Telling food stories, one kitchen at a time
Close your eyes and imagine eating a slice of Pink Lemonade Icebox Cake. Lightly lemon cookies, soft between layers of luscious whipped cream, crispy edges, the taste of butter that lingers on your tongue. Make the recipe this morning, enjoy it this afternoon.
…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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Rocky Road Fudge Bars will make people fall in love with you… consider this your warning. This chocolatey, nutty, creamy layered bar is a standard at every family barbecue and summer holiday party and will be for years to come. I get constant comments that it’s sweet, but not too sweet, and could I have another one, please?!
I feel like I’ve been making a ton of not-so-nutritious foods lately and this is supposed to be a mostly nutritious blog. I’ve definitely pushing the limits of that word “mostly.” But ya know what? Someone challenged me recently to share my very first food photo on the Insta… and it wasn’t pretty. I first made these Rocky Road Fudge Bars on June 20, 2014 — more than three years ago! — and today I’m updating the post with some new photos.
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Sugar Cake and Caramel Frozen Custard is made with a homemade Spanish sugar cake called bica gallega and homemade dulce de leche. The vanilla custard, bica gallega, and dulce de leche make for an all day affair in the kitchen. Grab a friend and split the duties. The results will be worth it!
I met Jeff several months ago at a dinner party. Naturally, the topic of food came up and it turned out that I wasn’t the only blogger in the room! I love when this happens, especially when the other blogger’s topic of choice is ice cream. We decided to team up for this blog post because I love ice cream and writing and Jeff is a mad scientist ice cream aficionado, as you’ll read below!
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Air Fryer Coconut Shrimp with Piña Colada Dip is a healthy, tropical summer appetizer. Eat four or five of them paired with a side salad for a light meal. Air frying shaves off calories and fat, but you keeps the shrimp brown and crispy. And my version is gluten free.
There is nothing worse in my window unit Chicago apartment than turning on the oven in July. Except, perhaps, turning on the oven in August. The kitchen is the only room in my apartment without an AC unit and many a day you can find me foodblogging away over the oven or stove, droplets of sweat beading on my forehead and pooling right under my eyes. Because you gotta do what you gotta do for the blog, right?
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This sponsored post for Easy Roasted Vegetable, Hummus, and Quinoa Bowls was written by me on behalf of Minute®. I was compensated monetarily and with product.
Cook once, eat twice. That’s my new motto friends. Or – how’s this one – “Cook once, for like 15ish minutes, and eat four times.” Like that one even better? I know I do!
And let me tell you why. Here’s a typical day in the life of Danielle, dietitian and food blogger, food service manager and socialite, marathon trainee and sailor-in-training.
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Farmer’s Market Succotash is the absolute best way I’ve ever eaten veggies in my entire life. The recipe keeps it simple, so we really enjoy the seasonal, farm-to-table summer flavors.
I’m not lying when I say this: I don’t think I’ve ever seen something disappear from my fridge faster than Farmer’s Market Succotash. It’s just a pot of vegetables. But really, really well-prepared, simply made, fresh, seasonal, farm-to-table vegetables.
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This sponsored post for Pork Loin with Summer Vegetables and Garlic-Dill Aioli is written by me on behalf of Smithfield.
Are you ready to impress? And I mean, impress anyone? I impressed the boyfriend, but Pork Loin with Summer Vegetables and Garlic-Dill Aioli will work on your parents, your hard-to-impress in-laws, and your know-it-all foodie friends. And if you want to really, really want to impress, You've got access too is even better!
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