super easy method / recipe coming for you soon that involves oatmilk, honey, salt, instant coffee, and just a regular old mason jar. Stay tuned. Fall is a beautiful thing. In our personal life world, October means it’s baby month!...
Literally. Actually, 1,015 miles, to be exact. That’s how much Alaskan ground we covered in our short 5-day jaunt through the great state of Alaska. When our friend Frank told us that he would be working in Alaska this summer, texts started flying. Bjork and I, along with our friend Joe, did not waste any time planning a reunion “to visit Frank” in Alaska. You know how that is, right?...
