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These Peppermint Meringues look impressive but require basically zero maintenance. No more scoops. No more icing. And they finish cooking while you’re in bed. These pretty puffs of minty fluff practically take make themselves. With a whopping 6 ingredients (and a single bowl), you make dozens of perfectly sweet confections that taste like you languished all night.
Zucchini noodles (which we refuse to call “zoodles,” because we’re not fucking toddlers) will never be as heavenly as wheat noodles, but they are a solid compromise between carb coma and salad. We paired our zucchini noodles with Chimichurri, an Argentinean sauce similar to pesto that doesn’t fuck around. Chimichurri Zucchini Noodles with Shrimp, Sweet Corn, and Seared Tomatoes
As fellow neurotic, over-achieving, Midwestern perfectionists, there is no character on TV closer to our hearts than Leslie Knope. She’s the plucky, hyper-organized basket case we someday hope to be, and she is our dream dinner party guest. When scheming to come up with a recipe inspired by her there was only one answer: Waffles.
Fried green tomatoes: The perfect vehicle for your favorite hot sauce or devouring before they even make it to the table.
There’s literally nothing else we can say because it speaks for its dang self.
Go fucking eat it.
You deserve so much better than putting your life on hold until you meet some arbitrary number on a scale. So, please. Go throw your scale out the window and eat a fucking cookie. Peanut Butter Blossoms
Spicy Cheddar Cornbread Biscuits Packed with cheese and spiked with jalapeños, they can work with a hearty bowl of chili as well as they do scrambled eggs and bacon. They’re the culinary equivalent of a black push-up bra. They make whatever you put on top look good but, frankly, you don’t need to add a damn thing to bring the room to their knees.
You’re a fucking adult. It’s time to stop eating mac and cheese from a box. We love nostalgia and respect its importance in all of our diets, just not when it tastes like crap and takes just as long to cook as the real thing. Grown-Up Macaroni and Cheese
Beet-za: Because you can’t survive the winter on that borscht alone. You’ll thank us in February.
Borscht isn’t something you want to eat every day. It’s a food that evolved out of famine; mismatched scraps stuck together trying to make the best of an unsavory situation. It is, at once, bland and intense. But it’s can be pretty satisfying when you’re cold and need a little color.
Spiced Almonds
It’s hard to write a post about nuts without making the obvious jokes. SO let’s just get this out of the way…
1) Testicles.
2) We’re mentally unwell.
Cheap laughs aside, nuts are fucking tasty. They make a great, nutrient dense snack all on their own and are the building blocks for some of our favorite recipes. While you could pay ridiculous prices for spiced nuts at the store; in about 20 minutes and 2 dirty dishes, you could make your own.
Try these on salads, roughly chopped in your favorite chicken salad sandwich, in your lunch box, or paired with some funky, ballsy blue cheese at your next dinner party.
Spiced Almonds
Makes 3 cups of Almonds. Obviously.
Preheat your oven to 350°.
Mix together the Soy Sauce, Olive Oil, and seasonings. Toss with the Almonds until they are well coated.
Spread the Almonds onto a parchment lined baking sheet– the kind with sides– in a single layer. We’ve found that using the parchment paper helps reduce the number of nuts with over toasted spots and it makes clean up really easy. You can skip this if you want, but it does help.
Toast the Almonds on your oven until they are dry to the touch and a deep mahogany brown, about 18 minutes.
Allow to cool completely before storing, but start eating right away, if you’re so inclined. These taste great warm. That’s right. We love hot nuts. Keep them for about a week on the counter or basically indefinitely when tightly sealed in the freezer.
Our Friday plans? Mulled Wine and Master of None on Netflix. Yes. Fucking. Please.
Coffee ice cubes for a Cold Jar. Who fucking needs water, anyway.
Fall is here. Figured we probably should make a Plum Cake to celebrate.
