Even on busy weeknights, I don’t mind taking time to put a homemade dinner on the table. What I don’t want to spend all evening doing? Cleaning the kitchen. Enter: the foil packet, where individual servings are cooked and served straight from a cocoon of crumpled foil.
In this recipe, chicken breasts are nestled into a bed of sweet and juicy pineapple, and the whole thing soaks up a spicy, citrus-spiked marinade for an easy, mess-free meal.
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No Fourth of July menu is complete without a potato salad recipe. Sure, burgers and hot dogs might be on there, and maybe some grilled corn, but there’s something about potato salad that seems quintessential for long days spent outside on hot, sticky summer days. Do you have a recipe ready to go for the big day? If not, I’d love to recommend this gorgeous potato salad from Half Baked Harvest. It’s creamy, but there’s no mayo! And there are plenty of delicious herbs.
As a mom of two young kids, summer can often slip by in a blur of summer camps, cookouts, and long afternoons of cartoons when its too hot to play outside. One of my personal mom goals is to have as much fun with my kids as possible before they no longer think it’s cool to hang out with me.
This year I’m determined to bust boredom in creative ways that are also low-effort and hopefully leave us all with some summer memories. In other words, this is my summer bucket list! It includes some summer classics like lemonade, a few quick recipes (including one for bubbles), and a few field trips too. Here’s how you can get in on the fun.
Maybe it’s the wide-open windows, or that bright sun shining a spotlight on every bit of clutter in the house, but summertime makes me want to purge, purge, purge my kitchen! Plus, I use the space totally differently in warm-weather months than I do in the colder ones. “Summer means more frequent and casual get-togethers, friends and kids running through the house, and a desire to keep entertaining easy,” says Tanya Whitford of Organizing Wonders.
So to clear my head — and my space — for a season of carefree entertaining, here are five things I’m throwing away this summer. Consider doing the same!
There’s so much to love about summer. The extra hours of daylight! The warm temps! The ice cream! The official Amazon holiday! We especially love this last one and, after waiting all year, we finally have some special details about the fourth annual Amazon Prime Day.
These turkey burgers look beef burgers straight in the face and make them quiver a bit. These are far from the wimpy, dry-as-sandpaper turkey burgers you’ve had before. Instead, they are juicy, spicy from chili powder and cayenne, and fragrant from cumin and chopped shallots. Topped with melted Monterey Jack and lime-scented avocado mash, this is how you make a turkey burger that people will actually want to eat.
When you smother chopped chicken breast, crispy potatoes, and tender broccoli in a sweet and tangy honey-mustard sauce, you know you’ve got something good on your hands. This one-pan dinner perfection is a dream for busy weeknights, or nights when you just don’t want to cause much of a stir in the kitchen.
Here’s how it comes together: Toss everything on a sheet pan, roast until the vegetables are caramelized and the chicken is tender, then pile the mix into shallow bowls to catch the sauce. There’s no need for a side dish — this is a complete meal as-is. Just gather everyone around the table, grab forks and napkins, and dig in.
Remember those sun-dried tomatoes lurking in the back of your pantry? Isn’t there a hunk of goat cheese somewhere in the fridge? Now’s the time to grab both of those ingredients because together they make this creamy, dreamy weeknight pasta that’s proudly all frills and no fuss.
When faced with grossness in the kitchen (read: the whole house has the flu, or you found a cockroach infestation under the sink, or the dog trashed the room after eating who-knows-what), it’s tempting to bring out all of the big guns and throw every cleaning product you’ve got at the problem. But don’t!
First of all, most cleaning products are plenty effective on their own. Plus, combining them could be toxic — and in some cases lethal.
If your goal is to work more vegetables into breakfast, you can certainly blend up a smoothie or toss together a breakfast salad. But if you ask me, there is no better choice than a warm, smoky stovetop hash made with a rainbow of ingredients from the crisper and topped with poached eggs.