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  • Small bowl with lentil salad mixed with avocados, carrots, peppers, and cilantro. Gold spoon rests in bowl, large serving bowl in background.

    Avocado Lentil Salad with Cilantro Curry Dressing

  • Bowl full of vegan chickpea salad with sliced avocados on top and second bowl full of crackers in the background.

    Simple Vegan Chickpea Salad with Avocado

  • Gold spoon in focus above a bowl of curried red lentil soup on top of a blue and green geometric tablecloth.

    Coconut Curried Red Lentil Soup (Plant-Based)

  • Bowl full of lightly green, zucchini soup with parmesan croutons, shredded parmesan, and chives on top.

    Creamy Zucchini Soup with Parmesan Croutons

  • Picture of a fall salad with apples displayed on a blue oval platter. The platter is full of leafy greens with sliced and fanned-out apples, chopped bacon, and pecans. Salad tongs, apple, and jar with dressing line the edges.

    Simple Green Salad with Apples and Bacon

  • Side view of the juiciest turkey burger, topped lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese, and basil mayo.

    The Best Juicy Turkey Burgers

  • Plate full of Quick and Easy Shrimp Tacos. Each taco is made with corn tortillas, which are filled with seasoned shrimp and veggies, pico de gallo, guacamole, and queso fresco. A bowl with more guacamole and a tray with more shrimp and veggies sit in the background.

    Easy Sheet Pan Shrimp Tacos in 30 Minutes

  • Top down view of a spoon in a bowl of miso soup with tofu

    Easy Miso Soup with Veggies & Tofu

  • Glass bowl filled with 10 Minute Cucumber Avocado Salad. The salad includes sliced cucumber and red onions, cubed avocado, a sesame soy dressing, and sesame seeds.

    10 Minute Cucumber Avocado Salad

  • Bowl filled with Sauteed Kale with Pan Fried Paneer, set on a wooden background.

    Sautéed Kale with Pan Fried Paneer

  • Bowl full of guacamole chicken salad surrounded by tortilla chips.

    Guacamole Chicken Salad (Quick and Easy)

