Welcome to the weekend, my friends! It’s been a drizzly wet week here in Ohio until yesterday, but I loved the overcast days and enjoyed the sound of rain while I worked. As a result, I’m extra happy about a few days of sunshine now too.
My youngest son finished school this week and we’re kicking off the summer with a whole lot of nothing on the calendar next week. (I’m thrilled about that!) But first, the weekend will be filled with a baby shower, a grad party, church, family dinner, and a game night.
ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK: Parmesan cheese, black pepper, butter, and olive oil combine to make this parmesan pepper pasta. Its ease of preparation is matched only by its perfection. The recipe is a gentle riff on the classic Italian dish cacio e pepe which translates simply as cheese and pepper.
Calling all broccoli and shrimp lovers! This flavorful honey garlic shrimp stir fry is exploding with vibrant crisp-tender broccoli and shrimp.
Summery cucumber tomato pasta salad combines garden fresh cherry tomatoes and cucumbers with bite-sized pasta and onions in a vinegar dressing. This is a dish that screams summer cookout!
We are a family of meatloaf lovers. So, naturally, when a friend told me that she makes her meatloaf with a package of Lipton onion soup mix, I knew I needed to try it. I’ll admit I’ve tweaked the recipe a good bit from the original one I found on the Lipton website. I like what I like, what can I say? However, it turns out that those onion soup seasonings work very well for meatloaf.
This tuna pasta salad with bell peppers, celery, cucumbers, red onions, and olives is lightly tossed in a light, tangy, pickle-inspired creamy dressing. All the flavors and textures in this salad combine to make it a hit with everyone who tries it.
Toasting coconut gives it a nutty sweetness and complexity that dried coconut lacks – and it’s so easy to do, too!
Toasted coconut ice cream is fool-proof sweet, creamy coconut vanilla ice cream with the nutty goodness of freshly toasted coconut. It’s perfection in simplicity in ice cream form, friends.
What I’m CRAVING: All the berries in the world! I can not get enough fresh berries lately and I’m thrilled that they’ve been so sweet and tart and perfect lately when I buy them. I just shook together a jar of creamy poppyseed dressing to make this Read more