A lifestyle blog by a Georgia girl.
Broccoli is a staple vegetable in my household, but steaming it can get boring. I’ve rounded up five easy ways to roast your broccoli side dish this week!
{1} Oh Sweet Basil Lemon Roasted Broccoli
{2} Dinner at the Zoo Parmesan Roasted Broccoli
{3} Crunchy Radish Chili Lime Roasted Broccoli
{4} A Saucy Kitchen Roasted Broccoli with Garlic
{5} Rachel Cooks Roasted Broccoli with Salt and Pepper
Summertime means outdoor dining in my household, but I refuse to bring my everyday dishes on to the deck where they may break. The alternative? Durable and virtually unbreakable melamine dinnerware. Bonus: these dishes come in lots of cute summertime patterns. Here are some of my favorites!
{1} Target Cravings by Chrissy Teigen Melamine Dinnerware Collection, $2.99-$9.99 {2} Pier 1 Watermelon Melamine Dinnerware, $4.99-$5.99 {3} Nordstrom Rack Anthropologie Paint + Petals Melamine Plate, $4.99 {4} West Elm Summertime Melamine Plates, $8 {5} World Market Cactus Melamine Plates Set of 4, $19.96 {6} Williams Sonoma Iznik Tile Outdoor Melamine Dinner Plates, Red & White Floral, $14.95 – $59.95
Don’t let Thanksgiving’s leftover cranberry sauce go to waste! Here are eight delicious ways to turn those leftovers into a delicious meal.
{1} Just a Taste Leftover Cranberry Sauce and Apple Crisp {2} Damn Delicious Turkey Cranberry Grilled Cheese {3} Helyn’s Plant-Based Kitchen Cranberry Sauce Pancakes {4} Oh My Veggies Leftover Cranberry Sauce Bread {5} Gimme Some Oven Cranberry Pistachio Baked Brie {6} Cook the Story Cranberry Sauce Smoothie Recipe {7} Food52 Cranberry Jelly-Filled Doughnuts {8} Heart Mind & Seoul Chicken with Balsamic Cranberry Sauce
I don’t know about you, but I crave fresh fruits and veggies in the summer. There’s nothing better than going to a local farmers market for your produce and coming home to turn it into a delicious seasonal salad. These are just a few of my favorite healthy summer salads!
{1} The Cafe Sucre Farine Mexican Chopped Salad {2} Sweetsugarbean Lighten Up! Grapefruit & Avocado Salad with Shrimp {3} Diethood Radish and Cucumber Salad with Garlic-Yogurt Dressing {4} Green Valley Kitchen Tomato, Cucumber, Avocado Salad {5} The Roasted Root The Ultimate Detox Salad {6} The Food Charlatan Cilantro-Lime Cucumber Salad {7} Gimme Some Oven Grilled Pineapple, Chicken & Avocado Salad {8} Two Peas and Their Pod Quinoa Fruit Salad with Honey Lime Dressing {9} A Family Feast Grilled Summer Vegetable Salad {10} In Pursuit of More Summer Chickpea Kale Salad with Feta, Olives & Basil
Avoid the hot kitchen this summer with these no-fuss, no-bake pie recipes!
{1} Mel’s Kitchen Banoffee Pie {2} Minimalist Baker Creamy No Bake Pumpkin Pie {3} A Cup of Jo No-Bake French Silk Pie {4} bethcakes No Bake Strawberries n’ Cream Oreo Pie {5} Love & Olive Oil Chocolate Strawberry Oasis Pie {6} Bakerita Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Pie {7} Inside BruCrew Life Nutella Cookies and Cream Pie {8} A Spicy Perspective Fluffy Banana Cream Pie Recipe {9} The Kitchen is My Playground No-Bake Hershey’s Chocolate Bar Pie {10} Vegan Family Recipes No Bake Raspberry Lemon Pie
My boyfriend loves the granola selection at Fresh Market, but it’s definitely starting to eat away at the grocery budget. So, I thought we could try and cost cut with some of these homemade granola recipes!
