This Trader Joe’s favorite calls for a minimum of 3 ingredients and just 10 minutes! And it produces a satisfying soup for the whole family! I’ve made some tweaks that keep it simple but add even more YUM! … More COOK | Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup
Here it is! Our super simple Artichoke Chicken recipe now has a home on my blog. This recipe uses primarily Trader Joe’s ingredients but swaps can be made for any other grocery store. Enjoy! … More COOK | Artichoke Chicken
A new fall tradition: Spooky Halloween Pizza Night! This homemade pizza is covered in tasty spiders and cheesy ghosts. It was fun to create and delicious to eat. Boo! … More Spooky Halloween Pizza
COOK Quick-Cooking Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey with Easy Herb Butter Our friendsgiving tradition has been going strong for six years now. Every year Josh and I handle the turkey, gravy, and rosemary rolls {OMG the rosemary rolls! read more here}. We’ve tried a couple of different seasoning and cooking methods throughout the years. We’ve brined, we’ve super … More COOK | Quick-Cooking Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey with Easy Herb Butter
Pizza is for all seasons and all circumstances. Is there anything better than stuffing your face with hot slices while sitting on the couch watching mindless television? I think not. Turns out, when you have a little one that is finessing her food eating skills, dinner on the couch is no longer a thing. But … More COOK | Sweet Potato, Prosciutto and Pear White Pizza
When it’s way past your bedtime and you realize that your baby doesn’t have any lunch tomorrow… You hit the fridge and hope for the best. Since turning 6 months old, we have been introducing food {ahem, “solids”} to MJ using the Baby Led Weaning method. The whole family has really loved it – it’s … More LITTLES | 5 minute meal: clean out the fridge frittata
I heard ya, “once that baby comes, kiss the cooking goodbye!” But…. I really really really didn’t want to!!! So, thanks to my rockstar husband who lets me semi-disappear into the kitchen, I still manage to crank out a couple of meals each week {for now…}. Yeah, they have gotten much more simple, but nothing … More COOK | Simple Suppers: Ready-Made Pasta + Fresh Asparagus + The Most Delicious and Easy Sauce EVER
I’ve found it! That pasta dish that is sinfully decadent but doesn’t make you feel toooooo guilty because… it has a vegetable in it! While waiting in line at a store on Friday, I flipped through the current issue of Food & Wine magazine. Side note, is there anything better than flipping through magazines while … More COOK | Cauliflower Mac & Cheese
Okay, is it potpie or pot pie? Even Queen Martha Stewart writes it both ways. Sigh. Much less confusing? The yumminess that is pot pie! {I’m going with it…} We recently hosted some friends at our new house for dinner – oh, how I love having our home filled with wonderful friends and family! It was … More COOK | Mushroom & Bacon Chicken Pot Pie
It’s not every day that I stick to a recipe, and it’s not every day that my version actually looks like the Pinterest picture. Also, one. pound. of. spinach!!! 🌱🌱🌱💪🏼 // #eatclean #sodelicious creamy spinach spaghetti with roasted tomatoes > eats well with others RECIPE + these aidell’s chicken meatballs Decadent, fresh, and filling. Add it … More COOK | creamy spinach spaghetti with roasted tomatoes
Gotta love it when your leftovers were even better than the first go round! A wonderful way to greet this cooler fall weather – sweet potato hash with sausage and eggs. Make it this weekend! // chopping these + browning sausage with herbs de provence + roasting garlic rosemary sweet potatoes 🍴 the best … More COOK | Sweet Potato Hash with Sausage & Eggs
a reallyyyy really green version of broccoli, shells and cheese 🌱🌱🌱 // #onepotpasta #quinoanoodles Pasta with Peas, Basil, and Broccoli > adapted from this Martha Stewart RECIPE but… I subbed snap peas for frozen peas and spinach for broccoli. I would suggest adding in more aromatics – maybe a diced onion or shallot at the same … More COOK | Pasta with Peas, Basil, and Broccoli
and the only thing better than @pinchofyum’s red lentil dhal over rice is leftover red lentil dhal smooshed into a hot and crispy quesadilla // #praisehands Red Lentil Dhal Quesadilla > Pinch of Yum RECIPE + spinach and cheese of your choice pan fried in a soft tortilla // amanda macy
@pinchofyum for the win, as always! My first try at both lentils and curry and it turned out sweet, spicy, warm and delicious! Red lentil dhal served over steamed brown rice and spinach with curry coconut milk baked chicken 🍴🍴🍴 // #highlyrecommend #evendadenjoyed #leftoversfordays Easy Red Lentil Dhal > Pinch of Yum RECIPE // amanda … More COOK | Red Lentil Dhal
Sad because this picture is terrible, horrible, very bad. Happy because this recipe was sooo super delicious! Seared tilapia (fresh grouper wasn’t available) over sautéed kale with a balsamic brown butter shallot sauce. Thankful I never throw away my old @southernlivingmag issues! // #happytohavehomemadefood #nourish Pan-Seared Grouper with Balsamic Brown Butter Sauce > Southern Living Magazine … More COOK | Pan-Seared Grouper with Balsamic Brown Butter Sauce
perfect for any season, this cocktail is as comforting as it is refreshing! 1 part bourbon to 3 parts grapefruit juice + drizzle of honey + sprig of rosemary easy, easy! because really, if it’s much more difficult that pouring a glass of wine or opening a beer…it’s just not likely to happen. cheers!
