FavoritePinShare Cajun Shrimp and Sausage Vegetable Sheet Pan is so incredibly easy but packed with such amazing cajun flavor! This is a healthy and delicious meal that is also great for meal prep! I haven’t worked since Christmas and boy has it been nice to take some time off! We went on our family trip and then it has been pretty gloomy and rainy here for the past couple of weeks....
Now that 4th of July is in the past, it is time to focus on the next big food holiday: Bastille Day. ?? The perfect excuse to dust off your French cookbook (or visit international cuisine blogs, like yours truly!) and prepare all those amazing dishes that are so hard to pronounce. So let’s get the hard to pronounce part out of the way and learn to pronounce clafoutis: klah/foo/tee....
Why this cherry tomato salad? What makes it so good you may ask? I will tell you. It’s the combination of my special vinaigrette, summer cherry tomatoes and feta cheese. This sounds quite simple but I’ve never had or made cherry tomato salad like this before. Somehow all these ingredients magically come together so well that the salad becomes irresistible. The special vinaigrette that I’ve been making for years is bright, tangy and slightly sweet, and so are the cherry tomatoes....
To make this soup you will need chicken or vegetable broth, red lentils, potatoes, onion, garlic, tomatoes, salt, pepper and, obviously, chicken. I’ve tried chunks of chicken and ground chicken and have always come back to ground chicken. I just love the texture of ground chicken in this soup. If you are going to grind your own chicken, you have the option of using dark or white chicken meat. White chicken meat is leaner and healthier but dark chicken meat definitely makes the soup tastier....
FavoritePinShare A delicious and flavorful salad that is packed with leafy romaine, red cabbage, chicken, carrots, and almonds. The pasta adds a unique and perfect texture and the sesame dressing is perfect on top! I love a good salad. Can you tell? I have been trying to post one once a week and I make them all of the time. Since making healthier lifestyle choices, I have been incorporating a lot of good salads into the diet....
These dark chocolate banana muffins are supremely moist and fudgy, packed with double the chocolate in the form of both chocolate chips (inside and on top) and cocoa powder (a lot), and their high-rise domed tops are prime for picking, munching, and licking off your fingers. If you’ve been following this blog for any stretch of time you—and, this expansive collection of healthy muffin recipes—can attest that I take my muffin game very seriously....
FavoritePinShare This chocolate charcuterie board is a chocolate lover’s dream! Enjoy a chocolatey assortment of cookies, truffles, chocolate-covered pretzels, and fruit, along with decadent sauces for dipping! Calling all chocolate lovers because this charcuterie board is for you! This dessert board is perfect for any gathering or celebration and your guests will LOVE the rich and endless options for them to indulge. If you need more ideas for delicious chocolate desserts to take to a party then I have some good ones!...
This post is sponsored by ChocZero. All opinions are my own and I only share products I personally love. Thanks for supporting the brands that make this site possible! These coconut flour chocolate chip cookies bake up impossibly rich, buttery, and chewy. My almond flour chocolate chip cookies are a staple on regular rotation around here, but for those with nut allergies or just looking to use this lighter flour, I thought we needed a coconut flour recipe....
FavoritePinShare These cheese danishes are flaky, buttery, and full of tangy flavor. Topped with a sweet glaze and baked to perfection, this cheese danish recipe will make the perfect breakfast or dessert for any occasion. They were irresistibly good and gone way too fast! I am a huge fan of puff pastry. Pre-made dough sheets of puff pastry are the way to go. If you are looking for other recipes to use your puff pastry with, you HAVE to try this Raspberry Baked Brie....
(This is a sponsored post written in conjunction with The Brooklyn Creamery Company and a campaign for Sverve. All opinions are 100% my own.) Being the good Brazilian that I am (is that such a thing of bad Brazilian? Oh yes, there is!) my heart flutters at any mention of the word “cream”. So many Brazilian dishes require some sort of cream and, after moving to the U.S., I always have trouble finding the right kind....
