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Whether you’re looking for recipes for your next date night, brunch, party, or dinner tonight, you’ll be able to find something right here. This category features all of our recipes, rolled up in one, easy location. We cover everything from breakfast to brunch, dinner to dessert, vegetarians to carnivores, and red meat to poultry. Our recipes are budget, family, living-on-your-own friendly and easy to make! We’ve made every recipe featured here and our posts will let you know how we liked the dish. Let’s be honest, we’ve loved pretty much everything. Leave a comment if you have one. If you’re looking for something more specific use our search bar or check out one of our niche categories. Thanks for stopping by, hope to have you back soon!

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Homemade Meatball Subs with the Best Red Sauce

January 9, 2025
Homemade Meatball Subs with the Best Red Sauce

At the beginning of my career, commuting 2.5hrs and eventually moving to New York City, I was scrambling to survive on $5 foot-longs. Subway’s meatball subs were my lifeline. Honestly, one sub would easily last me two meals! But let’s be real, there’s nothing quite like the satisfaction of a homemade meatball sub. Fast forward to now, and our meatball sub game has seriously leveled up. We’ve ditched the store-bought…

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All Recipes/ Dessert

No-Bake Oreo Cream Pie: An Easy & Delicious Dessert Recipe

December 18, 2024
No Bake Oreo Cream Pie

Did you know Nabisco discontinued the pre-made Oreo pie crust? When we were prepping for Thanksgiving, Fatima wanted to make a dessert in addition to her amazing sweet potato pies. She was craving an Oreo cream pie, so she put me in charge. Let me tell you, I almost devoured the entire pie myself! I initially thought I could just whip up the filling and pour it into a store-bought…

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All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Lunch and Dinner/ Thanksgiving

The Ultimate Leftover Turkey and Cranberry Grilled Cheese (Easy Recipe!)

December 4, 2024
Turkey and Cranberry Grilled Cheese

It’s day six after Thanksgiving, and I’m sure many of you are in the same boat: wondering what to do with all that leftover turkey. I’m at that point where I’m thinking, “I need a creative way to use these leftovers,” and “Are these leftovers still good?” Luckily, we planned our Thanksgiving menu perfectly and didn’t have mountains of leftovers. But what we did have, I’ve been transforming into the…

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All Recipes/ Cocktails/ Margaritas

Apple Cider Cocktail Two Ways

October 24, 2024
Apple Cider Cocktail

Autumn is my favorite season. Apple picking is fun, pumpkin picking is way better, but I’m mostly there for those apple cider donuts. I’m making apple cider cocktails two ways! We have a delicious autumn margarita, but I wanted to put another spin on it and try to use similar ingredients with two different liquors. A margarita is my go-to drink and one of my most requested cocktails when we’re…

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All Recipes/ Cocktails

Blackberry Smash Whisky Cocktail TWO Ways

October 17, 2024
Blackberry Smash

My wife collected a few bottles of Beyonce’s SirDavis Whisky for her birthday! We made the Honey Bee cocktail and wanted to make another whisky cocktail. Our adventure in Martha’s Vineyard this summer provided some inspiration for this Blackberry Smash. I made a blackberry smash whisky cocktail two ways to see which one I liked more. One with blackberry puree and the other with muddled blackberries. My theory is the…

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All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Lunch and Dinner

Copycat Frontega Chicken Sandwich

August 7, 2024
Frontega Chicken Sandwich

Let’s talk about eff-me bread. It’s what I call Trader Joe’s focaccia bread. If you haven’t had Trader Joe’s focaccia bread, you need to try it. Bread makes a sandwich and the combination of everything in between makes a delicious meal, but this bread makes this Frontega chicken sandwich. “Eff-me,” is the phrase that exits my mouth after taking a bite of this focaccia bread. Fatima made this sandwich two…

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How Prime Day Works and What You Need to Know

July 15, 2024
Amazon Prime Day Deals

Last year, shoppers saved $2.5 BILLION on millions of deals across Amazon. How long is Amazon’s Prime Day? The event is happening July 16-17, are you prepared? Lilies and Loafers has affiliate relationships, so we may get a small share of revenue from your purchases. Items are sold by the retailer, not by Lilies and Loafers. Prime Day is Amazon’s largest shopping event. Millions of deals will be available on…

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All Recipes/ Healthy Living/ Lunch and Dinner/ Vegetarian

Miso Glazed Salmon with Cashew Dressing

July 11, 2024
miso glazed salmon

If you tried the salmon quinoa salad then you’ll love this miso glazed salmon with spicy cashew dressing. This recipe is a mix of a bunch of different recipes we mashed to make our own. We’ve been experimenting with rice bowls and making sure to include salmon more often in our diet. One of my favorite bowls so far has been this blackened salmon and corn salsa rice bowl. Lilies…

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All Recipes/ Healthy Living/ Lunch and Dinner

Crispy Chicken Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette

June 20, 2024
honey mustard vinaigrette

We’re continuing our journey through “make your favorite fast food salad at home” with a trip to Just Salad. One of my favorites is their honey crispy chicken salad. It combines corn, romaine, spinach, red cabbage, crispy chicken, crumbled feta, quinoa, crispy onions, carrots with honey mustard vinaigrette drizzled all over. This salad fills me up every time. To make this crispy chicken salad at home, I pared it down,…

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All Recipes/ Healthy Living/ Lunch and Dinner

Crispy Chicken Salad with Poblano Ranch Dressing

May 15, 2024
Poblano Ranch Dressing

I’m hitting a wall on lunch options. It’s the most boring meal of the day; I’d rather skip it. Once we started making these salads, I felt inspired to continue my journey to find new lunch options. So the next stop on this salad journey is a crispy chicken salad with poblano ranch dressing. I took some inspiration from some of my and Brian’s favorite salads. Broiled corn, avocado, pickled…

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Cooking Through Full Plate/ Lunch and Dinner

General Ayesha’s Honey Chicken: Cooking Through Full Plate

May 8, 2024
General Ayesha Honey Chicken

If you don’t already know by now, we love a make-at-home-takeout meal (copyright “make-in”?). Why? Mostly to cut down on all the unnecessary additives and sodium. I was flipping through Ayesha Curry’s The Full Plate and stumbled on General Ayesha’s Honey Chicken and it looked delicious. I had to make it. Lilies and Loafers has affiliate relationships, so we may get a small share of revenue from your purchases. Items…

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All Recipes/ Healthy Living/ Lunch and Dinner

Guacamole Greens Salad

May 1, 2024
Guacamole Greens Salad

Sweetgreen is one of our favorite salad places when we’re eating lunch in the city. Once it started to feel like spring, we went into salad mode. We’ve been in salad mode for two months now! I thought it would be a good idea to try and recreate one of our favorite Sweetgreen salads, guacamole greens. We love our salads. One of Brian’s favorites is from Cravings. Personally, I like something…

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