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Good (Food) Reads: All About Balance

January 20, 2016 By Holly Leave a Comment

Bittersweet Brownies

Good (food) Reads for your Wednesday:

It’s another cold winter day here in the midwest and I don’t know about you, but weather like this calls for cozy sweaters, multiple cups of tea, and a few really decadent treats. Lately, I’ve been enamored by these brownies from the genius cookbook Date Night In. With rich bittersweet chocolate and an amazing salted peanut butter frosting, they’re perfect with a latte or a glass of red wine. I wasn’t sure I’d love a peanut butter frosting (it sounds almost too rich!) but I can’t get enough! It’s light, creamy, and a great contrast to the dense brownie. The entire cookbook (and the blog, Not Without Salt) are amazing and worth checking out. It’s got a permanent place on my kitchen shelf.

Salted Pretzel Nutella Fudge. Yes, you read that right. I think this sounds like a great treat for a bookclub or ladies night! Featured on the genius blog, Broma Bakery.

Everything in moderation is my goal for 2016. Since I’ve now posted two links in a row to not-exactly-light chocolate recipes, I’ll share something I’m excited to try tomorrow: Healthy Apple Cinnamon Muffins from Love and Lemons. Her food photography is out of this world! I love the color pop of the apple peels in the muffins.

Marcella Hazan, genius behind many of my favorite recipes (her tomato sauce is legendary), has a namesake bean! #goals. And if you haven’t made her famous sauce, the recipe is in another of my favorite cookbooks, Food52 Genius Recipes.

Is this why we all love food posts on social media? Food for (food) thought (via The Atlantic).

How Sweet Eats posted a recipe for Palomas With Salty Chili Sugar. Has anyone tried these? They look amazing. And the colors! I’m a sucker for pretty drinks.

We’d love to know what you’re reading around the web, recipes you’re itching to make, and things you’d love to read about here on the blog!

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Around the Internet: Good (Food) Reads

January 13, 2016 By Holly Leave a Comment

Happy Wednesday! Winter has finally arrived here in the great Midwest and with the bitter cold we’re having right now, there’s no better time to curl up with a cup of tea (I’m obsessed with Aveda’s Comfort tea currently) and find some kitchen inspiration around the internet. Here are a few things I’m loving this week:

Trying to get over my kitchen laziness and try using dried beans instead of canned. The New York Times might finally have me convinced that it’s worth the time and pre-planning: Cooking Beans at Home, Leaving the Can Behind
North African Bean Stew with Barley and Winter Squash. Because I need something to do with all of those beans I can now cook.
Smitten Kitchen and the truth about Ugly But Good cookies. Amen. Can we all agree that a good cookie is better than a pretty one? I’m looking at you, royal icing.
Cranberry Orange Prosecco Cocktails. I don’t think I need to say more.
Via The Atlantic: In Defense of Food and the Rise of Healthy-ish. The Atlantic’s take on food and moderation: Perfect reminder in this season of resolutions.
When the Powerball jackpot hits a billion (!) dollars, even Food and Wine writes about it. Although, I can’t say the first thing I would do is make a grocery list. And donkey cheese? No. Just no.
One of these days, I’ll find a green smoothie I really, actually like. I think this recipe from The Minimalist Baker sounds promising: Blood Orange Green Smoothie.

The tart in the photo above is my first attempt at Yotam Ottolenghi’s Roast Vegetable Tart. The recipe itself is a little fussy, but so very worth the effort. You can find the recipe in the link above or in his genius cookbook, Plenty.

Happy Reading!

Links We Love: Christmas Edition

December 25, 2015 By Holly Leave a Comment

While we take a short holiday break, we thought we’d share a few links we’re loving from across the internet:

Cranberry Snow Scones from Alexandra’s Kitchen. I made these yesterday and they are perfect. Warning: cut them on the smaller side as the expand a fair amount while baking.
Someone please make these: Salted Peanut Butter Shortbread. They look amazing.
It’s not quite time for the post-holiday detox, but I might need a break from all the butter. Thinking about Creamy White Bean and Tomato Soup.
What to do with all that leftover sour cream: Braided Sour Cream Cardamom Blackberry Coffee Bread.
And because I need more carbs in my life, Potato Kugel, by the one and only Deb Perleman.
Cinnamon Maple Whiskey Sour. Because it’s the holidays and holidays call for cocktails.
This one needs to happen ASAP: Chocolate Almond Ginger Bark. Joy the Baker, you are a genius.

Finally, for those of you looking to spend some of your holiday gift cards, here are a few cookbooks we’ll be looking to add to our collection:

The Food Lab
The Broad Fork
The Homemade Kitchen

As we look to 2016, we’d love to know what sort of recipes and features you’d love to see here on With Two Spoons. Send us an email, tweet, or Facebook message!

And Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

Follow Us On Bloglovin’!

December 15, 2015 By withtwospoons@gmail.com Leave a Comment

To make it as easy as possible to access all of the posts and recipes here on With Two Spoons, we’ve added Bloglovin’ access! Subscribe via the link below, our button on the sidebar or add us directly in your Bloglovin’ feed.

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Thanks for all your support in the blog launch. We are so excited for what’s to come!

XOXO,

holly & lane

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You Don’t Have to Be Rich to Give Generously

December 15, 2015 By Lane 7 Comments

It’s that time of year for Gift Giving…and we’ve got you covered! Give generously, these options won’t break the bank!

If you’re like us, the Holiday Season brings invitations to a wide variety of celebrations and events. The struggle to find the perfect host or hostess gift is real! Often you just need a little something to give, but you’d like it to be unique, fun and most importantly useful. Here are a few simple (and mostly local!) host/hostess gift ideas for the foodies in your life. Give one, or give generously and make a basket containing all of them! You’ll be invited back every year – we promise….

And We’re Off!

September 22, 2015 By withtwospoons@gmail.com 2 Comments

Welcome to With Two Spoons, a blog about food.

We are Holly and Lane, two friends with a shared love of good food and drinks. Awhile back, we decided to start a blog as a creative break from our full time jobs and something totally outside of our comfort zones. Since we spend most of our time together talking about the latest recipes we’ve tried (for better and for worse!) and books we’ve been reading (often about food), we couldn’t think of a better source of inspiration for our little project. Our hope with this space is to write about our adventures – and misadventures – in the kitchen. We want to tell you about recipes we are making, cookbooks we are devouring, and some recipes we have developed ourselves. It’s going to be a fun ride and we hope you’ll come along. Basically, we are on a quest to find food that’s so good, you’ll want it served With Two Spoons.

Look for our first real posts coming before the end of the year!

XOXO,

Lane & Holly