simple. sweet. not too sinful these multigrain waffles + this incredible crunchy cookie butter from trader joe’s + fresh cut fruit of your choice – strawberries, bananas, blueberries, etc! enjoy this perfect snack!
COOK: rosemary mushroom quinoa ‘risotto’ with kale, chicken meatballs, dried cranberries and golden raisins After over-using salmon as the main protein in our weeknight meals, I believe even my friends on Instagram were relieved when I found Aidells ready-to-go meatballs! Their chicken meatballs are all-natural and antibiotic-free, plus they come in many different flavors from Spicy … More COOK: rosemary mushroom quinoa ‘risotto’ with kale, chicken meatballs, dried cranberries and golden raisins
COOK: Creamy Cauliflower Pasta Sauce by Pinch of Yum It’s no secret that while Josh and I tend to eat clean, lean, whole foods the majority of the time, we can’t escape the need for a giant warm bowl of pasta {or organic ice cream cone, or a giant bowl of stove popped popcorn}. In … More COOK: Creamy Cauliflower Pasta Sauce by Pinch of Yum
Green breakfast smoothies {M1 if you follow a 5-6 meal nutrition plan} have been a part of my routine for over 3 years – they taste great, are easy to digest in the morning, simple to create and easy to drink in the car on my way to work. I’ve been through many different recipes {see … More COOK: amazing grass smoothie // my breakfast every single day
cook: spaghetti aglio e olio with zucchini noodles recipe INGREDIENTS: 1 Zucchini per person 1.5 tablespoons Coconut Oil 1 tablespoon Almond Meal or Flaxseed Meal 1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2+ teaspoons Red Pepper Flakes {Josh adds even more later} 2 large Garlic Cloves, minced DIRECTIONS: SPIRAL SLICE zucchini through a veggie spiral slicer like … More COOK: spaghetti aglio e olio with zucchini noodles recipe
I’m starting to dislike the use of the word detox. But yes, I just used it anyways! Sometimes you need a healthy reset – a binge on the good green stuff. And sometimes you get really tired of taking it in the form of a juice or smoothie. This week I traded my straw for … More COOK THIS: Detox Green Soup
Oh yummm! Inspired by milk/smoothie/shake drinks like this and this, I whipped up this tasty treat last night after my Yogalosophy session. // Side note: I am loving Mandy Ingber’s Yogalosophy program – check it out here for a “mind-body makeover” Just as good for the mind & body is this drink. The protein … More COOK | Date & Vanilla Chai Protein Shake
{ this coconut oil + this ashley brooke designs design mug } Last month I started an obsession with coconut oil. OBSESSION. I’m washing my face with it, cooking with it, slathering it on my skin, mixing it in my green smoothies, rubbing it on the dog, swishing it around in my mouth {read this} and … More CURRENTLY LOVING | coffee & coconut oil
Lately I have had my fill of failed healthy recipes found on Pinterest. Bland, mushy sweet potato fries followed by utterly disgusting buffalo cauliflower. Both promised to be life-changing and both proved to be just plain bad. Third time must be a charm because the popularly pinned ‘Mexican Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding‘ actually tastes quite … More guilt-free sweet treat | Mexican Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding Recipe
Oh wow it feels like the holiday season! Parking lots are jam-packed, the grocery store is a disaster zone and any spare time you thought you once had has suddenly evaporated into thin icy cold air. Oh but isn’t it just the BEST time of year!!! 🙂 This past weekend we hosted the third annual … More a friendsgiving recap
I believe it was the great and powerful powers of Instagram that brought me to Shauna Niequist. But it was her style of writing that reached out from the pages of her books and stole my heart. Her stories transcend time and circumstance, no matter your current state of panic, contentment, fear or happiness the … More cranberry peach breakfast crisp
I am more of a salty snack lover than a sweet tooth but I struggle with battling the urge to down sleeves of Oreos just like the next person. {um. what?.} Last night {p.s. after this awesomeeee workout from the Tone It Up girls!} the ‘I need a cookie’ urge struck me between the … More Quick & Easy Guilt-Free Dessert: Cookie Dough Greek Yogurt
What to do when you see a recipe for pork with blueberries in your Clean Eating magazine and then you lose it forever? Pour yourself a glass of wine and make it up as you go. Pork Tenderloin with Blueberry Sauce
