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Orange Ground Chicken
A couple years ago, Mallory sent me this Orange Ground Chicken recipe from Frugal Nutrition. Its become a staple weeknight dinner for Ryan and I. The recipe has only a few ingredients; it takes only a few minutes to cook after getting home form work; and, most importantly, its really good! Ingredients: 1 tablespoon sesame oil 1 pound ground chicken or turkey 2 tablespoons freshly grated or minced ginger 4 garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon Asian spice sauce (try chili-garlic sauce, sambal oelek, or sriracha) 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice 3 tablespoons soy sauce 2 small heads fresh broccoli – about 6–7 cups florets & some stems Sesame seeds for garnish Approximately 3 cups cooked rice, quinoa, or cauliflower…
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Pasta Salad for the Win!
Last year I made a habit of posting pasta recipes on Fridays. Today, I am bringing the tradition back with two pasta salads that you really should make this weekend. Apparently nothing says TGIF like a noodle! Mallory and I spent last weekend with our families in Lake Chelan. Our grandparents built the cabin our parents now own on the lake and its not without its quirks. One of which we teasing refer to as its “one butt kitchen”. Its teeny, only room for one rear-end to be cooking, which is challenging when you are trying to prepare dinner for our large tribe. As a result, we try and get…
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What’s Up, Doc?
We are just over week out from Easter and apparently have carrots on the brain because today’s post is all about CARROT JUICE. A carrot juice cocktail and a carrot juice pasta because, if you are going to buy carrot juice, you may as well buy the big bottle. Your eyes (and taste buds) will thank you! In the past, we have tended to post a cocktail or a pasta recipe on Fridays. Both seem like a celebratory way to kickoff the upcoming weekend. So we have really upped the ante by featuring a cocktail and a pasta in this post. Maybe should have saved this one for Good Friday…
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Halloween Cocktails
Help us decide what Halloween cocktails to serve! As Megan mentioned before in this post about our COVID Halloween plans, we always serve something orange or pumpkin-based for dinner on Halloween. This year, we are going to try Freutcake’s pumpkin chicken enchiladas , so naturally, we are going to have a little Mexican Halloween Fiesta/Day of the Dead party. I plan to make some very naughty nachos to accompany the enchiladas, and might even go crazy with a little queso. Now that we have our food menu established, next comes the Boo-ooze. Given it’s a Fiesta and we love a theme, we will likely serve some sort of margarita, but we…
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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…
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Labor Day Menu Inspiration
Labor Day weekend and I have a complicated relationship. I mean, I love a three-day weekend as much as the next person, don’t get me wrong, but for me Labor Day represents, the last hurrah of summer, and no matter how much fun was had in June, July and August, I am just never ready for school to restart and long, warm days to come to an end. But, no matter my feelings on Labor Day, long weekends in and of themselves deserve to be celebrated with good food and drinks. To help everyone send summer off with a BANG, we have two fantastic Labor Day weekend menu recommendations for…
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Summer Recipe Round Up
It’s hard to believe we are already half way through August and Fall is just around the corner; I’m not crying you’re crying! Here are the recipes we’ve been posting about and making all Summer in one place for you to refer to for weeknight dinner inspiration or summer hang outs – all fresh, delicious and perfect for enjoying this last bit of Summer! Bacon Cheeseburger Bowls Burger Sauce ½ cup mayonnaise 1 teaspoon mustard 1 tablespoon ketchup 1 tablespoon dill pickle relish 1 teaspoon white vinegar ¼ teaspoon granulated onion ¼ teaspoon granulated garlic ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper Salad 6 strips bacon, diced 1 pound organic grass-fed ground beef…
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Amy Schumer Learns To Cook
Its Friday, our kids finished quarantine homeschool this week (HOORAY!), and we have a fun new food-TV recommendation for you: “Amy Schumer Learns To Cook”. Who else follows @amyschumer on Instagram? Anyone else been obsessively saving the recipes that Amy Schumer has been posting during quarantine from her new show “Amy Schumer Learns To Cook”? Oh, just me? And, spoiler alert, all the “Amy Schumer Learns To Cook” recipes have been posted on the Food Network’s site linked here. Amy Schumer has produced a fun new show live from quarantine for the Food Network with her chef husband Chris Fischer. Each episode of “Amy Schumer Learns To Cook” starts with Amy making…
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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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Taco Tuesday
Here is a recipe just in time for Taco Tuesday: Instant Pot Chipotle-Honey Chicken Tacos. The tacos were amazing; highly encourage the pickled onion to go on top; and are great accompanied by the White Claw Margaritas I developed as a twist on Liz Adams’ Skinny Margarita Recipe. The recipe can be ready in just under 45 minutes. Great for a Tuesday evening or any other weeknight for that matter. Ingredients (makes 4 servings) 1 ½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs 1 canned chipotle in adobo, finely chopped, plus 1 tablespoons adobo sauce (Note: the original recipe called for 1-4 chipotles and 2 tablespoons sauce. I used 2 chipotles and 2…
