Telling food stories, one kitchen at a time
Is there a better way to showcase bright, colorful summer veggies than on skewers? These Lemon Herb Chicken Skewers are farmer’s market fresh with a snappy flavor and they’re healthy, gluten free, and sugar free too. My veggie combination covers almost every color of the rainbow, but swap in whatever you’re craving!
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Lemon Blueberry Shortbread Bars are bursting with luscious lemon curd and juicy blueberries. This recipe will be the star of all of your summer parties. A word of warning: You will want to eat each and every melt-in-your-mouth-AND-in-your-hands bar all by yourself!
I love the versatility of One-Skillet Mediterranean Lemon Chicken. This recipe makes a quick and easy weeknight dinner and is also perfect for Sunday meal prep. And with all the flavors going on, you’d never guess it’s low calorie, high protein, gluten free, and sugar free.
Ekk. I have the 3am insomnia, friends. That tossing, turning, so much on my mind that I can’t fall asleep and stay asleep kind of night. That may-as-well-write-about-all-the-kale kind of feeling. Do you ever get that feeling? The Kale Yeah! kind of feeling? You will when you eat my Superfood Kale Salad.
Or when you can’t sleep at 3am.
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Ripe figs are summer’s sugar and they pair wonderfully with tart lemon in my recipe for Fresh Fig and Lemon Cream Tart. Using a refrigerated pie crust lets you save your energy for homemade, luscious lemon curd.
Ekkk. I know. This is very bittersweet for me. So many mixed feelings.
Let’s talk about the salad first, mmmkay?
I kind of wanted to call this Spring Bikini Salad because that’s mah goal. Beach volleyball will be here before we know it. And even if we don’t actually play, we wanna look good in our short shorts sipping on beachtinis. Am I right?
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Raspberry Greek Yogurt Cake with Lemon Buttercream is tart and tangy, a bit sweet, and a little gooey with those farmer’s market raspberries. The frosting is buttery and it’s the smoothest and glossiest homemade frosting I’ve ever seen. My rule of thumb for a GREAT cake? Always pair a scratch made cake with scratch made frosting and you can’t go wrong.
Last weekend I was in Chicago and Tim (the manfriend/boyfriend/luvahhhh boy) (LOL) (I crack myself up) (Tim loves being mentioned in the blog) (What do you think of my dramatic flair, honey? Too much?)
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Fresh summer corn is probably one of my favorite foods. I know I say that about a lot of foods, but this is true. It’s actually always true… I have a lot of favorite foods! I’m a girl who loves food, what can I say?!
Even not-fresh, always-available corn (i.e. canned corn) has had a special place in my heart for a very long time. When I was still little, but big enough to use the stove, I would heat an entire can of corn, add some butter, and eat the whole thing for supper. I’m a little horrified by that idea now… but I guess it’s okay for a 10-year-old. But seriously, just horrified thinking about it. Where’s the protein? Where’s the calcium or iron or vitamin C? Oy vey… (…rolls eyes at younger self.)
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