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    Home » Archives for August 2015

    Archives for August 2015

    Corn + Black Bean Chopped Salad {vegan}

    August 31, 2015 by Lindsay 1 Comment

    What a weird week, right?  On the one hand, we're gearing up for a holiday weekend that's still totally summer in feel.  On the other hand, we're about to enter the months that end in 'ber, which means UGGS and casseroles and chilly mornings and BABIES.  It makes me happy my mother-in-law got us a fall wreath a few years ago, I'll tell you that much.  IMG_7475

    Ok and just baby and just for us, but you know what I mean.  A new season is upon us even though blahblahblah fall doesn't "start" for a few more weeks, but there are some days that still really feel like summer.  

    So today we have one of the last summery recipes, totally fresh and light and healthy and you could get every single ingredient for it from your farmer's market if you're into that kind of thing.  Or a grocery store would work too.  I made this a few days ago for my dad's birthday as a part of a larger healthy Mexican-style meal, but REALLY the salad itself can stand alone as a meal given that there are beans in it.  My bff heather makes a version of this that's chopped just slightly smaller and calls it "salsa," and I make the veggies slightly larger and call it a salad.  The beauty of this dish is that it works as a condiment or a side dish OR a main dish salad, can incorporate any veggies you like, and of course is great with some cheese and sliced grilled chicken on top if you're not on the vegan bandwagon.  It's a bank canvas kind of a dish, and you need to be making it all the time, summer or not.  

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    Crock Pot Chicken Ragout

    August 26, 2015 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

    Ok, here's your new favorite weeknight meal.  For summer, fall, winter, spring, lunch, dinner - you get the picture.  IMG_7357

    I'm always baffled by the slow cooker and how it actually cooks things, and cooks them well every single time.  I don't have that particular consistency, that's for sure.  The tool is ridiculously useful, and every time I use it I think to myself that I should use it MORE, dummy.  And then I get distracted with online shopping and forget.  Which is fine.  

    What I especially love about tomatoes in the crock pot is that they actually get better the longer they're in there - kind of briney and tangy, like you used wine in the sauce when you didn't, which is handy.  This "recipe" involves a little bit of chopping but other than that you just toss everything into the Crock Pot and call it a day, which is one of my criteria for using the slow cooker - what's the point if you have to brown the meat first?  May as well just slow-cook using the oven on a low temperature, which is what effing slow cooking is, anyway.  IMG_7351

    So let's forget about browning food and make this instead!

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    Easy Beef Kebabs

    August 24, 2015 by Lindsay 2 Comments

    Or Kofta or approximately one million names that describe the ground beef dishes that are prevalent in Greek, Mediterranean, Middle-Eastern, and North African cooking.  Seriously.  Those peeps have it GOING ON with ground beef.  Sometimes on sticks, sometimes not.  I saw some food show that said the word kebab doesn't have to involve a stick, and I was all YES because the idea of molding ground meat around a stick and cooking it and hoping it didn't fall off OR cooking ground meat and sticking a stick in later both sounded ridiculously annoying.  IMG_7126

    Because you don't eat the stick, so it's a waste of my damn time.  

    So here we have an "easy," read: fusion that probably is nothing authentic from any of the above-mentioned locations, version of kebabs.  Ground meat seasoned with tons of stuff, molded to essentially make little meatloaves and roasted until browned and sexy.  

    Side note:  You could totally use lamb for these if you wanted to.  

    For serving, we have dinner or appetizer options, and why not?  As dinner, couscous, yogurt, and raw veg are lovely with these, as an app you could make actual meatballs instead of the kebab shape, and you COULD DEFINITELY TOTALLY SHOULD stuff this in a pita with shredded for lunch.  So basically we have a delicious way to prepare ground beef that you can then eat 7 times a day in different applications.  

    Let's roll with it.  

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    Pregnancy Right Now - Favorites

    August 19, 2015 by Lindsay 2 Comments

    It's time for a list of products that are making me happy. 11039047_10100596563339263_2452808717612327569_n

    Note that I didn't say necessary, or life easier or better, just happy.  

    I think that's kind of key when you're dealing with pregnancy hormones and depression and mood swings.  Just happiness.  There's a lot to be excited about, and a lot to look forward to, but of course that is coupled with anxiety and worry and gross stuff.  #vaginalmucous

    So, happy.  

    Here are some things that I've found to be useful!  And....some things that are not so much.  

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    An Update on Jay + That Leg

    August 18, 2015 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

    Jay went back to work yesterday!  FullSizeRender

    Last Saturday marked 3 weeks since the day Jay broke his leg, had surgery, got a rod and 3 screws, and effectively stole my pregnancy thunder.  

    Just kidding.  He's doing GREAT, and I feel like I'm raising a 34-year old every time he hits a new milestone.  

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