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Good Food Reads: Grilling

June 30, 2017 By Lane 2 Comments

Join us today for some Grilling Recipes to add to your “must-make” list!

Good Food Reads Grilling EditionHi y’all!  Holly and I recently discovered the grill.  I know, I know, I’m sure many of you are sighing, I mean really, why in the world have two avid home cooks NOT been using the grill?  I will tell you though, for both of us, the grill has previously been the baby of our husbands, and you know how those guys can get…territorial.  Plus both of us are super busy moms (with four kids between us), run this blog, run bookclubs (hi ladies!), and work FULL TIME!  Far be it for us to look a gift horse…or whatever that crazy cliche is!  Someone was going to feed the kids and give us a night off-we ACCEPT!

Alas…there was a day recently that there was no husband around (yep, they work too) and therefore we had to figure it out.  Turns out all of that fancy schooling we did paid off…the gas grill was conquered!  To be honest, all we had to do was grill some bread for an appetizer, so not rocket science, but hey, we have to start somewhere!  So for this episode of Good Food Reads we wanted to pay homage to the grill.  And because Minnesota summer is so beautiful for grilling we also wanted to introduce you to some local Minnesota bloggers.  Ready?  Read on for some amazing grilling recipes…

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Filed Under: Good (Food) Reads Tagged With: beef, Butter, Chicken, Cocktail, flank steak, Good (food) Reads, grill, romaine, salad

Good Food Reads II 04.07.17

April 7, 2017 By Lane 20 Comments

Good Food Reads

So many things for Good Food Reads this week, so little time!  Today is the day that With Two Spoons is taking it on the road, as both Holly and I will be happily soaking up the sun in Arizona!  Unfortunately I will soon be heading back to Minneapolis.  The only saving grace is that spring time in Minneapolis is BEAUTIFUL!  So as an Ode to Spring-here is this week’s Good Food Reads-dedicated to Spring!

First let’s talk donuts.  DONUTS!  Strawberry lemon donuts to be exact.  These Strawberry Lemon Donuts  by Tornadough Alli look amazing.  Like eat the whole batch at one sitting amazing.  In fact I may need to make these when the kids are at school-and then hide them.

Maybe I’m strange, but I also think of pasta for spring.  I know, I know, it’s spring-I should be worrying about lightening things up and cutting the carbs, but when you see this Garlic Butter Asparagus Pasta by Diethood and this Lemon Cream Pasta Primavera by Foodtastic Mom, you are going to see exactly why I think pasta belongs to springtime.  Because it does.

One of my spring resolutions is to make my own bread.  I’ve done homemade bread and it is a million times better than that processed pre-sliced stuff from the supermarket.  I even went so far as to take home some sourdough starter from a friend, which I promptly killed. (I know who kills sourdough starter?  That isn’t even an easy thing to do)  I haven’t had the heart to tell my friend (although she’s probably reading it here-I’m so sorry Retu!).  BUT-I came across this recipe for Sourdough Starter by WellFloured.  So maybe I’ll make my own.  And keep it alive this time.

So from bread, a normal transition would be butter, right?  Check out this Basil Lime Vegan Butter by Healing Tomato, which is a sensational way to use up those herbs that are about to die an awful death.  And a great use for those herbs you are going to plant this summer.  Just remember basil likes it hot and dry.  Hot and dry.  (And now you’re going to click to check it out, not because of the basil, but because you, like me, are saying “what the hell is vegan butter”?  Well, I still don’t have an answer to that, but I bet you can make this with regular butter as well.  Pretty cool indeed!)

As a blogger, I’m frequently checking out other blogs.  Bloggers are doing such amazing food these days.  But every once in awhile, I come across a dish where I say-“If I can make this at home, my life will be complete”.  And that is how I feel about Food, Faith, Fitness’ Larb Gai Thai Chicken Skillet.  One look at the photos and I didn’t even need to know what the rest of the words meant.  All I know is it looked like my idea of heaven in a cast iron skillet, and that is saying a lot for something that does not contain chocolate.  I will definitely be making this at my house.  And if this does it for you too, well-then you’re invited.

