Let me sum it up for your really quickly = {warm cooked kale with apple cider vinegar and soy sauce} + {chilled spiralized raw beets} + {chilled spiralized raw carrots} + {grape tomatoes} + {goat cheese} + {warm, spicy, salty, sweet quick honey-candied walnuts}. It comes together in just three easy steps. Sauté the kale. Add the raw veggies and goat cheese. Quick honey-candy the nuts (which makes your dressing at the same time) and … [Read more...]
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Grilled Pizza Brava
Grilling pizza. Wow, what an addition of flavor to pizza I can't describe. You've GOT to try this. Because I was making pizza dough by hand for the first time, I watched this very helpful video from Food Network. If you're uneasy about making your own dough this will be very helpful and put you at ease! I used the same method in the video. What I liked the most was that I could do it all by hand! I didn't need a mixer. The video doesn't … [Read more...]
Intern Quinoa Salad with Pan Seared Salmon and Balsamic Greens
Prepare yourself. Might be one of my most fav food pics I've taken! If that pic doesn't make you want to eat this you might be blind. What you see above isn't even the completed dish, but it certainly could be a meal on its own! (All that's missing from the recipe is the salmon on top.) If you're fan of plant-based/vegan food, eat your heart out! (Just sub your favorite liquid sweetener in for the 1 teaspoon honey that's in the balsamic … [Read more...]
Soul Mac
Soul mac and cheese. I learned recently that another term for legit mac and cheese is Soul Macaroni and Cheese. So not mac and cheese from a box. And not my mom's legendary, simple, everyday, staple mac and cheese I grew up eating (which I will share with you at some point). Soul mac and cheese is legit - you thicken milk with a traditional roux (fancy word for cooking flour in fat like melted butter). Then you add cheese. Then you … [Read more...]
Kale Chopped Salad
I used to HATE kale in salads. I thought kale was too tough, too chewy, too grassy. I think I had some bad ones. Someone else I was with ordered on in a restaurant one time and when I tried it I was pleasantly surprised! It was tender. I wasn't chewing and chewing the same bite feeling like a grass-grazing cow. I was converted. I learned that it's important to slice the kale thinly. That helps. Also, dressing the salad 10-30 minutes … [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...]
Easy Baked Chicken Parmesan
Chicken parmesan is usually made with the traditional breading procedure: chicken dipped in flour, dipped in egg, then dipped in breadcrumbs. Then it's pan fried. This recipe, is a liiiitle different. No traditional breading. Makes it a bit easier. Also, I find baking is easier on the cleanup than pan frying. The secret ingredient for this Easy Baked Chicken Parm? Mayonnaise. That's right. Mix some mayo with parmesan, coat the … [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...]
Moroccan Lamb Stew
Spring time and Easter is often filled with lamb, a protein I only recently started cooking. Have you ever cooked lamb? Over Christmas, Dan and I drove to his family's in San Diego. While we were there, … [Read more...]
Mexican Braised Beef
I talked in my last post about a recent trip to Tulum, Mexico for the wedding of two amazing people. I shared a few moments Dan captured from the dance floor...which deserves one last mention below. Also because that trip inspired this dish too. … [Read more...]
Comfy Cozy Chili
How does a comforting bowl of chili that you can make in 35 minutes or less sound? A good chili recipe is something I feel like everyone needs in their culinary arsenal. As I mentioned in my White Turkey Chili with Mushrooms post, I always associate chili with Halloween because my mom always makes chili on Halloween every year. … [Read more...]
Shredded Chicken & Tomatillo Stew
This dish uses cilantro. Let's talk about that for a second. I used to hate cilantro. Yuck. To me, it tasted like the smell of dirty socks, sweaty armpits, or B.O. (B.O.... always makes me think of this Seinfeld.) But it kept showing up in little bits in my food. A little in salsa, and I love salsa. A little in my guacamole, and I love guac. A little in some Thai food, and holy crap I love Thai food. Now, suddenly, I don't loathe … [Read more...]
Sweet Potato Spaghetti Bolognese
I went out to eat a few weekends ago to a local Durango spot. The husband and I had a little date night. Gotta keep things romantic, ya know? It was probably my favorite meal/restaurant we've had in town yet! He started with a whiskey cocktail, me with sparkling rosé, and we kicked the night off right with some oysters. Gosh, I love those things. The first time I ever had one … [Read more...]