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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!

All Recipes/ Celebrations/ Comfort Food/ Thanksgiving

Sheet Pan Cornbread

November 10, 2022
cornbread

Brian bakes his cookies, and I bake cornbread. It is a staple side at our Thanksgiving. However, I don’t limit it to November. I bake cornbread all year. I make muffins and sheet pan cornbread. While I love making muffins, and those are easier for Liam to help make, I prefer a sheet. When I start my Thanksgiving shopping, four or six boxes of Jiffy mix are some of the…

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All Recipes/ Celebrations/ Thanksgiving/ Vegetarian

Spicy Honey Butter Glazed Carrots: Cooking Through Cravings

November 8, 2022
glazed carrots

I had to introduce more vegetables to my Thanksgiving spread. We make brussel sprouts way too often, and I needed a vegetable that wasn’t spinach or kale. Carrots were my first thought, but they’re also our least favorite vegetable. So a flip through Cravings, led me to these spicy honey-butter glazed carrots. I did not make nearly as many carrots as the recipe. Like I said, cooked carrots are our least…

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All Recipes/ Celebrations/ Lunch and Dinner/ Thanksgiving/ Vegetarian

Collard Greens

November 4, 2022
collard greens

A few years ago I decided to make collard greens for Thanksgiving. It had been a while since we had greens at our family dinner, and I had never made them before. For my first experience, it was quite the process. Now, I prep and cook those collard greens in no time. There was one year I looked at the Thanksgiving spread and thought, “There is nothing green here. Just…

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All Recipes/ Breakfast and Brunch/ Comfort Food/ Dessert

Lemon Poppyseed Muffins

November 2, 2022
Lemon Poppyseed Muffins

A few weeks ago, I was in the mood for some lemon poppyseed muffins. I am not the baker, that’s all Brian. When Brian took a bite out of one of the muffins, he said, “Oh my god, these are fantastic.” Then had a second one. When you get a compliment on your baking from Brian, you know you’ve made something really good. I can spend a whole day making…

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All Recipes/ Autumn/ Cocktails

Apple Cider Mimosa Cocktail

October 30, 2022
Apple Cider Mimosa

This weekend, we caught up with a close friend over homemade brunch. We had fresh fruit, made sweet potato hash, pumpkin brioche french toast, and enjoyed an apple cider mimosa…or two. We have plenty of apple cider recipes on our blog: sangria, donuts, loaf cake, and margaritas. We might have more apple cider recipes than pumpkin! Surprisingly, we didn’t have one for an apple cider mimosa. Apple Cider Mimosa Let’s…

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All Recipes/ Celebrations/ Christmas/ Dessert/ Halloween

Ultimate Guide to Cookie Decorating

October 12, 2022
Ultimate Guide to Cookie Decorating

It’s been a few years since I started decorating sugar cookies for fun. From finding the best sugar cookie recipe to the best royal icing coloring gels, all my tips are scattered over a bunch of posts spanning different holidays. I’m always coming back to my own posts for recipes and tips, so I thought, “Why not put this all in one place?” So here’s my ultimate guide to cookie…

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All Recipes/ Celebrations/ Dessert/ Halloween

Halloween Dirt Cups

October 10, 2022
Halloween Dirt Cups

Did you watch Hocus Pocus 2? That weekend it came out was fall perfection, minus the rain. To celebrate the sequel, we went over to our friend’s house for a viewing party. For dessert, we brought cute and spooky Halloween dirt cups. I can’t remember the last time I made Oreo dirt cups. Literal decades. Yes, plural. This was one of my favorite Halloween desserts growing up. You typically layer crushed…

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Cooking Through Full Plate/ Side Dishes

Chinese Five-Spice Fried Chicken: Cooking Through Full Plate

September 5, 2022
chinese five-spice fried chicken

We couldn’t pass up an opportunity to make some fried chicken. This was one of the first recipes we made from The Full Plate. I love my fried chicken recipe and I’m open to trying new ones. I wanted to like this Chinese five-spice fried chicken, but it seemed to be missing a spark. It wasn’t the spice, it wasn’t the batter. It was just another fried chicken recipe. Before you…

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Cooking Through Cravings/ Side Dishes

Pan-Seared Fish with Brown Butter: Cooking Through Cravings

September 2, 2022
Pan-seared fish

When we first moved to Manhattan over a decade ago, my wife and I would eat pasta and meatballs a few times a week. It was a cheap, easy meal and allowed us to splurge on an occasional fish dish. Today, we are much more thoughtful and balanced in our meal prep. We like to have at least one meat, one fish, and one vegetarian dish every week. Salmon is…

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All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Lunch and Dinner/ Vegetarian

Fried Fish Tacos with Avocado Salsa and Chipotle Tartar Sauce

August 18, 2022
Fried Fish Tacos

It’s been a minute since we had some tacos. Since we had these tacos from Cravings and these delicious tacos, we’ve been trying to find the next iteration of fried fish tacos. I think we found them. 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. These tacos are back…

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Cooking Through Full Plate/ Side Dishes

Cooking Through The Full Plate

August 3, 2022
The Full Plate

We cooked through Cravings, Cravings: Hungry for More, and Cravings: All Together. In order to diversify our collection of celebrity cookbooks, we thought we should try someone new. Now we are cooking through Ayesha Curry’s The Full Plate. 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. Guess what? Ayesha Curry CAN cook. Why…

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Cooking Through Cravings/ Side Dishes

Cooking Through Cravings: All Together

July 27, 2022
Cravings All Together

Maybe you’ve been following us as we cook through Cravings? Maybe through the second cookbook? Maybe this is the first you’re hearing about this? That’s ok! We’re here to discuss Chrissy Teigen’s thrid book, Cravings: All Together. 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. We’ve loved cooking through…

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All Recipes/ Cooking Through Cravings/ Lunch and Dinner/ Side Dishes

Meatloaf: Cooking Through Cravings

June 30, 2022
meatloaf

I have been dreading this one for two years. Either meatloaf doesn’t photograph well or I was uninspired. I think it’s the latter because this wasn’t my favorite meal or photoshoot. Almost two years later, I’ve come to terms this photo is what it is and just need to get it out. You’re better off just looking at Chrissy’s photos. Growing up, I’ve had my fair share of meatloaves. When…

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All Recipes/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert

Dark Chocolate and Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

June 23, 2022
Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

Two long-time reviewers told me, “These are the best cookies you’ve ever made.” And as much as I would like to be humble, they’re right. These dark chocolate and peanut butter chip cookies are fire and their success is partly due to a snafu with the pantry. If you’ve been following us for a minute, you’ll know how much I love peanut butter. These peanut butter cookies are one of…

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All Recipes/ Birthday/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert/ Family Fun/ Parenting

Spider-Man Sugar Cookies

June 21, 2022
Spider-Man Sugar Cookies

For Liam’s fourth birthday, he wanted to dress up as Spider-Man (aka Miles Morales). So our party theme was…Spider-Man! In addition to the cake, I made these Spider-Man sugar cookies. I had grand plans for more colors and shapes, but they ultimately boiled down to Spider-Men Peter and Miles, and the number four. I couldn’t find time to make these farther in advance, so I made them the night before. I…

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