Baked Cheddar, Apple & Smoked Turkey Sliders — these easy baked sliders come together quickly and are perfect for a spring brunch or lunch. Pair them with a bistro-inspired Springy Herb Salad dressed with a sweet and tangy Orange Poppy Seed Vinaigrette for a complete family-friendly meal. This post has been sponsored by Safeway. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I love everything about a baked slider. The ease with which they come together. The melty filling, sandwiched between buttery, toasty rolls — crisply topped and nutty brown from the oven. In typical years, they’re a favorite party food, … Read More
Browned Butter Grits Bowls with Sweet Potato Hash, Blistered Tomatoes + Fried Eggs
Browned Butter Grits with Sweet Potato Hash, Blistered Tomatoes + Fried Eggs — a super satisfying vegetarian grits bowl featuring the best of simple ingredients. This post has been sponsored by Vital Farms. All thoughts and opinions are my own. We buy Vital Farms Pasture-Raised Eggs and Vital Farms Pasture-Raised Sea-Salted Butter at our local Safeway store. Use the Safeway mobile app to save on your next purchase of Vital Farms Eggs and Butter. It’s no secret that we’re fans of eggs and butter in this house, but it wasn’t until we had Lana that we really began to take a … Read More
Fresh Lobster Spring Rolls with Easy Peanut Dipping Sauce
No-Cook Fresh Lobster Spring Rolls with Easy Peanut Dipping Sauce — these light, beautiful spring rolls make the most of fresh produce and tender, succulent lobster. Deceptively easy and impressive as heck, these colorful spring rolls are dairy-free (and easily made gluten-free, too.) Thank you to Fish Fixe for providing the seafood used in developing this recipe! GIVEAWAY! We’re giving one lucky reader a Fish Fixe “Fixe Your Own Box” shipment containing 16 portions of premium, sustainable seafood ($139 value) — and there are two ways to enter. 1) Browse the offerings at FishFixe.com and comment below with what seafood … Read More
Spring Things Salad with Pickled Kumquats + Whipped Brie
Greetings from the household of a 3-year-old. She kicked off her fourth trip around the sun in April (it’s been a while since we’ve chatted, I know…), and it’s as if a switch was flipped with the whispered whoosh of those extinguished candles. We’re potty trained. We’re putting our clothes on by ourselves. We’re sleeping with a pillow and a blanket. We’re still doing this thing where she is we. I’ll outgrow it before it becomes obnoxious. And it’s not as if I was expecting the worst of age three, but all things considered, she’s been a delight. The first few … Read More
Three Cheese Butternut Squash Pasta Bake with Mushrooms + Chard
Some weeks ago I saw a Tasting Table video on Facebook I couldn’t resist. Jumbo shells, stuffed with roasted butternut squash and ricotta, topped with burrata and baked. It was undeniably appealing, instantly evocative of the frozen, cheese-stuffed jumbo shells my bestie Whitney and I used to heat up for summer lunches back when Costco was Price Club and we still owned more cassette tapes than CD’s. Looking in my fridge, I was heartbroken to remember using the last of our ricotta on that morning’s toast (with sliced pears and honey — never a bad idea) — but was blasted with hope in the … Read More