All Food and Recipes Archives | Lilies and Loafers

All Recipes/ Celebrations/ DIY/ Family Fun/ Halloween/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

Halloween 2021

October 31, 2021

I blinked and now it’s Halloween. This year’s Halloween costume goes underwater and focused on something that’s both mystical and haunting. The leaves are a little underwhelming this year, but there have been some great pockets of color in and around the city and the Hudson Valley. Last weekend, we hiked upstate to a farm we visted last year, DuBois Farms. They have THE BEST apple cider donuts. Yes, more…

October 31, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Breakfast and Brunch

English Muffins

October 20, 2021

My go-to breakfast post-Peloton class is an egg sandwich on an English muffin. It’s usually something I make right before I log on for work, so I go for quick and simple: an over-easy egg with a drizzle of sriracha. Up until now, I’ve been buying so many English muffins. I might be keeping Thomas’ afloat. To try to save a little money, I decided to try and make these.…

October 20, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Autumn/ Comfort Food/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert

Apple Butter Bars

October 13, 2021

It took me a whole year, but I’m finally writing about these apple butter bars. Finally getting around to this involved me being able to make them again. They are delicious. Unfortunately, I followed the directions and greased the pan. However, the entire sheet of apple butter bars glued itself to the pan. I should have used parchment paper like the first time. Hence the floppy mound instead of cute…

October 13, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Autumn/ DIY/ Family Fun/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

DIY Pumpkin Pillows

October 6, 2021

It would not be a proper fall on the blog unless there were two new posts: a fall dessert and a DIY project. The fall dessert is on the way, but here’s the DIY project. These DIY pumpkin pillows are inspired by Pottery Barn’s Halloween 2021 collection. Over the summer, Pottery Barn released their Halloween collection. Two pillows caught my eye: a ghost pillow and a jack-o-lantern pillow. I wavered…

October 6, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Lunch and Dinner

Buffalo Chicken Wraps

October 5, 2021

Fatima and I don’t like lunch. We tolerate it rather than celebrate it. I really can’t explain why, but it’s more about having to make a decision about what to eat. However, in this pandemic, we’ve been spicing up lunch and one day, Fatima decided to make us some buffalo chicken wraps. When we were commuting to work, I’d be in charge of making lunch. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches…

October 5, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Autumn/ Breakfast and Brunch/ Celebrations/ Comfort Food

Blueberry Muffins

September 29, 2021

Nothing says, ‘hello fall’, more than a fresh baked muffin on a Saturday morning. Well, maybe a hot apple cider donut being eaten at a pumpkin patch in your flannel shirt would say it more? But why was it so difficult to find a delicious recipe for blueberry muffins? It took me three tries. THREE. The first two recipes looked good. However, they turned out crumbly, dry, and bland. That…

September 29, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Lunch and Dinner

Lasagna Rolls

September 2, 2021

Here’s a new way to make Lasagna. Make a near perfect (over?) portion by rolling it up, layering with cheese and baking. No need to cut into squares or make a mess. Easy to make, easy to cook, and you’ll be able to have your guest full in no time. For these lasagna rolls, we used the sweet pepper sauce we featured last week. These were an accidental surprise. I…

September 2, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert

Double Chocolate Levain Cookies

July 13, 2021

I love chocolate, but I’m not a fan of chocolate ice cream, cookies, cake, etc. Liquid chocolate, chocolate chips, chocolate candy is more my jam. However, I don’t mind a bite of chocolate cookies or cake when I get the chance. The picture of these double chocolate Levain cookies sold me. I find baking anything chocolate is hard. Unlike a yellow or lighter shade of cake/cookies, you can’t see the…

July 13, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Cooking Through Full Plate/ Lunch and Dinner/ Side Dishes

Hot Honey Fried Chicken Sandwiches: Cooking Through Full Plate

July 7, 2021

Since we made these hot honey fried chicken sandwiches back in April, we’ve made them once a month. Is it the hot honey glaze, the mayo, the pickles, or the fried chicken that makes this so good? Yes. There’s a restaurant we love called The Shady Lady. They have one of the best chicken sandwiches in Queens. The bread is perfect, the chicken is fried to perfection, and the sriracha…

July 7, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Cooking Through Full Plate/ Lunch and Dinner/ Side Dishes

In-N-Out Special Sauce

July 6, 2021

Give your burgers an upgrade with In-N-Out sauce. This special sauce is super simple to make and all you need is five ingredients. 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. At Christmas, we recieved Ayesha Curry’s cookbook, The Full Plate. We hadn’t picked through until a few months…

July 6, 2021 By Brian

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

Cake Donuts and a three-year-old!

June 9, 2021

Oh my goodness, we have a three-year-old! How is this possible? Where did the time go? How much longer will he be my baby? For his birthday this year, we celebrated with all of his favorite things under the theme: One, Two, Three…hit it! Donuts, cake, pizza, Word Party, balloons, music, dancing, and trains. And the cake? Cake donuts! For our family portraits, we cozied up in some tie-dye sweats.…

June 9, 2021 By Brian

#LoveSummer/ All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Lunch and Dinner

Lobster Mac and Cheese

June 2, 2021

We’ve cut down on our red meat meals. We used to have one to two red meat dishes a week. Now, we do maybe one or none red meat dishes. I even replaced our meatballs with chicken. But rather than replacing our red meat meals with just more chicken, we replaced them with fish or an entirely meatless option. This is how we got to making lobster mac and cheese.…

June 2, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Slow Cookers and Soups/ Vegetarian

Black Bean Soup

May 3, 2021

This last year has been filled with all the comfort food. Brian’s go-to comfort food is dessert. Exhibit A. I love a hearty meal; one that warms the soul. One of the meals that gets us through the falls and winters is this black bean soup. It’s the epitome of comfort food: hearty, warming, flavorful, and delicious. I originally wanted to make this soup because my mom loves black bean…

May 3, 2021 By Fatima

All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert

Chocolate Chip Cookies from Jacques Torres

April 7, 2021

These cookies. To die for. Oh my goodness, this recipe comes from Jacques Torres. I truly saved the best recipe for the end of this journey. These are, by far, my favorite chocolate chip cookies. On your first bite, you will be transported to a warm and inviting place. A safe place. Home. These are the kind of cookies you expect sitting on your pillow at a fancy hotel. While…

April 7, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Celebrations/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert

Cadbury Egg Cookies

March 31, 2021

I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole with these chocolate chip cookies. I bring you a reimagined chocolate chip cookie for Spring. I know, ground breaking. I used this recipe and added in Cadbury mini eggs. Yes, that’s it. Anyone else love mini Cadbury eggs? Our friend, Stephanie, shared this indulgence with us many years ago. We’ve been hooked ever since. Making the Cadbury Egg Cookies My mom made those cute…

March 31, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert

Ina Garten’s Giant Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies

March 24, 2021

We banged all over the kitchen. The counter, the oven, and even the floor. Surprisingly we didn’t make a mess and more importantly, we didn’t wake up our son. For these giant crinkled chocolate chip cookies, be prepared to bang the pans all over your kitchen. Go to Sarah’s blog for the recipe. We used a recipe from Ina Garten via Sarah Kieffer’s original recipe. These were the crunchy cookies…

March 24, 2021 By Brian

Older Posts

Newer Posts

Lilies and Loafers contains sidebar and in-post advertising in addition to some contextual affiliate links. An affiliate link means that if you click through and purchase an item, we may receive a commission on the sale. Commissions are built into the retail price, and you will never pay more than retail price for that item. Advertising is not part of our content decisions unless a post or giveaway is sponsored. Sponsored content will always be noted. Our opinions are always our own. Learn more here.