It's Friiidayyyyyy! Also known lately as Fri-YAY. Ummm, yes please. Are you dreaming of the weekend already? Oh wait, that was happening for me yesterday. Oops. Planning to make yourself a nice brekkie or brunch this weekend? Want to still feel healthy? Did you know you can make delish pancake out of TWO ingredients?? I'm serious. The epitomy of whole foods eating.... drumroll please... 1 banana + 2 egg PANCAKES! Have you heard of this … [Read more...]
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Tiramisu
Layer the creamiest, dreamiest, perfectly sweet, rich-yet-light mascarpone cream among espresso + Kahlúa + rum soaked ladyfingers. Douse in cocoa powder. I can't even. This classic Italian Tiramsu is to. die. for. It's literally perfect. I want to eat it everyday. My mom's friends are the most thoughtful, creative people ever. They threw the most perfect and personalized bridal shower for me almost three years ago. (Time flies!! Was it … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Menu – Recipe Roundup!
Soooo as I mentioned in my last post, I wasn't able to share with you Thanksgiving recipes (besides BreakingFall, the best cocktail ever) before the holiday. Working a new full-time job and moving on top of trying to have a life and take some time for myself won over stressing out. So alas, this will turn into a Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup... a recap of this year's menu, and the best Thanksgiving Menu Plan for years to come!! I'm … [Read more...]
Southwestern Shepherd’s Pie
Ok, so Thanksgiving was yesterday and all I gave you before the big day was a cocktail recipe. Yes, count it, that's ONE holiday recipe. And a cocktail at that. Sure, it wasn't just any cocktail, but BreakingFall - a bourbon cocktail recipe bound to blow your socks off. Literally. Ok not literally. But just make it. You'll thank me later. So... I'm a bad blogger. I had the best of intentions to get my recipes posted two weeks before the big day. … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Bread with Oat & Seed Streusel Topping
So you know what's funny? Not this pumpkin bread. It's light and cakey! Not crazy sweet, but oh so addicting. The topping, oh the topping. I love a streusel topping. On a muffin, pie, bread, cobbler, you name it. That crumbly topping. Ugh. My fave. This one's filled with healthy seeds like flax, chia, and pumpkin seeds. Woop! Woop! But what IS funny is this. I love food and cooking and eating. And guess what. The population I … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Sage Spaghetti Squash Casserole
Pumpkin and sage are one of my faaaav flavor combinations. Every fall, I bring it out in my cooking! No but seriously. Let me explain... So there's this old Rachel Ray recipe where you make a pumpkin sage sauce and serve it over penne with sausage. I looooved it when I made it. Making it sort of became this fall tradition of mine. … [Read more...]
Grilled Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yeaaaahhhh, so I grilled cookies. {O.M.G.} Even if you don't have a Big Green Egg, you can do the same thing in your grill. Or almost the same thing in your oven. With The Big Green Egg (or any other smoker) you can add wood chips, AKA add smoke, AKA grill and smoke cookies. Holy moly. AAAAND, I didn't just grill any cookies. No, no. no. I grilled bacon chocolate chip cookies. The idea came about after I shared Grilled Pizza Brava. I … [Read more...]
Peanut Butter & Jelly Ice Cream Sandwiches
A real foods recipe AND a video?? I must really like you. YOU'LL like you even more too when you treat your body gooood with this yummy, healthy treat. Eat real foods. What sets this recipe apart is the ingredients. The peanut butter cookie recipe alone is a home run. The main ingredients are {peanut butter + sugar + egg} with a little {coconut flour + baking powder + almond milk}. That's it. Chewy, soft, and BAM, it really hits you … [Read more...]
Summer Frittata with Creamy Herb Dressed Greens
Greetings from a new home base!! We officially U-Hauled it from Durango up to Denver and everything made it in one piece. Except our bodies. Moving yourself is freakin' hard. But that's done for now! Thank the lawd. So I'm giving my body a little rest by sitting down, propping my feet up, and bringing you this yum-tastic frittata recipe. Is it sad that as good as it is my favorite part of this recipe is the salad?? The herb-y salad dressing … [Read more...]
Salmon En Croute
Sometimes there's a benefit to my need for background noise. I like to watch shows or listen to music while I'm cleaning the kitchen, folding laundry, or doing other chores I don't always get excited about. It's not very mindful of me to do that, but as I said, sometimes there's benefits. For example, I don't waste really good shows for this. I reserve those for when I can prop up my feet, cuddle with my man, and sink into an episode. I … [Read more...]
Hollandaise Sauce
As you're going to see in the next couple posts, there's a epic meal coming your way. This is the first component of the meal. I was feeling ambitious after watching 8-13 year olds cook on MasterChef Junior. More to come on that. I just realized it's pretty important that I have a sauce like this in my collection of recipes. When I was a little kid, I was actually a pretty picky eater. My family teased that I ate like a bird. … [Read more...]
BLTC Salad
Bacon. Lettuce. Tomato. Caesar. BLTC. Heck yeah. So I lied. I said two posts ago when I talked about stress that I'd not just share mental, physical, and spiritual symptoms of stress but also what the speaker said you can do to alleviate stress. Annnd I didn't. I left you all looking at a long list going, I have that, that, that, that, that, and that. Great. Now I'm more stressed realizing how much I show signs of stress! … [Read more...]
Spicy Kale Caesar with Chicken and Candied Pepitas
You guys. I cannot tell you how much I love this recipe. Caesar salad with kale. Plus candied nuts. Plus hot sauce. Plus chicken. I hope the pictures are conveying the deliciousness or I'm going to have to keep inventing words like deliciousness to describe it. I think I'm loving on it so much because it has everything: salty, sweet, spicy. Crunch and creaminess. Hot and cold. Fresh and cooked. It hits so many notes in one bite. … [Read more...]
Blackened Salmon Caesar
ALL HAIL CAESAR! Let this recipe kick off the first of THREE Caesar recipes on Laughter and Lemonade! Caesar salad is one of my all time favorite foods, so I have three Caesars coming your way, starting with this Blackened Salmon Caesar. If you saw my teaser photo on Instagram or Facebook you know that a Spicy Kale Chicken Caesar with Candied Pepitas is on its way shortly too... … [Read more...]
Paleo Banana Blender Bread
Though I'm not strictly paleo and vow to never even remotely follow any diet again, I still cook and eat a lot of things that would be considered paleo because I do like the idea of eating whole, real food. Enter Paleo Banana Blender Bread! … [Read more...]