{1} A Spicy Perspective Almond Joy Granola {2} Kristine’s Kitchen 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Granola {3} Minimalist Baker Banana Bread Granola {4} Half Baked Harvest Brown Butter Pecan + Maple Quinoa Autumn Harvest Granola {5} Yummy Yummy Kitchen Healthy Chocolate Granola Recipe {6} Sally’s Baking Addiction Vanilla Almond Granola {7} Kitchen Simplicity Gingerbread Granola {8} Lovely Little Kitchen Pumpkin Pie Spice Coconut Oil Granola {9} Kitchen Confidante Mocha Coconut Granola {10} The Messy Baker Cranberry Orange Granola
A friend of mine at work recently got me hooked on a new cranberry coffee cake recipe. I must confess, before now, I’d never even considered adding additional ingredients to the traditional breakfast treat. So, I thought I’d share some delicious coffee cake recipes that are now on my “to make” list!
{1} Inquiring Chef Raspberry Almond Coffee Cake {2} Lovely Little Kitchen Greek Yogurt Cream Cheese Lemon Coffee Cake {3} Yummy Healthy Easy Oatmeal Coffee Cake {4} Two Peas and Their Pod Cranberry Coffee Cake {5} Brown Eyed Baker Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake {6} Ella Claire Walnut and Apple Coffee Cake {7} Pastry Affair Espresso Chocolate Coffee Cake {8} Deliciously Yum Pumpkin Coffee Cake {9} Beyond Frosting Eggnog Coffee Cake {10} Sweet Anna’s Blueberry Crumble Coffee Cake
Feast your eyes on this yummy list of leftover Thanksgiving turkey recipes!
{1} Closet Cooking Roast Turkey Cobb Sandwich {2} Food52 Thankful For Leftover Turkey Jambalaya {3} Girl Versus Dough Thanksgiving Leftovers Nachos {4} Juanita’s Cocina Chicken (or Turkey) a la King {5} Half Baked Harvest Turkey, Smashed Avocado, Cranberry, Brie and Mashed Potato Waffle Melts {6} Simply Recipes Turkey Enchiladas {7} Steamy Kitchen Turkey Gumbo {8} The Craving Chronicles Thanksgiving Leftovers Salad {9} A Family Feast Turkey & Stuffing Turnovers {10} Damn Delicious Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey Pot Pie
Warm your body and soul this Fall with one of these hearty chili recipes!
{1} Serious Eats Black Bean and Sweet Potato Chili {2} Food52 Indian Spiced Lamb Chili {3} Brown Eyed Baker All-American Beef Chili {4} Little Broken Lentil Chili {5} Sweet Treats and More Buffalo Chicken Chili {6} The Pioneer Woman Frito Chili Pie {7} The Taylor House Cheese Tortellini Chili {8} Add a Pinch White Chicken Chili {9} Two Peas and Their Pod Vegetarian Quinoa Chili {10} Tasty Trix Texas Red Chili
Nothing says ‘Fall’ like this sweet and sticky treat! Whether you choose to eat them plain, smothered in chocolate or covered with nuts, the result is always delicious. How do you create your caramel apples?
{1} A Cozy Kitchen Bourbon-Spiked Caramel Apples with Smoked Sea Salt {2} The Pioneer Woman Salted (and Other) Caramel Apples {3} Bakingdom Cinnamon Caramel Apple “Pumpkins” {4} Fork and Beans Raw Caramel Apples {5} A Bit of Bees Knees Apple Pie Caramel Apples {6} She Wears Many Hats Chocolate Caramel Apples {7} At Home in Love Mini Caramel Apples {8} Mississippi Kitchen Peanut Butter-Stuffed Gourmet Caramel Apples {9} Domestic Fits Inside Out Caramel Apples {10} About.com Oreo Caramel Apples