Herb Butter Salmon & Couscous Parchment Packets.

These salmon parchment packets are so super easy and delicious! Made with couscous, a delish herby garlic butter and fresh asparagus, they are satisfying and filling, all while being light at the same time. And everyone gets their own little packet to enjoy! This is how you make an adorable little dinner packet! These salmon […]

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These salmon parchment packets are so super easy and delicious! Made with couscous, a delish herby garlic butter and fresh asparagus, they are satisfying and filling, all while being light at the same time. And everyone gets their own little packet to enjoy!

This is how you make an adorable little dinner packet!

salmon parchment packets with couscous

These salmon parchment packets are filled with herby, garlicky butter laced couscous, flaky salmon, asparagus and a big hint of lemon.

It’s such a satisfying yet light dinner. And it’s one of those meals that just makes you feel GOOD.

salmon parchment packets with couscous

I love making my fish and orzo parchment packets. They are so flavorful and easy, not to mention incredibly versatile. You can really use whatever you have in the fridge or whatever ingredients you love. 

Recipes like this tend to be simple to make for everyone. It’s easy to leave ingredients out or choose the vegetables that you love most. You can even switch up the fish used inside. 

salmon parchment packets with couscous

You know when I love to make this? When I find myself with leftover couscous. Or that could be rice, quinoa, any leftover grain that is hanging out in the fridge. This recipe is PERFECT for that. 

Of course, you can also cook the couscous just for this exact recipe. That works too. 

Because it’s worth it. A complete little meal in a cute parchment packet.

I love it! 

salmon parchment packets with couscous

This is how it comes together:

I mix some herbs, scallions, garlic and melted butter in a dish. I could drizzle this on just about anything. I mix a little bit of that into the couscous. 

Next, I scoop some of the couscous into the center of the parchment paper. I top that with a few asparagus spears and a piece of raw salmon. The salmon gets covered in salt and pepper, then a big drizzle of the herb butter.  (more…)

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A Week In The Life, Vol 12.

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! My favorite little leprechauns on the planet. Jordy! I made my cheeseburger sliders one night for dinner and they were just SO good. Emilia started tennis this week! Cutest brothers watching. Takes his kindle everywhere. Twins! Emilia also got to be principal for the day at school. It was SO cute. […]

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

My favorite little leprechauns on the planet.

Jordy!

I made my cheeseburger sliders one night for dinner and they were just SO good.

Emilia started tennis this week!

Cutest brothers watching.

Takes his kindle everywhere.

Twins!

Emilia also got to be principal for the day at school. It was SO cute.

And then… it was HAIRCUT DAY!!!

Who is this child?!?

Oh my gosh, I can’t even handle him! He’s such a little BOY now.

Lovebug BFFs.

When he sees a picture of himself now, he says “that’s Max!”

We had a big hockey weekend with playoffs.

Emilia had basketball!

Her perfect little jump though!

Ate all the snacks at all the games.

We looooove watching Max.

The leprechaun dyed her milk green this morning!

Annnnd this is how your reap the benefits of being the third child… all the older siblings friends’ birthday parties!

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What To Eat This Week: 3/17/24.

Top notch fabulous recipes for this week’s menu!

What’s on your menu this week?!
What To Eat This Week

Chickpea salad bowls

Grilled fish tacos

Parmesan chickpea soup

Smoked sausage shredded cabbage salad

Grilled chicken avocado pizza …

Top notch fabulous recipes for this week’s menu!

What’s on your menu this week?!

What To Eat This Week

Chickpea salad bowls

Grilled fish tacos

Parmesan chickpea soup

Smoked sausage shredded cabbage salad

Grilled chicken avocado pizza sandwiches

Mediterranean turkey smash burger tacos

Our favorite tortellini salad

Bircher muesli

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Currently Crushing On.

Happy Saturday! This week on the blog I shared this irish cheddar roasted cauliflower. I also shared a smoked sausage shredded cabbage salad, a ton of recipes for the first week of spring and these grilled chicken avocado sandwiches. You can find a full easter recipe guide right here, as well as a ton of […]

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currently crushing on

Happy Saturday!