As I’m writing this with a glass of wine in hand, relaxing in the beautiful Arizona twilight, I will tell you about the Instant Pot I  bought for my in-laws.  We have been using it for everything this week, which is great because in Arizona, who wants to turn on the oven?  Tonight’s dinner was Flank Steak with Chimichurri-a recipe from our own blog, with Sweet Potatoes in the Instant Pot from A Pinch of Healthy and Pressure Cooker Corn on the Cob by This Old Gal.  Is there anything this miracle machine can’t do?

Finally, a recipe for the artists among us.  There is a lot of great food art out there right now (for some reason Easter seems to spark a lot of creative juices).  I really like this Easter Bunny Bread by Foodie with Family because, well, I’m not sure exactly why, other than I am a bread addict.  Pretty sure this one would be loved by kids and adults alike.  I’m not usually one who attempts food art, but this one I might actually try.  Stay tuned.

Well, that’s all for this edition of Good Food Reads.  Join us again next Tuesday for a new recipe and again next Friday for another jaunt around the good food of the internet.  Until then, have a great week-and as always, let us know what YOU are making in your kitchens!

 

 

Filed Under: Good (Food) Reads Tagged With: Butter, Good (food) Reads, pasta, sourdough, spring, strawberry lemon donuts, vegan

Rainbow Carrots

October 7, 2016 By Lane 1 Comment

Rainbow Carrots

Never has the old adage “you eat first with your eyes” been more appropriate then with these Rainbow Carrots.  These visually stunning carrots can elevate your next dinner party or convince your kids to eat their vegetables!  Win-win!…

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Filed Under: Vegetable side dishes Tagged With: Butter, Carrots, orange, rainbow, side dish, vegetarian

Parker House Rolls

May 2, 2016 By Lane 3 Comments

Parker House Rolls

Parker House Rolls.  What is better than fresh bread?  Yet for years I was really intimidated by anything that needed to “rise”.  I thought that it was easier to buy bread and that there was not much difference in the taste.  Well, I was probably right on the first count, but I was oh so wrong on the second count.  There is nothing like fresh bread!…

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Filed Under: Baked Goods, Bread Tagged With: Bobby Flay, Bread, Butter, parker house, rolls, yeast

Salmon with Lemon and Dill

March 7, 2016 By Lane 2 Comments

Salmon Butter Dill

I was once afraid of making fish.  Very, very afraid of making fish.  I was even afraid of buying fish (unless at a restaurant of course)!  It seemed like such a mystery!  But then my daughter, who was a super picky eater, starting ordering salmon in restaurants (She was about 6, and shunned most kid foods)  I cannot count the number of strange looks we got from waitstaff.  As you can imagine, this got expensive fast.  At about the same time I bought a cookbook (sense a recurring theme here?) that had a salmon orzo salad in it that looked amazing.  This was all happening around the time that I was just learning to cook and I have to admit, I was initially at a loss.  But all roads pointed to learning to cook salmon at home, so that is what I did….

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Filed Under: Main Course Tagged With: Butter, dill, entertaining, lemon, salmon, sauce

Lime Curd with A Hint of Vanilla

February 5, 2016 By Holly 4 Comments

The winter months are not known for their abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables. After the heavy meals of the holiday season, the arrival of the mid-winter citrus crop is always a welcome addition to my kitchen. A few weeks ago I bought a giant bag of fresh limes at Costco, and while a few wound up in gin and tonics, I was left with pounds of limes and a little inspiration. Enter: Lime Curd with a Hint of Vanilla. It’s an easy, creamy, bright and versatile treat that can be added to baked goods like tarts, cupcakes or scones, or simply eaten with a spoon (my preferred method!).

Lime curd is the perfect topping to a bowl of yogurt, the perfect way to start a pie, or the perfect spread for a flaky croissant. #limecurd #homemade #WithTwoSpoons #desserts #yogurt #bars #pie #citrus #condiment

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Filed Under: Baked Goods, Condiments, Dessert Tagged With: Breakfast, Butter, Citrus, Dessert, Lime Curd, Pie, Vanilla, yogurt

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