With Two Spoons

Good Food Reads: Thinking Outside the (Lunch) Box

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I don’t know about you, but I frequently feel like I’m in a bit of a lunch rut. Either I’m busy and forget about lunch altogether or I jam in a quick sandwich or protein bar and call it a day. One of my “grown up resolutions” this year was to make lunch feel a little more special. To make things that are tasty, beautiful, and (mostly) nutritious. While I haven’t always kept to that plan, I’ve definitely noticed that on the days I make a little more effort for lunch, I’m always glad I did. We recently reached out to some blogger friends (hi, friends!) and asked for their recommendations for new lunch ideas. Boy, oh boy, did we get some great new recipes. This week on Good Food Reads, we are Thinking Outside the (Lunch) Box. GFR Lunches

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Cobb Salad with Creamy Gorgonzola Dressing

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I’m over winter. Officially over winter. After getting a foot of snow here in Minneapolis last weekend, I am begging it to stop. I’m screaming uncle.  I’m ready to move on to sunny days and warm temperatures.  It is time for salads on the deck with a good book.  Like this Cobb Salad with Creamy Gorgonzola Dressing.

Cobb Salad with Creamy Gorgonzola Dressing

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Farro Salad with Salmon and Roasted Vegetables

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You might have heard this story before, (you’ve probably lived this story before) but this particular ending is delicious! This Farro Salad is worth reading about!

I recently went out to lunch with a group of friends, at a restaurant I go to frequently.  While looking at the menu, I was tempted to order my “usual”, but instead decided to take a chance on this Farro Salad.  Thank goodness I did!  As soon as I started eating, I decided this was a dish I needed to create at home.  ASAP.

Farro Salad with Salmon and Roasted Vegetables.

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Good Food Reads: Quinoa Recipes

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Quinoa.  Keen-wa.  High protein, gluten free, versatile.  We love quinoa and think you should too!  This edition of Good Food Reads: Quinoa Recipes will give you 20+ of the best and most diverse quinoa recipes!  Looking for some new powerfood recipes to add to your meal planning?  Look no further than our ODE TO QUINOA!

Quinoa Recipes Round Up Photo

Many fabulous bloggers have been kind enough to share their quinoa recipes with us, and are allowing us to share their recipes with you (along with their drool worthy photography!).  We’re excited to show you what we have planned for our quinoa!

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A Moveable Feast: Grilled Peach and Arugula Salad

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EDIT Web Grilled PeachWell, this is post is officially a day later than I had hoped but I guess that’s what happens when you head out of town and forget your laptop charger. Oops! With a few days away from work and no plans in hand, my husband and I made a last minute decision to head to his family’s cabin in the northern Minnesota lake country. We invited some friends to join us and had a great couple of days of sun, sand, water, and some good food. I love the simplicity of summer foods – marinades and grilled chicken or burgers, fresh fish, and plenty of salads. As part of our Southern themed dinner party earlier this summer, Lane and I tossed together this Grilled Peach and Arugula Salad to lighten up an otherwise heavy menu….

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Good Food Reads 5.2.17

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Good Food Reads

It has been a crazy busy week, as most of them are towards the end of the school year.  My kids don’t have their last day of school until next week, but the past two weeks have been chock full of end of the year parties, teacher gifts, graduation festivities, end of the year orchestra concerts, dance recitals, and let’s not forget the never ending soccer games!  When you put that on top of a full time work schedule, well…whew, I’m starting to get tuckered out!  And I must admit my belly is growing very tired of all of the fast and fast casual food we’ve been eating (not to mention guilty) as we fly around from one activity from another.  It’s time to reintroduce vegetables and clean eating to our diets.  These salads we’ve found all over the internet will be a great way to start that process…and they are anything but boring!  So keep reading for a Good Food Reads dedicated to salads!…

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Asian Chicken Salad with Grilled Vegetables

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Asian Chicken Salad with Grilled Vegetables

My teenaged daughter.  Don’t you love when a post starts with “my teenaged daughter”?  I’m sure all of you with teenagers know what is coming next.  My teenaged daughter has a complicated relationship with food.  Loves all sweets, but historically she’s much more picky when it comes to food with any nutritional benefit.  (Read on to learn all about where we went wrong with teaching her to eat!)  So when she recently found a salad at a local restaurant that she liked, I raced to recreate it so she could eat it at home.  And although it’s not exactly the same, Asian Chicken Salad with Grilled Vegetables was a hit with everyone, but especially with my teenaged daughter.  #momwin

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Chimichurri Panzanella Salad with White Beans

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Chimichurri Panzanella with White Beans

It’s March now and I’m SO ready for spring!  And of course, just as I had decided winter was over, Mother Nature goes and dumps a whole bunch of snow all over the Twin Cities.  The cold is back.  And although I know it will be short lived, it is still a bitter pill to swallow.  Since I really needed a bit of spring, I decided it was time to make a great salad.  You won’t believe what leftovers you can use to create something entirely new.  Chimichurri Panzanella Salad with White Beans is a bit of spring on a plate.   …

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Roasted Squash and Quinoa Salad

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Roasted Squash and Quinoa SaladFirst and Foremost HAPPY NEW YEAR!  We are so looking forward to 2017!  Secondly, if you are looking for a salad you can eat with a spoon, look no further.  Roasted Squash and Quinoa Salad will fill you up while keeping your New Year’s resolutions intact!  Read on for the recipe and for my resolutions…maybe you can help hold me to them!…

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