This week on the blog I shared this irish cheddar roasted cauliflower. I also shared a smoked sausage shredded cabbage salad, a ton of recipes for the first week of spring and these grilled chicken avocado sandwiches.

You can find a full easter recipe guide right here, as well as a ton of recipes for saint patrick’s day!

There’s a new weekly menu up and a peek at a week in our life!

You can join The Everyday Dinners cookbook club right here! If you have a copy of the bookrequest to join the group. If not, get one here!  Ready to start on fall! It is such a wonderful community and an amazing place for recipe ideas.

xoxoxo

WHAT I’M LOVING THIS WEEK

I need these cheddar chive biscuits in my life.

Chicken tinga looks absolutely perfect.

Cutest mini irish cream cheesecakes!

Cookies and cream shamrock shake also sounds great.

I have to make this chive blossom vinegar.

Caramelized onion frittata. So good.

My favorite hidden rainbow cake.

Banana pudding pound cake. Yum.

Making an irish whiskey espresso martini!

Coconut cream pie is my love language.

Putting focaccia pizza on the menu this week.

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Grilled Chicken Avocado Pizza Sandwiches.

We adore these chicken avocado sandwiches! Served on fried pizza bread, they are filled with roasted red pepper mayo, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Super delicious! This sandwich is my newest obsession. This chicken avocado sandwich is served with roasted red pepper mayo on a fluffy fried pizza dough bread, topped with lettuce, tomatoes and cheese. […]

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We adore these chicken avocado sandwiches! Served on fried pizza bread, they are filled with roasted red pepper mayo, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Super delicious!

This sandwich is my newest obsession.

grilled chicken avocado sandwiches

This chicken avocado sandwich is served with roasted red pepper mayo on a fluffy fried pizza dough bread, topped with lettuce, tomatoes and cheese. It’s deeeeelish.

grilled chicken avocado sandwiches

I love recipes like this. It’s not too much of a RECIPE. It’s more so a method + an idea. A method for how I make a delicious meal and you can use your favorite ingredients to fill in the extras! 

You know how sometimes you just want a really GOOD sandwich?!

This is that. 

grilled chicken avocado sandwiches

It’s incredible. So satisfying. Super flavorful.

I feel like I could eat this every single day and never get sick of it!

grilled chicken avocado sandwiches

We make a lot of homemade pizza. It’s a versatile meal in our home because I’ll make traditional pizza, I’ll grill it, make it in a cast iron skillet, use a deep pan for a detroit-style crust or get it as thin as possible for a crispy thin crust. 

It never necessarily tastes “the same” and there is always a lot of variety in our pizza.

grilled chicken avocado sandwiches

Since I’ve been down the sourdough rabbit hole, I’ve been using the discard from my starter to make overnight pizza dough. I use this recipe often. It’s a game changer and we all love it so much. I could live on sourdough bread, so sourdough pizza is just what I need. 

This works with ANY pizza dough though. I make these little fry breads with my pizza dough recipe or the sourdough pizza dough. They taste so incredibly indulgent, fluffy and cloud-like. 

And must I say that they only get better when stuffed?! Add your favorite sandwich ingredients inside one of these and you will be in heaven. 

grilled chicken avocado sandwiches

Here’s the rundown:

First, the pizza dough sandwiches. We love a local burger that is served on a folded slab of pizza dough. It is SO fabulous. That was my inspiration here. Also, an old chicken sandwich from the cheesecake factory that is no longer on the menu!

For the filling, I’m using grilled chicken. But you can use just about anything you love. 

Avocado, tomato, shredded lettuce. The shredded lettuce is key! I like to get fresh romaine lettuce and chop it myself. This means it will have the ultimate crisp freshness. I also add some quick pickled onions if I have them in the fridge. 

Cheese! Of course. You can do slices of cheese or shredded cheese – heck, whatever kind of cheese you want! Ideally, I like to put this on the chicken right when I start stacking the sandwich so it kind of melts into meat. Of course, the chicken doesn’t HAVE to be warm. But it’s really delicious if it is warm. 

grilled chicken avocado sandwiches

Finally, roasted red pepper mayo. Just a quick little mix made with diced roasted red peppers and prepared mayonnaise. I also like to drizzle in a bit of the olive oil from the jar of roasted reds.  (more…)

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Smoked Sausage Salad with Shredded Cabbage.

