I Am... Sheet Pan Turkey Dinner Recipe
If you're looking for an easy Thanksgiving meal for two (or four), I've got you covered with this easy sheet pan turkey dinner. It has everything you could want or need: turkey, stuffing, potatoes, and beans. Best of all, it's hot and fresh out of the oven in an hour and twenty minutes.
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I Am... Friday Finds: 11.10.17
The craziest thing happened this week. I was testing out crepes for a crepe recipe that called for large eggs. We only ever buy large eggs so it was just a question of reaching into the top shelf of the fridge for a fresh carton. But, when I opened the carton and grabbed and egg, it felt...wrong. It was tiny! I asked Mike and he said it looked like the same size but I was super suspicious so I broke out our scale (I legit love that scale) and my instincts were right! The egg weighed almost 20 grams less than a large egg from another carton?!
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I Am... Za’atar Roast Chicken Recipe
We've been on a hardcore Middle Eastern/Levantine food kick lately. Our favorite place for happy hour has these fries that are topped with parsley, lemons, and za'atar – they're incredibly addictive. They also have halloumi fries. I mean, grilled halloumi is good but when you deep-fry it!? I'm going to have to make those guys soon because my halloumi habit is getting pricy. Although, we can't quite figure out how they have it on their happy hour menu because halloumi is so expensive. They must have some sort of halloumi discount. I got to get in on that.
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I Am... Fall Salad: Kabocha Celery Salad Recipe
It's November! It means it's time for Thanksgiving, but more importantly, it means it's holiday feasting season! I'm ready for turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy and questionable vegetable plates. Wait, maybe I'm not ready for the questionable veggie platters. Just kidding, I actually love veggie platters. I even call them crudités, much to the annoyance of Mike. He's always like, "they're VEGETABLES." Are you guys fans? I pretty much like any and all vegetables raw, but I have a special spot in my heart for celery.
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I Am... What to Cook in November
It's full on comfort food season now that November is here. Chilly days and cozy nights means that it's time to stay in and fatten up. You still have 23 days to decide on what you're going to be making for Turkey day and I have a HUGE list of things that I'm hoping will make your cut. Plus, I'm including some best-overs recipes because the best part of Thanksgiving is the leftovers, am I right? Are you a leftovers lover too? And more importantly, what are you making for Thanksgiving this year?
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I Am... 2017 Totoro Week Round Up: Totoro Food!
The 5th annual Totoro Week was a success! Totoro food was made and eaten and I almost died of the cute. Here's a round up of what happened this year. [caption id="attachment_21032" align="alignnone" width="724"] Matcha Frankenstein Totoro Cake by Coco Cake Land[/caption] Lyndsay went green and made a Matcha Frankenstein Totoro Cake. I love his scar and his furry frosting. [caption id="attachment_21033" align="alignnone" width="724"] Rice Cooker Tamagoyaki Totoros by The Pig and Quill[/caption] Em went all genius and made Tamagoyaki Totoros in a rice cooker. I love how the Totoro bellies are just flipped over tamago. I would eat about 10 of these! [caption id="attachment_21035" align="alignnone" width="724"] Totoro Black Sesame Cookies by Vickie Liu[/caption] Vickie is the QUEEN of frosted cookies and these Halloweenie Black Sesame Totoros are perfection. They're all so cute but I'm partial to the mummy! [caption id="attachment_21034" align="alignnone" width="724"] Chocolate Square Rice Krispie Totoros by Sincerely Syl[/caption] Square Totoros are in this year! Syl's chocolatey Totoro rice krispie treats are almost too cute to eat. Totoro Inari - Totoro and sushi together at last :) Totoro Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars - Told ya square Totoros are in this year! Orange you glad to see these pumpkin guys?! Soot Sprite Chocolate Sparkle Cookies - I couldn't leave out the soot sprites, they're just the right amount of spooky and cute. Happy Halloween! Hope it's spooky cute! twix and sour patch kids, xoxo steph
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I Am... Take Out at Home: Chicken and Broccoli Chow Mein Recipe
Crispy chow mein is one of my go-to orders when getting take out Chinese. I remember when I was a kid, I would always be SO happy when it was takeout night and there were crispy noodles. It's easy to make these noodles at home – all you need to do is prep all your ingredients before hand, then it's just a quick fry and you're in noodle heaven!
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I Am... How to Sous Vide Eggs
To me, there's no breakfast simpler or more pure than an egg with toast. Fried, scrambled, soft boiled – they're all delicious. But, perhaps the most decadent is the sous vide egg. Simple and elegant, a sous vide egg is egg at the epitome of egginess. The whites are barely set and the yolks are perfectly custardy. The best part? It's a set it and forget it kind of thing, as all things sous vide are. This is my favorite temperature and time for eggs. A small amount of the whites will be just the tiniest bit runny – I just tip those parts off and then it's hello custardy yolks and just right whites!
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I Am... Vegetable Marinara Sauce Recipe
Sometimes you just need a good veggie marinara sauce. If you do, this is it! You get quite a bit of heft from the eggplants and mushrooms. I like to give everything a good sear – you get a beautiful caramelized vegetable flavor and less stirring means more chilling. Although, don't chill too much because no one likes burnt veggies in their sauce. I used the majority of this batch for a veggie lasagna but with the little bit I had left, I tossed it with some bowties, did a quick zucchini fry up and called lunch a success! If only all Meatless Mondays were so easy :)
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I Am... Totoro Soot Sprite Chocolate Sparkle Cookies Recipe
Guys, I found an honest-to-god dust bunny the other day. And, instead of being grossed out, like I'm sure most regular people would be, I was delighted. It was so round and cute! It wasn't actually made of dust, it was more of a hair ball that came out of our dryer then got covered in dust. I saved it to show Mike, but he didn't think it was cute like I did...I guess it was more of sign that we should do a better job vacuuming?!
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I Am... Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars: Totoro Edition
Totoro week continues! We had a power outage last week and it was a.) spooky b.) kind of fun and c.) worrisome. Spooky because the hallways were dark AF and we wanted to leave the house so, we used our phone flashlights to light the way down the super dark hallway, slightly creepy (only because no one ever uses them) stairs, into our car park. From there, it was a breeze and we had an excellent day out, but I was a little worried about the fridge because the day before the power outage, I made a sheet of pumpkin cheesecake that was destined to be Totoros!
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I Am... Friday Finds: 10.21.17
We are getting closer and closer to Halloween and the decorative pumpkins in our house have increased 10 fold. While I love having ALL the mini pumpkins, I'm not super into dressing up. Or, well, I am into the idea of dressing up. I can spend hours searching the web and looking at pinterest for fun and quirky costumes. I'll even look at tutorials. But then, nothing ever happens...LOL. Instead, I'll eat a bunch of candy. How about you guys? Do you have Halloween plans?! We'll maybe watch a spooky movie and if I get my act together, maybe make some of the cute halloweenie things that have been floating around the web?
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