It’s National Donut Day! Are you kidding me??!?! Why are the schools and businesses and postal offices not closed? This is BIG! If you follow me on Instagram {@AmandaMacyHall} you are well aware of my infatuation for baked donuts. To recap- Mom convinced me to buy a donut pan to make baked {read “healthy”} donuts back … More national donut day! banana chocolate protein donuts
{ green drink recipes! } Thank you for reading about my journey through new green drink recipes this week! I hope that you will try some of these or better yet make up your own and share them with me! what we tried this week: {green drink recipe} {green drink recipe} {green drink recipe} {green … More the green drink recipe recap
{ cherry + lemon green drink } THE RECIPE: 3 stalks of kale 1/2 cucumber, sliced {peel on or off} 1 cup cherries, pits removed Juice of 2 lemons {or to taste} 1 cup water {makes 2 pint sized drinks} toss all ingredients into the blender & blend until you reach your desired consistency *put frozen … More cherry + lemon green drink
{ strawberry lemonade green drink } THE RECIPE: 3 stalks of kale 1/2 cucumber, sliced {peel on or off} 1 cup sliced strawberries Juice of 2 lemons {or to taste} 1 cup water {makes 2 pint sized drinks} toss all ingredients into the blender & blend until you reach your desired consistency *put frozen ingredients … More strawberry lemonade green drink
{ watermelon + lime green drink } THE RECIPE: 3 stalks of kale 1/2 cucumber, sliced {peel on or off} Quarter of a medium-sized watermelon Juice of 3 limes {or to taste} 1 cup water {makes 2 pint sized drinks} toss all ingredients into the blender & blend until you reach your desired consistency *put frozen … More watermelon + lime green drink
Ya know, us southerners really have a lot going for us. Hashtag proud. Near the top of that list is being the birthplace of sweet sweet Krispy Kreme donuts. When the city glows with red indications of hot & fresh rings of love ready for consumption my heart skips a beat {and my car pulls in … More Baked Lemon Honey Donuts: the recipe
Are we Instagram friends? {we should be! @amandamacyhall} If we are, you have noticed that Josh and I recently acquired a love for paninis. As a former sandwich-loather this has been a big step for my brain and my belly. Not sure when or really even why…but I have been stiff-arming deli meat smushed between sliced … More love between 2 slices
Let’s make something quick, easy and tasty tonight. {see how after the jump} Don’t you love a food processor? You can just add and add and add in ingredients, pulse pulse pulse and somehow it makes something delicious! Must be magic. Ingredients: parsley {basil or spinach would do}, goat cheese, parmesan cheese, olive oil, garlic … More creamy pesto pasta recipe
Remember that time you went to the grocery to get stuff to make pizza and came home with everything but? Oh that wasn’t you? It was me? Yeah…it was. Improvise to satisfy. {recipe after the jump} I usually buy these thin and crispy crust gluten-free pre-made pizza crusts, and they are delicious! Great texture and taste … More mighty manly meat pizza
Let me just remind you that I am not a chef or anything resembling a chef. I am just a girl that likes yummy food and trying new things in the kitchen. One of those new things was fresh parsley. I know I know such an everyday herb, but truth is I have never cooked … More Beachy Shrimp Pasta {Barefoot Contessa’s Shrimp Scampi}
Step 1 is to admit you have a problem. I am a popcorn addict. Ever since learning this method from The Kitchn I literally can’t. stop. popping. popcorn. Inspired by the night of the Mustard Butter Popcorn, I took a gamble with my kernels and introduced them to a stash of fresh rosemary, whose days … More Make This: Garlic Rosemary Buttered Popcorn
Josh and I had a lovely first {as a married couple} valentines day together. The intrigue of cooking a lobster hit us and we were inspired to stay home and create a decadent meal on our own. Since it was our first valentines day since getting married, I wanted to add some little touches to really make … More Valentine’s Day with my Husband
Do you have a go-to recipe? One that you know by heart and always keep the ingredients on hand? I have two go-to recipes. Both of them were taught to me by my mom 🙂 {Recipe: Sweet & Spicy Sausage Pasta} Ingredients: -1 box shaped pasta of your choice -2 cans of diced tomatoes -Red … More Our Favorite Pasta: Sweet & Spicy Sausage Pasta
{recipe review: Mustard Butter Popcorn by Heidi Swanson} Did you know that Popcorn is one of my very favorite foods in the whole wide world? It’s true. Since the ‘Clean Eating’ revolution hit the Hall household I have learned to pop my own kernels old school style on the stove top. It’s my new favorite … More recipe review: Mustard Butter Popcorn by Heidi Swanson
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