This smoked sausage salad is delicious! Refreshing and crunchy cabbage slaw with red onion, red pepper and carrots, drizzled in a perfect vinaigrette. It’s topped with seared smoked sausage rounds for the ultimate flavor pop! New favorite salad alert! This smoked sausage salad is made with a shredded cabbage base drizzled in an easy red […]

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This smoked sausage salad is delicious! Refreshing and crunchy cabbage slaw with red onion, red pepper and carrots, drizzled in a perfect vinaigrette. It’s topped with seared smoked sausage rounds for the ultimate flavor pop!

New favorite salad alert!

smoked sausage salad with shredded cabbage

This smoked sausage salad is made with a shredded cabbage base drizzled in an easy red wine vinegar. Then it’s topped with seared smoked sausage bites for the perfect protein. 

It’s super simple, fast and tastes really good!

Basic and tasty. I love it!

smoked sausage salad with shredded cabbage

I’m always looking for new and fun ways to enjoy smoked sausage. Our favorite is smoked turkey sausage and I make it the most often. It’s easy and delicious, plus the kids think it tastes like… hot dogs.

They are not wrong! It’s the best. 

It’s like a grown up, elevated hot dog. Sort of. 

smoked sausage salad with shredded cabbage

At least once a month, I make my smoked sausage and peppers. And in the warmer months, I love these grilled smoked sausage skewers. Soup too! My smoked sausage potato soup is incredibly delicious and cozy. 

All that’s left to do now? A salad. 

Of course.

smoked sausage salad with shredded cabbage

This salad base is so incredibly crunchy and refreshing. And it’s because we’re shredding EVERY SINGLE INGREDIENT!

I use the finer side of a cheese grate and grate it all!

The cabbage. The red pepper, carrots and red onion. 

It’s like a chopped salad, but better! The cabbage is so crisp and crunchy, so hearty. And I love that it doesn’t wilt in an instant when the dressing is drizzled on top. Almost like kale, the cabbage gets better and better as it sits.

smoked sausage salad with shredded cabbage

Now it can’t be totally drenched in a pool of dressing, but a nice coating of dressing will leave you with great leftovers! Still crunchy, flavorful salad to have the next day. That’s always a win.  (more…)

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Tuesday Things.

1. Daylight saving time makes me so ridiculously happy. The fact that is no longer feels like the day is over by 5PM is a miracle! 2. How on earth are there so many different flavors of peeps?! 3. My go-to snack on the weekends for the kids is to make a giant tray of […]

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tuesday things

1. Daylight saving time makes me so ridiculously happy. The fact that is no longer feels like the day is over by 5PM is a miracle!

2. How on earth are there so many different flavors of peeps?!

3. My go-to snack on the weekends for the kids is to make a giant tray of fruit and veg (maybe a dip too) and set it out multiple times a day. Everyone goes crazy for it. Ridiculously easy too.

4. Make your home into a Nancy Meyers house on a budget. This is my goal forever and ever!

5. TV things!! Just started watching The Traitors! Also can’t wait for Love is Blind this week. Eeeep.

6. What to do when you wake up in the middle of the night. Oh, wait, so I shouldn’t look at my phone for an hour? Weird.

7. The Oscar looks!! Emily Blunt was my fave. Zendaya too!

8. The seven laws of success!

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Irish Cheddar Roasted Cauliflower.

Irish cheddar roasted cauliflower is a satisfying, flavorful dish that is drizzled with chimichurri. Sharp cheddar, golden, tender cauliflower and bright herbs with lots of garlic is the key to any heart! What’s cheesy and crisp and delicious all over?! The most wonderful cauliflower you’re ever going to make! This cauliflower is roasted until golden […]

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Irish cheddar roasted cauliflower is a satisfying, flavorful dish that is drizzled with chimichurri. Sharp cheddar, golden, tender cauliflower and bright herbs with lots of garlic is the key to any heart!

