Disclaimer: this post is a love letter to sweet potatoes. Although pickles will always reign supreme as my favorite food, sweet potatoes are definitely up there for me. They're so versatile and they're delicious no matter what form they take. Sweet potato fries, roasted sweet potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes - I love them all! As an added bonus, they're full of nutrients. I try to incorporate sweet potatoes into one meal per week in our household. That usually means serving them as a side, but every so often they'll be the star of the meal. That's the case for this...
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BANG BANG SHRIMP TACOS RECIPE
Happy New Year, friends! Two weeks into the year isn't too late to say that, right? Today I'm sharing a recipe that was many months in the making: my recipe for bang bang shrimp tacos!
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RECIPE ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY + MARCH FAVORITES
I developed a love of cooking in college and it's grown even stronger over the last few years. There's something about cooking that's so relaxing to me, and trying new recipes has become a great creative outlet. I typically try to cook one new recipe a week, although when life gets hectic or I'm feeling particularly exhausted it sometimes ends up being more of a biweekly thing. I find recipes through a variety of sources, but mostly using Pinterest, cooking blogs, and my collection of cookbooks. I wanted to be sure that I could link all of the recipes I'm...
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BBQ CAULIFLOWER WINGS WITH BLUE CHEESE DIP RECIPE
It's been over 10 years since I last ate meat, so I'm finally at the point where there aren't many meat dishes that I crave. There are a few exceptions to this, though, and perhaps the biggest one is wings. I was never all that into wings when I still ate meat because I hated spicy things, but I've grown to like a little bit of spice and after marrying someone who LOVES wings I've found myself craving them anytime I smell the delicious sauce.
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BALSAMIC PASTA WITH ROASTED VEGETABLES RECIPE
I didn't take a serious interest in cooking until probably my junior year of college. I had dabbled in it before, but that summer I tasked my dad with teaching me as many recipes as possible. Despite the fact that I've loved cooking ever since and have made home-cooked meals almost every night for the past three years, it was only recently that I started to venture into the world of creating my own recipes. I've always found it much easier to just follow a recipe, but I want to get to a point where I can just whip something...
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MY FAVORITE POTATO LEEK SOUP RECIPE
I don't know how it happened, but somehow I went 22 years without ever trying potato leek soup. The first time I ever had it was actually when Darian and I took our first trip to Disney together. It was on the menu at the Be Our Guest restaurant and it was SO GOOD. About a month ago (over 3 years after that trip) I was watching TV and someone made potato leek soup. It gave me the weirdest craving for that soup from Be Our Guest, so I browsed Pinterest until I found a recipe that looked perfect. I...