Category: Less Than 30 Minutes
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Scrambled Eggs, the Ramsay Way
My friend Chase made scrambled eggs for breakfast, “the Ramsay Way.” I played sous chef with the ham, and self-designated shutterbug, obvi. Below is the modified recipe per what we did. Thanks, Chase! Always fun to try something new! See: Gordon Ramsay’s recipe on Food.com
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Radish Cous Cous
A variation on Cristina Sciarra’s Radish Cous Cous off Food52. Makes 2 entree portions
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Blackberry & Sage Spritzers : Summer is HERE.
From the kitchn, with the last few steps re-ordered. Makes 10 Ingredients: 1/2 cup of honey 1/2 cup of water 3 to 4 fresh sage leaves 1 pound fresh blackberries Ice Sparkling water Extra blackberries and sage leaves for garnish (optional) Also optional: vodka or gin
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Beat the Heat: Part Zillion!
Zucchini Basil SaladFresh back from a cross-country road trip through 4 national parks, three rolls of campfire-cooked Pillsbury products, and too many kinds of 80+-degree weather, I give you… Cold Zucchini Basil Salad A variation from simply real health I googled after a random Instagram find. Ingredients: 1 large heirloom tomato, sliced into bite-sized pieces 3-4 zucchini total (prefer a…
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PLOC Juice!
..or Pineapple Orange Lime CayenneThe forecast in many parts of North America reaches 90 degrees in the next several days, so here’s a cold drink recipe to try. Shout out to my many Northwest peeps living without air conditioning. I had a real brain-sparking juice from Assembly Hall (a part of that behemoth conglomerate known as Tom Douglas restaurants)…
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Guest Vid by K: Espresso & Tonic!
Inspired by our neighborhood coffee shop Neptune’s Espresso Tonic (as mentioned in Bon Appetit), K___ tried his hand at making one himself, using our favored tonic water of choice, Fever Tree*. Presenting: espresso tonic, the Wongson way! Today’s Trial Recipe Rating: Novelty Rating: 5 of 5 stars. Well, that is certainly novel. Likelihood of Repeat: 35% The first…
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(Insert Protein Here) Lettuce Wraps!
These days, my household tries to eat less carb-heavy things on a regular basis, and I’ve taken to making lettuce wraps regularly. One of the first google search results will give you a copycat of the P.F. Chang’s recipe, so that was my jumping off point. Frankly, that is where I’ve eaten most of the lettuce…
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Sweet Potato Pesto Pasta
Thanks to Abby for loaning me a spiralizer so I could try it out! Thanks to Fitnessista for this recipe combo, the proportions I made up from my trial. Ingredients: For the pesto: 1/2 cup raw shelled sunflower seeds 1 tsp garlic 1 cup spinach 1 cup (packed) fresh basil leaves 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive…
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Herbed Butter
Some of you may be wondering why there hasn’t been a post in a while. Maybe one of you is wondering what happened with the spiralizer you loaned me, or what I ate on vacation in South America. Ooops, sorry, I’ve been busy seizing life by the throat and shaking it around. I do plan…
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Pasta alla Carbonara
I needed to whip up a nice backdrop for an easy but satisfying Sunday night dinner with a treat of seared scallops.* I had turkey bacon and egg on hand, and picked up some bucatini. This one from Nook and Pantry has been sitting at the ‘bottom’ of my Evernote recipe box for a while,…