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22 Super Bowl Snack Ideas for 2022

January 26, 2022 by Lindsay 5 Comments

More than 22 DELICIOUS, easy Super Bowl 2022 Recipe Ideas! Whether you're doing a few cheese and cracker types of things or a full chili bar, here's all the best Super Bowl recipes in one place.

Gray plate of guacamole topped with cucumber relish and crushed peanuts.

...because otherwise tbh football is a waste of damn time. (don't. it's fine.)

So! Let's plan our party snacks for Super Bowl Sunday. I love a theme sometimes, like tacos with tons of toppings, pasta, or chili with ALSO ton of toppings, but I also love making a few really good snack foods that don't necessarily go together.

I mainly like Super Bowl recipes that can be made in advance and can be eaten at room temperature or warm-ish. Nothing that has to be straight out of the oven, although there are a few dips and chilis in this list that are great kept warm in the slow cooker.

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Ultimate Mediterranean Hummus Board

June 24, 2020 by Lindsay 4 Comments

This ultimate Mediterranean hummus board has your favorite cheese board elements with the best ever hummus with spiced meat, tzatziki, grape leaves, pickles, olives, and pita. It's mostly no-cook and make-ahead for the perfect party meal!

IT FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS MORNING. I just love this so much.

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2018 Thanksgiving Menu

November 14, 2018 by Lindsay 1 Comment

OMG OMG OMG.

In a real world we probably can't have all of these things for one meal. Or shouldn't, at the very least. ButIwanttosobadseriously.

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1 Hour Roasted Turkey Breast + Gravy

November 1, 2018 by Lindsay 5 Comments

The best Thanksgiving alternative, I love just cooking a roasted turkey breast (bone in) for Thanksgiving nostalgia in about half the time. This recipe includes my favorite easy homemade gravy recipe that comes out perfectly every time. Plan for just under an hour for this oven roasted turkey breast recipe.

roast turkey breast in a shallow baking dish with salt and pepper.

HAPPY NOVEMBER. How. Is. It. Here.

Since Thanksgiving is just three weeks away (how.is.it.here.), we have to start prepping our menu ASAP! Our plans are pretty up in the air this year due to newborn status (basically, if anyone has so much as a sniffle we aren't going), but our tentative plan is to have a day with Jay's family and a day with mine and the rest of the weekend for rest.

To simplify, I love making a roast turkey breast instead of a whole roast turkey - it's so simple and takes WAY less time than cooking a whole bird. This method is the only one I use and it's totally foolproof: no brining or mess, just simple, delicious roasted turkey that is NEVER dry.

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Cooking for a Crowd

July 11, 2017 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

I know that I'm such a broken record, but I can't believe the days are shortening and summer is over halfway over. We still have plenty of long hot days ahead, sure, and I basically feel like I have summer FOMO. Now that it's mid-July I want to be sure I do all of the fun summer things before we move into all the fun fall things.

By 10am on Monday we had our entire weekend planned with summery things. Working for the weekend doesn't begin to describe the amount of vacation-mode that is going on here even though we don't have any more vacations planned. ...

Baby It's Cold Outside {baby shower}

December 4, 2014 by Lindsay 1 Comment

I threw my first baby shower last week! For Scott and Belen! And then we went on vacation and THEY HAD THEIR BABY IN THEIR HOUSE by accident which I will tell you about in more detail at a later time.

But first we need to talk about this shower. I was a little nervous because it came on a really really busy week and Jay had been out of town and also Belen is always doing really cute things and my MO is kind of "give them booze and meatballs and maybe they'll like you?" Not so much with the cuteness.

But then I Pinterested "winter baby shower" because I had it in my head that I wanted to do a winter/Christmas thing, and I saw a chalkboard that said Baby It's Cold Outside and I just kind of ran with that. So! Here is what the non-Pinteresty boozehound did.

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I Swear This Never Happens {a kitchen fire story}

October 21, 2014 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

So. You know how there's a thing in karma and life where REALLY AND TRULY the most ridiculous things only happen when 1. you're sober or 2. tons of other people are watching?

I've noticed a pattern in my life and have determined that this is the truth.

Example: I only spill beer (or anything) after I've had 1. After 6? I'm allllllll careful. The first drink, though, sometimes BEFORE THE FIRST SIP, is when I'm really confident in my sober motor skills and end up dumping gallons of expensive drink all over myself, cell phones, carpet, you name it.

We had a similar situation last week when we hosted a party for FIFTY PEOPLE IN OUR HOUSE. The party itself was absolutely wonderful; we did it for an out-of-town friend who came in for a surprise for his dad, and it was crowded but lovely and I think everyone had a nice time.

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Healthy Cookout Food

June 25, 2014 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

Guys, TIS THE SEASON, amirite? I feel like we're inundated with grill-out options, potluck invitations, and let's not forget that THE FOURTH is coming up! If you aren't American, that means that we get a day off work to daydrink and cookout and hang out near bodies of water.

Just like our founding fathers would have liked it.

ANYWAY ANYWAY. Ignore me.

Tomorrow night I'm doing a cooking class for my getting-healthy clients (I work at an obesity clinic), and we're doing cookout food! Cookouts can be SUPER hard for our families to navigate, so I'm trying to give them some tools to use that will make them feel confident when cooking or attending cookouts in the coming weeks.

Here are some ideas for you, too!

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What I'm Cooking This Weekend

October 4, 2013 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

Nothing like a really informative article title, is there?

Happy Friday, kids. FINALLY. What a week it's been! I have a gazillion fun things planned for this weekend while Jay is at the beach, and cooking has already commenced.