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Need a great recipe for the long weekend? Make the Need a great recipe for the long weekend? Make these copycat In-N-Out animal style fries! Swipe through to see how to make them. This is your new party recipe, great for summer. It's also fairly easy to make. Just break it down into steps 👉🏼 First make caramelized onions (tips for how to make these more quickly on our blog) Then cook up some burger patties and chop them up Add the burgers to French fries (cooked from frozen) Top with American cheese (classic In-N-Out), the spoon over the caramelized onions And smother on the special sauce Share with your friends and family and anyone else you want to treat! We like adding pepperoncini to ours for a little subtle heat and tang. Full recipe on the blog (link in bio), or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://cookingwithconks.com/animal-style-burger-fries/ What are you making/eating this weekend?
Fresh mango pico de gallo is all we want this summ Fresh mango pico de gallo is all we want this summer! It’s really simple and easy to make. Plus, it tastes amazing and has the most craveable balance of fruity, tangy, and savory flavors. Enjoy it with tortilla chips or on fish or avocado tacos (so good!). You’ll need: - Ripe mango - Roma tomatoes - Red onion - Fresh cilantro - Jalapeño - Lime juice Recipe on the blog (link in bio) here: https://cookingwithconks.com/mango-pico-de-gallo/ #salsafresca #partyfood #summer
Quick poutine for nights you want comfort food qui Quick poutine for nights you want comfort food quickly and without much effort. Frozen French fries, cheese curds, and a quick and simple vegetarian gravy. It's so good and comes together in the time it takes to heat up the fries in the oven. So yeah maybe it's not traditional and we didn't make the fries from scratch, but it's ridiculously satisfying. We cooked something quick, easy, and delicious, and that's what it's all about. Who wants some poutine?
SAVORY sundried tomato and cheese scones! We don' SAVORY sundried tomato and cheese scones! We don't make scones very often, which is probably a mistake. When we first tried these cheesy sundried tomato scones, we immediately started talking about all the other versions we want to make. They're buttery, flaky, and bursting with savory and almost pizza-like flavor. And they're very doable, even if you've never made scones before (especially if you have a food processor). Recipe is live now on our blog (link in profile) here: https://cookingwithconks.com/sundried-tomato-scones/. Save it for brunch, afternoon snack, potlucks, or whenever you want to bake something that isn't dessert.
This peach crisp started because we had 3 peaches This peach crisp started because we had 3 peaches on the counter and didn't feel like going to the store. Could we have waited until we had more peaches? Yes. Did we make dessert anyway? Also yes. And it was great! But: •    More peaches. Three small peaches got the job done, but a good crisp needs a thick, juicy layer of fruit. •    Normally we'd top a crisp with vanilla ice cream, but we worked with what we had. The yogurt was actually delicious, but it isn't ice cream. We've learned from creating recipes that it's okay if they don't come together perfectly on the first try. It's okay to change the recipe and keep experimenting. And it's okay to be proud of what you're able to pull off on a whim. Most of the recipes you see on our blog have been tested, tweaked, and perfected before they ever make it to your screen. But a lot of the cooking we do day to day looks like this: casual and always fulfilling. For a dessert we randomly threw together in about 35 minutes, this one turned out great!
Easy CHEESY Potatoes 🧀🥔 Oven roasted potatoes smo Easy CHEESY Potatoes 🧀🥔 Oven roasted potatoes smothered in salsa con queso by @therealdrippydip (made with real cheese) and topped with soy chorizo and green onions. This super indulgent and easy vegetarian snack is a great recipe for game day or even just a regular weekend when you're craving loaded potatoes. We've been making roasted potatoes this way forever. Just partially cook them in boiling water, then rough them up a little, season them, and bake for 20-25 minutes. Topping them with cheese sauce just seemed like the next logical step to make them even better! Check out the full recipe at @foodsocial.io (link in bio) or on our blog here: https://cookingwithconks.com/crispy-potatoes-with-nacho-cheese/
Some highlights from one of the coolest things we' Some highlights from one of the coolest things we've gotten to do recently: serve as judges at a local food, wine, and beer festival for their culinary competition. We spent the afternoon tasting dishes from local chefs and evaluated them on things like flavor, presentation, and innovation. As food bloggers, we're always thinking about what goes into a dish to make it tasty and memorable. It was fun to see what other chefs and food creators do to make their own dishes stand out. The food was amazing. We really have so much talent in our local food community! Congrats to all of the chefs who competed!
GRILLED Barbecue Chicken Pizza Easy store bought GRILLED Barbecue Chicken Pizza Easy store bought pizza dough covered in perfectly balanced @truemadefoods original barbecue sauce, sprinkled with cheese, pickles, onions, and rotisserie chicken tossed with more barbecue sauce and a little honey mustard. We’ve been grilling pizza for years. It’s a fun summery treat, even though we may have gotten a little sunburned standing outside at the grill (but at least we didn’t have to turn on the oven!). Check out the full recipe on our blog (link in bio) or at @foodsocial.io foodsocial.io/recipe/grilled-barbecue-chicken-and-pickle-pizza/ (and don’t forget the sunscreen)
This recipe is toast-obsessed-Rachel-approved! We This recipe is toast-obsessed-Rachel-approved! We love toast around here, especially Rachel. Maybe it’s because buttered toast is her go-to migraine snack of choice, or maybe it’s because it’s just damn good. We both usually go for a savory toast (with avocados like the basic California millennials we are proud to be), but this sweet and salty peanut butter banana toast with honey is so simple and so good. Ingredients: •    1 slice of bread (we like shepherd’s, multigrain, or country loaf) •    1 tbsp butter •    2 tbsp unsweetened peanut butter •    1 lightly ripe banana, sliced (not an overripe one, yuck) •    Drizzle of honey •    Pinch of flaky sea salt Steps: 1.    Melt ½ tbsp butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. 2.    Place the bread in the pan and toast on one side for 3 or 4 minutes. Lightly press the bread into the pan (especially around the edges) to make sure it gets fully toasted. 3.    Add a little more butter to the pan and then flip the bread over, placing the untoasted side in the butter. 4.    Toast on this side for 2 to 3 minutes or until golden. Remove the toast from the pan. You can use a regular toaster and skip the pan too. 5.    Spread peanut butter onto one side of the bread, then top with banana slices, a drizzle of honey, and some flaky sea salt. Stick with us for more easy recipes! #breakfast #cooking #recipes
Weekend plans: sitting outside with an orange marg Weekend plans: sitting outside with an orange margarita in hand. We use fresh squeezed orange juice and lime juice and make a quick simple syrup. No artificial flavors. And the trick to making this extra amazing is that sweet and smoky rim. So good! Our mocktail versions are just as good and refreshing too. Ideas up on the blog along with recipe for 1 drink or a whole pitcher. Save this one to make all summer long! https://cookingwithconks.com/best-orange-margarita-recipe/

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