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Cold Brew Coffee At Home

August 24, 2016

This heat wave drove us to drink. Cold brew coffee that is. Our mornings typically start around 7:30 a.m. with a cup of coffee, oatmeal or cereal, and The Today Show. While we always see Jill’s Steals and Deals, we’ve never had an urge to buy any of her steals. It wasn’t until the Primula Cold Brew Coffee Maker Carafe and Primula Cold Brew Travel Bottle combination deal that I felt like I needed…

August 24, 2016 By Brian

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Southern Fried Fish Tacos

July 20, 2016

We’ve been on a taco spree lately! We’re not sure if we’re just craving Mexican dishes or if we’re making all of these tacos to pair with the different margaritas we’ve mixed up lately. Anywho, we loved these Southern fried fish tacos and can’t wait to make them again. Our neighborhood seafood market had a great selection of Atlantic Cod filets. On its own, cod is a bland fish. Well, pretty much all…

July 20, 2016 By Fatima

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Frozen Pineapple Margarita

July 13, 2016

It seems as though the pineapple is the new owl. So we decided to add a new flavor to the Marquisrita lineup. We made a frozen Pineapple Margarita! Don’t you love our gold pineapple tumblers? We’ve had quite the heat wave here in the city over the last week. As usual the 6 train has been awful. We’ve been waiting on a hot subway platform for more time than one…

July 13, 2016 By Brian

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We’re Celebrating Our Blogiversary!

July 6, 2016

Today, our baby turns five years old so we’re celebrating! Yes, our blog baby and we’re celebrating our blogiversary! Looking back at some of our first posts, we’ve come a long way – in both recipes and photos. In 2011, we started sharing our food adventures on my personal Tumblr page as new Hofstra University alumni. We wanted to share easy, savory recipes for college students and young professionals who were on a budget. Shortly after…

July 6, 2016 By Brian

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Fourth of July Party Planners

June 26, 2016

We can’t believe the Fourth of July holiday is right around the corner! How are we half way through 2016 already?! Fourth of July is a celebration for the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It’s when the 13 colonies declared themselves a new nation. Do you think they had any Fourth of July Party Planners back then to kick off being an independent nation? Our…

June 26, 2016 By Brian

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Margarita On the Rocks (aka Marquisrita)

June 22, 2016

A few weeks ago, my mother, Fatima and I were sitting on my parent’s lake house deck in the hot, humid New Hampshire air, wondering what drink we could make to cool us off; it was 5 o’clock. We all had one drink in mind: a margarita on the rocks. Lilies and Loafers has affiliate relationships, so we may get a small share of revenue from your purchases. Items are…

June 22, 2016 By Brian

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Hawaiian BBQ Fried Chicken Tacos

June 15, 2016

A few weeks ago, my cousin Lisa and her Grammy Award-winning fiancé, Peter, flew into Connecticut from Hawaii to do some wedding planning before the big day! We’re so excited to head out to Hawaii next year! Part of their trip included celebrating Nana’s ’92+2′ birthday and coming down to NYC to visit me at work! Not that they completely inspired this dish, but we were looking for a way to dress up…

June 15, 2016 By Brian

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A Steak and Cheese Sandwich

June 1, 2016

Not sure what draws me to a steak and cheese. Maybe it’s the steak layered with peppers, mushrooms, and tossed in cheese? Whatever I like about it, if I see steak and cheese on a menu at a restaurant, I will order it – unless it’s a Mexican restaurant, then all of my chips go towards the fajitas. My two favorite places for a great steak and cheese are The District…

June 1, 2016 By Brian

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Using Leftover Buttermilk on a Million Recipes

May 18, 2016

Well, maybe not a million… For Cinco de Mayo, I made these absolutely delicious margarita cupcakes with Silver Patrón tequila. These cupcakes required buttermilk. But buttermilk doesn’t come in small containers (at least at the grocery store I go to), so we had to get a large container. We couldn’t let the rest of it go to waste, so we spent a whole day making things with the leftover buttermilk; pancakes,…

May 18, 2016 By Brian

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Mrs. Fields Knockoff Chocolate Chip Cookies

April 13, 2016

I’m dubbing these as the ‘Mrs. Fields Knockoff Chocolate Chip Cookies’ recipe because they remind me so much of cookies you can buy from Mrs. Fields. Please take note: this is NOT Mrs. Fields original recipe. After my first day as an NBC Page, I went down to the Mrs. Fields shop in the concourse in Rockefeller Center. That started a mini ritual. When I landed my first job after…

April 13, 2016 By Brian

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12 Homemade Takeout Meals

April 6, 2016

Make your own ‘takeout’ at home with these takeout-inspired dishes! While we love a good Seamless night/weekend, sometimes we just want to make some homemade takeout. Your dinner is available to eat when you want to make it, the food is customized to your liking, and you can make a fun night out of cooking with your family and friends. Pizza, Asian cuisine, and even fried Oreos! Everybody loves a little street food.…

April 6, 2016 By Brian

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Homemade Shrimp and Turkey Dumplings

April 5, 2016

Let me tell you about one of my best friends, Christine. We met during our time as staff accountants and found out we were pretty much the same person. Christine shares my love of both food and cooking and she shared her homemade shrimp and turkey dumplings recipe with us! It’s never a surprise that when we find an amazing recipe we cannot help to share it with one another. I…

April 5, 2016 By Fatima

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Beef and Broccoli

April 4, 2016

Move aside Chinese food restaurant, I got a new recipe to replace one of my favorite take out dishes. After a long busy season and many seamless orders I was so over eating out. On my first weekend not working, I decided to start cooking again. I was craving beef and broccoli recipe and I decided to make it myself. Brian and I just moved into our new apartment and…

April 4, 2016 By Fatima

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A Crunchy Fried Chicken Brunch with Buttery Biscuits and Hash

March 30, 2016

We’ve been on a fried chicken spree lately. Which means we’ve been hitting the gym a little harder in an effort to make up for that. Last weekend we had a crunchy fried chicken brunch using Fatima’s delicious crunchy fried chicken recipe with chicken breast. We placed the chicken in between buttery, southern-style biscuits and paired them with vegetarian sweet potato hash. On my fried chicken biscuit, I topped it with an egg…

March 30, 2016 By Brian

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Vegetarian Sweet Potato Hash with Fresh Avocado

March 29, 2016

Our friend Ashley made a delicious sweet potato hash for our “First Day of Fall” party a few months ago. It was delicious. When thinking about what we were going to make for Brunch this past Easter weekend, we had a leftover sweet potato from our sweet potato mash and tilapia dinner the other night. Using Ashley’s dish as a guide, we put our twist on this and made vegetarian sweet potato hash. Hash can…

March 29, 2016 By Brian

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Garlic Parmesan Baked Tilapia

March 16, 2016

A lot of garlic will go a long way. It’s great to hear positive immediate feedback on your cooking. And not just from your family, but from random people. While I was making this garlic parmesan baked tilapia dish for dinner the other night, I heard many of our neighbors walking by our door saying, “That smells delicious!” One of our neighbors shouted a few floors down, “Hello, that smells…

March 16, 2016 By Brian

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