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Weekend Dinner Menu - Middle Eastern

May 17, 2013 by Lindsay 2 Comments

Guys it's finally Friday.

I have my final yoga test this afternoon but then tomorrow my sister and I are going to a yard sale and a farmers market so....just gotta get through today?

Anyway.

Food.

I made this meal last weekend, and it was super easy-peasy, and REALLY delicious. Lots of the components can be made ahead or aren't even really recipes so...let's get to it!

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Mixed Grill with Green Rice

February 15, 2013 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

I didn't know what to call this.

If I liked long post titles, I would have called this Mexican-style Grilled Tuna, Tofu, Chicken, and Veggies with Green Cilantro Rice, Tons of Taco Toppings, and The Sauce I make for Fish Tacos.

But that seemed kind of long, so I didn't do that.

Anyway, this meal is one that I made last weekend for my pretty sister Emily's birthday. Our family doesn't really do restaurants on birthdays - there are a gazillion of us and we like to cook, so that's what we do!

It involved champagne at 11:30am, which is never a bad thing.

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Vegetarian Super Bowl Offerings

January 30, 2013 by Lindsay 1 Comment

As a friend on Facebook says, someone appears to be planning to play football at the Beyonce concert this Sunday.

I love it.

I don't love Football, BUT, this season especially I've had a blast learning a TINY bit more about it thanks to Jay and some of our BFF's. Apparently when you buy a house with someone you don't get to ALWAYS sneer at what they like to watch on TV.

Whatever, I'm over it.

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Matchy Matchy Red and Green Food

December 14, 2012 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

Happy Friday!

Fridays are just so wonderful and hopeful, don't you think? I have lots of fun plans this weekend, and I'm itching for them to start!

I also ordered something online that turned out to not be in stock, so that's kind of a bummer.

What I'm saying is, I'm super emotionally conflicted right now.

I love Christmas decorations. Everything's so pretty this time of year, and using silly Christmas serving pieces at parties totally makes my life better.

So, I thought we could wrap up this week by talking about some super cute and dorky ways to make some delicious foods red and green, so that everything in the world can be Christmasy just for a little bit longer. Let's do it!

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Showdown Saturday Menu

November 24, 2012 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

Was your Thanksgiving good?

Mine was, and I'm, like, totally bummed that the day after tomorrow everyone has to go back to work for 4 weeks and pretend like we aren't counting down the days until Christmas.

I'm not the only one doing that, right? Please say no.

We're Clemson people, like I told you about last year.

Well, I'm no one's people, but Jay went to Clemson and graduated from Clemson, so today we're Clemson people.

Today, Clemson's football team is playing USC - their fiercest rival. The therapist in me doesn't understand why it's, like, not so GREAT that we have two good schools in our state and why can't we just cheer for EVERYONE and be happy?!?! but, ~~shockingly~~ sadly, I'm outnumbered 1 - everyoneelse in that regard.

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Don't Panic! Last Minute Thanksgiving Offerings

November 21, 2012 by Lindsay 3 Comments

Thanksgiving is tomorrow!

Finally.

How annoyed are you of me telling you how to cook?

Hopefully not too much - this is the last day I'll be dictating what you eat until the next time I feel compelled to share with you my thoughts on what I think you should eat.

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Thanksgiving Appetizer Suggestions

November 20, 2012 by Lindsay 3 Comments

It's Friday!

I mean, Tuesday.

You know what I mean - IT'S THE LAST DAY OF THE WORK WEEK!

For me.

For you too? I really hope so. I'm wearing a scarf and tights and boots today, so I feel totally fallish and READY for Thursday.

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My Favorite Thing to do with Chimichurri

November 9, 2012 by Lindsay 3 Comments

2019 note: we are still eating this meal all these years later. we've updated the recipe with some new tips and tricks, including a new recipe for chimichurri that comes out perfectly every time. check it out!

Happy Friday!

I'm thrilled that it's Friday. Some weekends come and you get stuff done and then you're fine and you go back to work. And then, some weekends come and OMGIjustneedtoliedownfor3daysandescapetheworldPLEASEletmedothat.

That's this kind of weekend for me, folks.

But, this isn't about me. This is about chimichurri, and how much I love eating it on Argentinean Barbecue.

Or whatever you want to call it.

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Smoked Salmon Brunch

September 20, 2012 by Lindsay 1 Comment

Welp.

I've been telling you about all these dumb cream cheeses.

I'm sorry about that.

There was a reason for it, though!

I know you're relieved to know that the time has come for you to know the reason.

We're going to have a smoked salmon spread for brunch!

Or lunch.

Or a shower.

Or a wedding.

Or a party.

You get the picture.

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Goat Cheese Cream

September 12, 2012 by Lindsay 2 Comments

Ok so.

A few weeks ago we catered a wedding, and one of the things we did was a smoked salmon display.

It was pretty! It was delicious! It had.....goat cream cheese instead of plain because the bride likes goat cheese.

It was LOVELY. I have some nice pictures of the salmon that need to be worked on a little bit, but since the wedding we've discovered LOTS of uses for this lovely cream!

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For Dinner ASAP - Pulled Pork

September 10, 2012 by Lindsay 2 Comments

Guys.

Last week, in a fit of.....something....I posted some pictures of some of my favorite recent food on our Facebook page.

A fit of liking food? I don't know.

One of the pictures that got a little bit of attention was the picture of these sweet-ass sliders that I've made for showers, a wedding, you name it!

They're great, and perfect every time.

The thing is, though, that you could do SO MUCH with the pulled pork - I'd definitely make a lot of it and use it for a few weeks! It freezes REALLY well, too, so that's even more of a reason to cook a buttload of it!

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