Tag: Easy

Coconut Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Coconut Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Do you like cooking with your kids?  This isn’t a trick question. I can see why some people love it. I can also see why some people hate it.  Kids have a tendency to make things either a lot more fun or a lot more 

Stone Fruit Crumble

Stone Fruit Crumble

or, Alternatively titled, “The prodigal daughter returns, hanging her head in shame.” Actually, no shame.  I just took a break.  You all get that, right?  It’s only been a month.  Truth be told, I’m in one of those food ruts.  Like the kind where I 

Turkish-Spiced Chicken with Green Olive Relish

For any of you who follow me on Instagram, it’s pretty obvious that when I fall for a new cookbook, I fall hard.  So you really shouldn’t be surprised that I’m writing about another recipe from A Bird in the Hand.  If anything, you should 

Peanut Butter Granola Bars

You know all those “10 things I wish I knew before I had kids” Or 5 things I wish I’d been told before I became a mom” lists that are always floating around Facebook and such?  They bug me.  Because I would have found nothing 

Cumin and Turmeric Roast Chicken with Smashed Avocado and Corn Cakes

This may be incredibly shocking to you, but I don’t often serve my family cohesive, prettily plated meals.  I know, crazy! All sarcasm aside, the way it usually works is I’ll pick something that sounds really great from a cookbook, blog, or something that I 

Summer Vegetable Salad

Summer Vegetable Salad

This recipe might fall into the “duh” category.  I should probably make that a thing on my recipe category side bar.  This salad would be in there, along with this and this.  You know- things that are so basic that you really don’t need a recipe 

Marinated Swordfish with Avocado Salsa

Like the completely inept food blogger that I am, I made this months and months ago and forgot to say a single silly little word about it.  But I was looking over some photos just now, and found the images from when I made this, 

Summer Spaghetti

If you were to judge dinners around here by my instagram feed, or say, by the contents of my fridge at first glance, you might reasonably come to the conclusion that I feed my family nothing but berries and stone fruit.  And while I admit 

Sour Cherry and Chocolate Frozen Yogurt

For a person who makes her own condiments and bakes her own bread, I have a decidedly lazy streak when it comes to certain things.  It’s ok, don’t we all, even the overachievers among us?  So here’s my confession: I leave laundry in the dryer 

Grown-up Sloppy Joes

There’s a reason that people love comfort food.  You know- the good stuff.  The foods that you ate as a kid and still kind of love as an adult.  You know what that reason is?  It’s delicious.