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Egg Roll in a Bowl
Here is my version of Egg Roll in a Bowl. I had quite a few questions about this recipe so I figured it needed a permanent home here. Megan and I have found that Egg Roll in a Bowl recipes can be hit or miss; but after a few tries and some minor changes I think this one is a winner! Healthy, simple and delicious! Add this to your recipe rotation and everyone will be pleased. Ingredients 2 tablespoons sesame oil 6 green onions sliced, green and white parts divided 1/2 cup red onion diced (*This is not necessary depending on how you feel about red onion – I leave it out half of the time) 5 cloves garlic minced…
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Easy Weeknight Dinner Round Up
It’s always about this time of year that I am over cooking. The weather is getting nicer and all I want to do is BBQ, make a salad and call it dinner. But unfortunately, living in Seattle, the weather often doesn’t cooperate and cooking outdoors just isn’t always possible. So, if you are anything like me, I just want easy, quick and healthy dinners right now. I rounded up all of our tried-and-true easy weeknight dinners on the blog that are too good not to share again. You’ll want to add all of these recipes to your rotation! Smoked Almond Kale Bowls One Pan Broccoli Cashew Chicken Hummus Chicken Pesto…
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Let’s Bake Potatoes
First thing’s first: this is the best baked potato recipe from Gimme Some Oven — perfectly crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside. I didn’t use to eat the potato skins – but now I do! Although to be completely honest, I usually just use my hands to rub olive oil on them before putting them in the oven because I’m lazy and I don’t have to deal with piping hot potatoes mid way through baking. Anyways, it took me years to realize a baked potatoes full potential. So quit only topping your potatoes with butter or sour cream and turn them into an easy, healthy and…
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Black & Blue Muffins
I baked! And yes, that’s me wearing a sweater with blackberries on it, in front of a blackberry bush, with a blackberry muffin in my hand. Totally normal because its officially blackberry season in Seattle folks. And with the onset of blackberry season, I start dreaming about PCC’s Black & Blue Muffins. Except, PCC stopped making them and while I’m not necessarily upset that my several muffin a week habit came to a halt, the Black & Blue Muffins were so GOOD. So this year, with the onset of blackberry season, I was on a mission to recreate PCC’s Black & Blue Muffin recipe. I think I came pretty close…My…
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Ricotta Toast Off
Have you heard that ricotta toast is the new avocado toast? In the past week, I have read at least five Instagram posts telling me that avocado toast is out and ricotta toast is in. Not one to be left out of a food fad, I challenged Mallory to a “Ricotta Toast Off” over the weekend. What, isn’t this what everyone does on a Saturday evening for dinner?!?! Our “Ricotta Toast Off” consisted of five different ricotta toast recipes. The results are below. For each of the recipes, we used Grand Central Bakery’s Como Bread. A favorite in our household and available at QFC, the Como is an Italian-style hearth…
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Our two Favorite Breakfast Casseroles & a little Easter Recap
What a wonderful weekend it was! Multiple egg hunts, lots of treats, family, mimosas, food and even a little sunshine. Just how we like it! We spent Saturday in Suncadia with Chris’s family; Suncadia puts on the best Easter egg hunt and festivities. If you get the chance to spend Easter over there, I highly recommend it. It’s the largest Easter egg hunt I’ve seen (separated by age), adult beverages, the Easter bunny, toys for the kids and more. The Easter bunny will also come visit you at your house! Sunday my mom hosted her annual Easter Brunch and it never disappoints. I mean any brunch that includes a beer,…
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Kid-Friendly Valentine Breakfast Inspiration
Who can say no to pink hot chocolate and goldfish cracker crusted quiche?! Not even our kids. We kicked off the first weekend in February with a fun little Valentine brunch and it would make a delicious start to anyone’s Valentines Day. Not to mention, I am loving having a little Valentine hot chocolate bar in my kitchen; such a festive and fun treat that’s pretty to look at! Check out the tasty recipes below that would be a perfect way to kick off your Valentines day with the family. Pink Hot Chocolate 2 cups whole milk Kosher salt ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/2 cup white chocolate chips 3…
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Holiday Traditions
The holidays are our favorite because of all of the fun traditions that come along with them! Our mom is the Queen of Christmas so we grew up doing all of the fun things and we have managed to keep a lot of it up for nearly 40 years. So if you by chance are looking for a fun tradition to add to your holiday itinerary, here are a few of our family favorites, including a pajama fashion show of Christmases past! Matching Pajamas on Christmas Eve One of my very favorite Christmas traditions is matching pajamas. I know matching family pjs are all the rage now, but our mother…
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Thanksgiving Brunch
We switch off celebrating Thanksgiving with my in-laws and my parents ever year (as do my siblings). This year we are celebrating with my parents, but on our off years, we started the tradition of a Thanksgiving brunch. I thought it might be fun to share the different brunch foods we have served over the years in case you aren’t able to celebrate with your loved ones with a typical Thanksgiving dinner this year or if you are just looking for a fun and yummy way to kick off your Thanksgiving day! None of these recipes take much effort to make because I don’t have time for that and they…
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COVID Halloween Plans
Unfortunately we will not be trick-or-treating this year due to COVID, but we promised Sam, Emma and Joe that we would come up with something for Halloween that is equally fun and candy-filled. Have you already made your Halloween plans? If not, check out our ideas below for some fun, safe and hopefully germ-free ways to celebrate Halloween this year. As an alternative to trick-or-treating, Sam, Emma and Joe (with Jack probably toddling along behind) will be hunting inside for treat-filled pumpkins with the lights dimmed and using flashlights to guide them. Mallory and I used Sharpies to draw jack-o-lantern faces on orange plastic Easter eggs in which to hide…
