French press coffee undoubtably tastes better, but it’s also requires more attention to brew and cleanup. After realizing we wouldn’t find more iced blend coffee to brew until next summer, we decided to bite the bullet and try to cold brew regular coffee in a french press. Guys–we can’t believe we didn’t know about this…
baked green beans
As we were cooking these green beans again last night (with fresh beans from the farmers’ market Saturday), we realized we haven’t shared them on the blog–and they’re our favorite! Preheat the oven to 450 F. Snap the ends off the beans and place them spread out on a jelly roll pan. Sprinkle with olive…
roasted chicken w/mustard thyme sauce
The roasted chicken (we used breasts) with mustard thyme sauce with fingerling potatoes and green beans was super delicious. We say that a lot, don’t we? Again, an easy way to add a little interest to some classics. Chicken recipe Potatoes and green beans recipe
owl cake
Sometimes you just need to make a cake so you can take photos of it–and eat it, of course. Yay cake, cute cake stand and owls!
rachel ray’s “thai it” pasta
When we were at the airport going home for graduation, we snagged a copy of Rachael Ray’s June 2013 magazine… partially because we had heard Kate Bingaman Burt had some illustrations inside and partially just because we wanted to try some new recipes. So we made the “Thai It” Chicken Noodles with Lettuce, Chilies and…
chicken with honey-beer sauce
We hit another home run with this recipe, too. It’s really easy and is such an improvement over plain chicken–plus it’s budget friendly, too! Cooking Light recipe here
open-faced chicken sandwiches
one word = YUMMY. so good, super easy and a nice way to dress up a sandwich. bam! [original recipe here]
mini greek-style meatloaves
Made these mini greek-style meatloaves.[original recipe here]. They were yummy (and not really anything like savannah remembers meatloaf tasting). We love anything with tzatziki-like sauce. But really… make them (soon and often.
pizza pizza pizza
Hey friends. It’s been a while since we’ve shared recipes with you, so get ready. Today we’re sharing a lot of pizzas. We just use Trader Joe’s pizza dough and add our own toppings. A couple of times they were sold out of the wheat dough, so we tried the white and herbs versions but…