FavoritePinShare This asparagus soup is rich, flavorful and creamy not to mention it is simple to make! The velvety texture melts in your mouth leaving you wanting more. Soup in the springtime is hard to come by unless it is light and fresh. With fresh vegetables summertime months can still enjoy creamy soups like this easy cauliflower soup or this tomato basil soup. All fresh ingredients and perfect for the warmer seasons!...
FavoritePinShare My hubby and I recently had a date night and we went to Brio. Brio is one of my favorite places to go and eat. They have amazing salads and I love their Bacon Carbonara. We both love bruschetta so we ordered the bruschetta appetizer sampler. They had so many amazing different kinds to sample. This creamy feta and bacon one was our favorite and I had to come home and make it immediately!...
FavoritePinShare Sweet and tangy all at the same time, this thousand island dressing is just what every salad needs! It’s creamy and packed with delicious flavor. You will want to put it on everything! Homemade salad dressings are a must at our house! Their flavor is stronger, and they are so much more delicious! Try out my homemade ranch dressing, this honey mustard dressing or my very favorite homemade blue cheese dressing!...
Like my family, Ben’s extended family usually makes a big, delicious to-do of holiday meals, but the past few weeks have been so frantic (surgeries, illnesses) that the fact that Easter is this very Sunday has just now registered. We may end up getting the larger family together last minute, or Ben and I may just go out to brunch with his parents. In either case, I’ll be with people I love, eating good food....
From quesadillas to even salads, we haven’t run out of ways to use this crockpot chicken yet. I’m not concerned. It’s so darn tasty and healthy to boot, I am content to continue to brainstorm more ways we can enjoy it. So far, I’ve come up with 10 different ideas—be sure to check them out later in the post! Making Mexican chicken in the slow cooker is one of those “coming of age” foundational kitchen hacks that will suit you at any and every phase of life....
This recipe is a riff on my favorite Crockpot Beef Stew. (If the Instant Pot is your preferred appliance, be sure to check out its cousin Instant Pot Beef Stew too.) Compared to my original beef stew, this homemade soup has a few more vegetables and a little less prep. Most of the action happens in the slow cooker while you aren’t paying attention, so you can get back to more pressing matters—like trying your hand at an at-home baking project (No Knead Focaccia anyone?...
Maybe it’s the later sunsets, the melting snow, or the first signs of decent-looking fresh produce (hello, Pea Salad) that made me giddy enough to look at broccoli stalks and conclude, “These need ribbon. Make it satin.” In Wisconsin, we wait a long (LONG) time for spring. So whenever I start to sense its fresh, damp, floral scent breaking the winter air at last I get a little carried away in the kitchen with fresh spring recipes....
FavoritePinShare Loaded with fresh apples and baked to a perfect golden brown, this beautiful apple tart is the pastry of the summer! A combination of buttery, nutty, and tart, it tastes as good as it looks! Nothing beats pies and tarts made at home. The flavor of a crumbly crust and fresh fruit is irresistible! My strawberry tart, lemon tart, and strawberry rhubarb pie are more beautiful and delicious pastries full of summer fruits!...
FavoritePinShare Almond Cookies are buttery, soft and chewy these cookies are made with almond flour, almond extract, and topped with slices of toasted almond! These cookies are quick and easy to make and are perfect for gifting to others or putting onto a dessert platter for the holidays! Serve alongside some Traditional Italian Christmas Cookies, Linzer Cookies, and Homemade Butter Cookies for a festive plate! Almond Cookies These almond cookies are always a huge hit around Christmas time!...
FavoritePinShare Divine Vegetable Beef Soup is a hearty, savory and comforting meal in a bowl. Ready in less than 45 minutes, makes it the perfect meal for a busy chilly night. A good hearty beef stew just makes life a little better. It’s comforting, filling and warming. For variations of beef stew try Best Ever Beef Bourguignon, Best Ever Slow Cooker Beef Stew or Beef Stew with Bacon. You won’t regret any of them....