What’s cheesy and crisp and delicious all over?!

irish cheddar roasted cauliflower

The most wonderful cauliflower you’re ever going to make!

This cauliflower is roasted until golden and tender, covered in melty Irish cheddar cheese and drizzled with chimichurri to finish it off. It’s super flavorful and a fabulous dish to add to your repertoire. 

irish cheddar roasted cauliflower

This is my kind of dish for Saint Patrick’s Day!

It may be a cop out, because I will put Irish cheddar on just about anything. That makes it Irish, right? 

I like to think so. 

irish cheddar roasted cauliflower

This cauliflower is covered in spices (my faves! Smoked paprika and garlic powder)  and roasted. I guess we could call it a cauliflower “steak,” but I have just never loved that. Regardless, I roast a big slab of cauliflower until golden and charred and tender and crunchy along the edges.

Then! Then comes the cheese.

irish cheddar roasted cauliflower

I sprinkle some sharp Irish cheddar cheese all over the cauliflower slabs and throw the pan back into the oven. It only takes a few minutes for that cheese to get super melty and bubbly, because the cauliflower is already hot!

Pro tip: the golden, crunchy stuck-to-the-pan cheese is always the best. 

irish cheddar roasted cauliflower

When it comes out of the oven, I drizzle it with chimichurri. It’s super easy to make while the cauliflower roasts and it’s foolproof. 

I love making chimichurri and have it on hand often. Eddie absolutely LOVES it with chicken and steak – even shrimp. I also stir it into grains like rice, couscous, quinoa and more. It’s a great fridge staple. 

irish cheddar roasted cauliflower

This combo is so incredibly delicious. It’s savory and cheesy. Refreshing and bright from the herbs and vinegar. Slightly tangy with a bite, thanks to the garlic. It’s just really good all around. 

irish cheddar roasted cauliflower

It’s an excellent side dish, but I could easily enjoy this as a main dish with a salad or beans or  something on the side. And it’s satisfying and filling. And because the cauliflower slabs are big and covered in cheese (hello!), it feels like a hearty meal.

Which it is!  (more…)

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A Week In The Life, Vol 11.

Another week!! With my little leprechauns. Emilia put this outfit on for theater class and I just had to document it! The millennial dream… our nugget ice maker finally came in. I put one in our wet bar! We all love it. Spring picture day for these two! How is he so old?! Jordy also […]

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Another week!!

With my little leprechauns.

Emilia put this outfit on for theater class and I just had to document it!

The millennial dream… our nugget ice maker finally came in. I put one in our wet bar! We all love it.

Spring picture day for these two!

How is he so old?!

Jordy also started a little toddler 2s class.

Can you even believe he will go to preschool in the fall?!? HOW?!

Wiped out after with snuggles.

Emilia and I made two batches of joy’s dad’s cookies this week!

Baby friend date!

Coffee too.

Marshmallow latte. It was so good.

The kids LOVE to bring all the pillows and blankets into our room on the floor and watch a movie. This is what Jordan did when I was getting ready and the kids were at school! So precious.

Little spa day date while Max was at hockey practice and Jordan napped.

She excels at making cookies now!

Guys! He is getting a REAL HAIR CUT this week.

Last night I saw Grease downtown.

Today we were all SO TIRED from losing an hour of sleep.

The original BFFs.

Jordan’s fave: make a funny face.

Onto a new week!

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What To Eat This Week: 3/10/24.

Last full week of winter!! Let’s do it right!

What’s on your menu this week?!
What To Eat This Week

Fire roasted white bean soup

Smoked sausage skewers and rice

Weeknight BBQ chicken sandwiches

Sticky salmon couscous bowls

Crispy chic…

Last full week of winter!! Let’s do it right!

What’s on your menu this week?!

What To Eat This Week

Fire roasted white bean soup

Smoked sausage skewers and rice

Weeknight BBQ chicken sandwiches

Sticky salmon couscous bowls

Crispy chicken greek salad

Weeknight tortellini skillet

Smoked salmon cottage cheese toast

Dill pickle egg salad

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