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Grilled Lamb Chops

March 29, 2018 By msmart Leave a Comment

Grilled Lamb Chops

Grilled Lamb Chops For a super easy Easter dinner, look no further. Grilled lamb chops, with a tangy ginger, tamari and garlic marinade, have been a hit in recent cooking classes. When you’re entertaining a crowd, this recipe is the answer. Served with a spicy chermoula sauce on the side, it’s a flavor combination that’s…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Entertaining, Grilling, Holidays, Meat, Whole 30 Tagged With: Easter dinner, Easter lamb, grilled lamb, lamb chops

St. Patrick’s Day Menu

March 15, 2018 By msmart 2 Comments

St. Patrick's Day Menu

  When I posted my meal plan this week, it was the day after turning our clocks back for daylight savings. We woke up at 4:30am that morning to catch a flight from Houston to Denver and then from Denver to Sun Valley, Idaho. St. Patrick’s Day was far from my mind when, 14 hours…

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Filed Under: Holidays, Uncategorised Tagged With: corned beef and cabbage, slow cooker corned beef and cabbage, St. Patrick's Day

New Year’s Eve Fondue Party

December 29, 2017 By msmart 1 Comment

Think of this as your last hurrah before resolutions come knocking. Do it up big, with a fondue and wine party to satisfy a crowd. Warm gooey cheese and melted, fragrant chocolate wrap up a season of indulgence with a big red bow. Fondue is my love language, especially if I have on ski boots…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Appetizers and Snacks, Dessert, Entertaining, Fall, Holidays, Uncategorised, Wine, Winter Tagged With: cheese fondue, chocolate fondue, fondue, New Year's Eve party, sonoma-cutrer vineyards, wine and fondue

Christmas Menus

December 21, 2017 By msmart Leave a Comment

If you’re in charge of cooking for anyone besides yourself this Christmas, it’s time to make a game plan. How many people are you feeding? What time are you eating? How exhausted will you be? Let’s talk Christmas menus, friends…  I won’t make everything listed here, but wanted to give you several ideas to choose…

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Filed Under: Holidays, Uncategorised, Weekly Meal Plans, Winter Tagged With: Christmas breakfast, christmas dinner, Christmas eve dinner, Christmas food

Prosecco Pomegranate Spritz

December 9, 2017 By msmart 1 Comment

Christmas Menus

Quick and colorful, a prosecco pomegranate spritz can be your signature cocktail this holiday season. And with half the glass full of pomegranate juice, it’s less caloric than a traditional cocktail. Not that calories count in December. A little elf told me that one, but I’m not sure I believe it. (Whole 30, see you…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Cocktails, Entertaining, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Uncategorised Tagged With: aperitif, cocktail, pomegranate, prosecco cocktail

Easy Peppermint Bark

December 9, 2017 By msmart 3 Comments

Easy peppermint bark

Super Easy Peppermint Bark Holiday baking is one of the best parts of the season, and everyone in my house has their favorite. My oldest makes the most amazing grain-free and gluten-free peanut butter blossom cookies. She tops them with flakey Maldon sea salt and Hershey’s kisses, mind blowing combo! My son always wants to…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dessert, Holidays, Uncategorised, Winter Tagged With: baking with kids, cookie exchange, easy peppermint bark, holiday baking, peppermint bark

Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad

November 23, 2017 By msmart Leave a Comment

Ok friends. I swore to my kids I wouldn’t try to create a healthy Thanksgiving menu, but I do think it’s good to balance virtue and vice. When you have a table filled with probably twenty pounds of butter-and carb-filled side dishes, it’s important to have something green. Yesterday in the Houston Chronicle, I had…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dairy-Free, Entertaining, Fall, Gluten-free/Gluten-free adaptable, Holidays, Salads, Thanksgiving, Winter Tagged With: appetizer, Brussels sprout salad, salad, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving starter

Pomegranate Sangria

October 30, 2017 By msmart Leave a Comment

Pomegranate Sangria

A big and bright pitcher of pomegranate sangria is the easiest way to entertain a crowd. Full of pomegranate seeds, thin slices of apple and oranges, this fruity cocktail is slightly bubbly from sparkling wine. Depending whether it’s early fall or winter, you can add dark plums, berries or fresh figs to the mix. Stir…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Cocktails, Entertaining, Holidays, Uncategorised, Winter Tagged With: autumn sangria, cocktail, entertaining, fall fruit sangria, holiday cocktail, prosecco sangria, sangria, Thanksgiving cocktail

Apple Cranberry Crisp

October 25, 2017 By msmart Leave a Comment

Autumn has finally hit Houston, which means the leaves are falling, there are acorns crunching underfoot and it’s 80 degrees and humid. Here’s the plan: Turn down your air conditioning to 70 and fire up the oven for this super tasty apple cranberry crisp. It will make your whole house smell like cinnamon, pecans and…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dessert, Entertaining, Fall, Gluten-free/Gluten-free adaptable, Holidays, Uncategorised, Winter Tagged With: apple and cranberry crisp, apple crisp, apple crumble, easy dessert, holiday dessert, Thanksgiving dessert

Pumpkin, Apple and Honey Nut Squash Soup

October 23, 2017 By msmart 9 Comments

Squash season is in full swing, and that means a rotation of roasted butternut squash, Delicata and Kabocha. Recently, I noticed a new variety of squash that looks like a baby butternut. Honey nut squash is sweet and tender when cooked, and easier to cut than its big brother. A couple of these cuties are…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Appetizers and Snacks, Dairy-Free, Dinner, Fall, Freezer Friendly, Gluten-free/Gluten-free adaptable, Holidays, Meatless Mains, Soups, Thanksgiving, Uncategorised, Vegetable Side Dish, Whole 30, Winter Tagged With: butternut squash soup, dinner, easy soup, fall soup, honey nut squash soup, soup, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving starter, Whole 30

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