How to Braise Chicken (and artichokes!)

How to braise chicken and artichokes

Sweet jubilant jumping Josephina, we’re going to braaaaaise the leg o’ chicken…braise the hen roof…house. Braise some thighs like Flo Rida. Ohhhh tooo much. Here we are, braising and carrying on, maybe we should put a meaning to “braising”. Because right here, right now, we learn how to braise chicken (and artichokes).

According to the intergalacticwebofknowngness, formerly known as the internet, the term, “braising” means to cook with dry heat and wet heat. BAM, that’s your lesson for the day!  Pack it up, let’s go home.

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Roasted Sweet Potato Pesto Salad

Roasted Sweet Potato Pesto Salad

When real life happens to you, you become that person you said you never would.

The girl with the over-sized canvas bag with coffee stains all over it because you never seem to remember to throw it in the laundry and besides, the bag is busy holding all your crap, it doesn’t have time for the spin cycle.

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Raw Vegan Chocolate Truffles

There is a maaaaajor pip in my step today and it’s because I’m guest posting over at Natural Sweet Recipes! Have you sauntered through their site before? Feasted your eyes on their creative and delicious recipes that are all naturally sweetened?

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Mediterranean Quinoa Salad

Mediterranean Quinoa Salad

I often ask the manacle (get it? Bah-de-haaa!) what he thinks and feels about specific recipes I make. What a loaded question, right? I typically ask this question when I’ve had too much wine and am having difficulty scrounging around for words to spitter spackle together a blog post.

And this is no exception.

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Lamb Burgers with Mint Pesto

Lamb Burgers with kale and mint pesto

Caution: do not consume lamb burgers with mint pesto while operating a vehicle, lest you forget where you are and accidentally listen to Nickelback on the radio for a full two minutes before realizing those are two minutes of your life that you will never get back. Waaaait, who eats a lamb burger with mint pesto while driving, anyway? Get. real.

The point is, this hussy of a lamb burger is a true attention stealer. It will make you weak in the knees…bring your belly butterflies…make your skin all tingly. In a new relationship way, not a stomach flu way. Warning: consumption of this burger will likely result in feelings of jubilation whilst the taste of butter melts in your mouth and illicits pleasaaaaaaa.

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Vanilla Bean & Honey Frozen Yogurt

There’s a complicated reason why avoiding frozen yogurt shops is a priority of mine. Hear me. Proper utilization of empty space is a thing for me. Empty or un-used rooms must have a purpose. What about a guest room, you ask? Malarkey! It must double as an office, yoga room, glass blowing studio….Must. Fill. Space. Efficiently.

Writing large enough in a birthday card to fill up the whole blank part is required and gives the appearance of caring. Even if filling up the card means writing as large as a second grader.  The page where the Hallmark writing is also needs a stick figure caricature of the things that define our (our meaning you and me, you being the person receiving the card) relationship. This is optional but is good practice.

Empty bowl? Must fill er up. No matter how large the dern thing is. This is exactly why going out to frozen yogurt is the worst idea on the planet for me. Have you seen the fro yo bowls? They can fit a pound and a half of yogurt, I’d know.  This is why I avoid fancy fro yo shops in spite of their delicious splendor.

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Gluten-Free Banana Walnut Muffins

Hey Mom,

Happy Mother’s Day! I wish I was enjoying the day with you in person, but since I’m not, I figured I’d write you a letter broadcasting how much I la-de-dove you.  Right now, you’re in the mountains hiking around, enjoying nature with Carlo and having a relaxing day. You’re far from the intranet, and that’s awesome, so you’ll get to read this when you’re home and all tuckered out.

Mother. You’ve given everything you have to your family.

Every morning in high school, you made me my favorite smoothie and toast with the perfect amount of butter (about half a stick). You made me turkey pitas for lunch and even though those got reeeeeal old after a while, you made sure I always had healthy food to fuel my developing brain. You drove me to school at 6:30am to get tutored by my physics teacher. You raised a family while owning a business. You. are. a. powerhouse!

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