I’m all about easy no-cook cooking in the summer. Stack your favorite foods together and you can’t go wrong. And, this bacon! Wheat sourdough bread Arugula and Spinach Peach slices Candied Bacon (4th of July post and the best thing I’ve ever eaten) Blue Cheese Crumbles ETC. Use any bacon and throw it under the broiler with brown sugar and cayenne. Use tomatoes, avocado and turkey. Add balsamic glaze or use goat cheese.
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I may not be cooking much this week, but I wanted to share a favorite summer dinner with you. Stack- Tostada shell or charred tortilla Guacamole Grilled corn Black beans Cole Slaw (red peppers, jalapeño, cilantro, with 1 part lime juice to 1 part EVOO, dash of Sriracha and S&P) Cilantro Grilled shrimp (cover shrimp in Sweet Chili sauce and grill) or Seared Ahi Tuna chunks Lime juice and zest Cojita Cheese Top with Trader Joes Partially Popped Popcorn ETC. No need to run to the store, stack anything you have on hand! Leftover chicken or fish would be great too. Use all ingredients the next day plus lettuce for a salad. Use TJ frozen corn. Add all ingredients (except slaw) to guacamole and serve with chips. Make extra shrimp or tuna and slaw and serve over brown rice for dinner the next night.
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Breakfast for dinner is always a good idea! Bagged potato hash browns Applegate Turkey Sausage Eggs Arugula with lemon vinaigrette Your favorite salsa Jalapeños Green onions Shaved Pecorino or Parmesan Add 3 eggs to one bag of hash browns with a generous amount of salt and pepper. Mix and form into patties. Sauté in a little EVOO and flip once until cooked through or browned. Add arugula salad, egg, and remaining ingredients. Dinner is done!
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A drizzly day calls for biscuits and healthier version of sausage gravy. Half the biscuit and add extra spinach for an even healthier take. Biscuits, halved Eggs, scrambled Tomatoes Avocado Sautéed spinach (sauté EVOO, garlic, S&P. Pull off the heat as soon as it starts to wilt) Sausage gravy 1 package Applegate Chicken Sausage 2 TB flour 2%milk, as needed for thickness Ground Pepper Garlic salt Dash of nutmeg Crumble sausage (break into little pieces don’t cut) and sauté until golden. Sprinkle flour over sausage until cooked through. Add one cup of milk until combined and then 1-2 more. Let thicken for 10 minutes. Add more milk if needed. Add salt, pepper, and nutmeg. ETC. Under cook the eggs just a bit so they don’t get rubbery. Take away the biscuit and this would be a great breakfast scramble.
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Morning breakfast with my girls celebrating the end of swim team!
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Brunch! I gain so much inspiration eating out and love remaking favorites at home. I was also so glad I subbed the toast for tomatoes. Sunny side up eggs Sautéed spinach with EVOO and garlic Tomatoes with basil and balsamic Avocado with EVOO and Black Sea salt ETC. The Black Sea salt made this simple breakfast. Flavored salts can add a great element to different dishes.
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I love the Spa menu at hotels. Full of flavor and healthy. This Mediterranean Frittata you can definitely make at home. Eggs Spinach Sun Dried Tomatoes, diced Red onion, sautéed Green olives, sliced Feta cheese Oregano Top with arugula salad and micro greens. Drizzle pesto and devour! ETC. Eat the 4 pieces of French toast your kids don’t eat.
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When all else fails and your fridge is bare, eggs! Scrambled eggs with (anything you have left in the kitchen). Pesto Sun dried tomatoes Pepperoncini peppers Roasted Red Peppers Salami Pepperoni Artichokes Sauté all ingredients (except eggs, pesto, and basil) at a high temp. Put aside. Cook eggs in the same pan. Add toppings at the last minute of cooking including pesto, basil, and S&P.
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If you happen to have leftover pizza dough, this sweet yet savory pizza is perfect served alongside a large chicken salad or as an appetizer. Store-bought pizza dough, grilled BlackBerries Burrata cheese Basil Pine Nuts Ground Pepper Same pizza dough directions as yesterday’s post. Top with blackberries, Burrata, and pine nuts. Grill or broil for three minutes. Top with basil and cracked pepper. ETC. Both yesterday’s and today’s pizzas can easily be made into salads. You can also serve the pizza dough with olive oil and salt on the side of a salad. I always make extra grilled pizza dough with no toppings to use for sandwiches, wraps or dessert pizzas later in the week
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Happy Sunday! Biscuit Bar prep for family coming over after church today! Ruth’s Diner Mile High Biscuits Strawberry Jam Lemon Curd Vanilla Mascarpone Cheese Raspberry Jam Apricot Jam Honey ETC. The biscuits are just one of the items on my menu today so I bought them. You can’t do it all, so buy your way out of some things. Your entire meal doesn’t have to be homemade!
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