Tag: strawberries
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Explore: Strawberry Cornmeal Griddle Cakes
This weekend, after you’ve crawled out of bed and shuffled down the hall, you should make these strawberry cornmeal griddle cakes from Smitten Kitchen. Faintly sweet and studded with strawberries, you’ll love their light cornmeal texture. Just do it. he weekends should be for exploring. Every Friday this month, I’m sharing something fun to check…
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A 4 Ingredient & 2 Minute Champagne Cocktail
Sometimes you just have to jump. Put both feet in and close your eyes to the imperfections along the way. In the spirit of taking risks, I’m sharing another how-to video, but this time, you can see me. And, I’m talking on camera, which is terrifying. Luckily, making this cocktail isn’t. With just four ingredients…
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Fast Food: Grilled Chicken with Strawberry Salsa & Roasted Carrots
On busy weeknights, getting dinner on the table has to happen fast, so I’m back with another edition of my Fast Food series. This whole meal can be made in around 30 minutes and tastes like the start of summer. The bright strawberry salsa is spicy, sweet and tangy. Spooned over perfectly grilled chicken, it is…
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Mother’s Day Brunch
I hope you’re not tired of brunch yet, because I have a great option for Mother’s Day here today. This one features crispy, rosemary roasted potatoes; goat cheese and chive studded scrambled eggs; sweet strawberries; and bacon. And, it takes an hour to make. Anyone could do this. But, it looks really fancy. Doesn’t it?…
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Strawberry Almond Muffins
Strawberry Almond Muffins taste like the best parts of spring. Slightly nutty and studded with bright berries, these little beauties took me three tries to get right. When making the first batch, I accidentally turned off the oven. The second didn’t have enough flour. Despite the mistakes, every round still tasted pretty good, but in my…
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Fast Food: Lemon Garlic Chicken with Asparagus & Strawberries
This is spring on a plate, and it can be on your table in about 30. (And, it’s healthy.) Boom, boom, boom. The chicken is marinated quickly in lemon juice and zest, along with a little garlic and extra virgin olive oil. Then, it’s thrown on the grill for less than 15 minutes. Asparagus seasoned…
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Strawberry & Goat Cheese Crostini with a Balsamic Drizzle
I’ve had the idea for strawberry and goat cheese crostini with a balsamic reduction rattling around my head for at least a month – maybe even two. Last weekend, I finally made time to try out the recipe. I should have gotten on top of this sooner. With strawberries only in season for a little while…
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On 5 Years
Five years ago, I married the most wonderful man. In honor of our time together, I made chocolate covered strawberries this weekend. They did not turn out…at all. So, I tried again a few days later, because I had a good feeling about this recipe. Sometimes, you just know when something is right.
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Spring Wishlist
So, I know it’s still technically February, but can we talk about spring? I’m dying for it. I’ve also got a long list of things I’d like to do over the next few months and quite frankly, can’t wait to get started. 1. Make olive oil and maple granola. 2. Clean out my garden, which…