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Favorite Products for Newborns and Infants

April 12, 2022

When Liam was born we put together a list of our favorite products for newborns and infants. Four years later and another kid, we’re refreshing the list with new takes on our favorite products and including some new products! 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. Blair is…

April 12, 2022 By Brian

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Pineapple Chicken and Turmeric Cauliflower: Cooking Through Full Plate

April 1, 2022

Our third post for Full Plate! We were so excited to talk about one of the best fried chicken sandwiches, we forgot to introduce this new series to you! You know how much we love Chrissy’ Teigen’s cookbook franchise, Cravings? Now we have a new cookbook from Ayesha Curry we get to cook through. We’ve already made a handful of things from the book and a lot more we want…

April 1, 2022 By Brian

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BBQ Chicken and Rice Bowls: Cooking Through Cravings

March 28, 2022

I wanted to love these BBQ chicken and rice bowls. I liked them, but I didn’t love them. Something feels like it’s missing, but I’m not exactly sure what it is. Brian loved them, so maybe it’s just me? 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. As a…

March 28, 2022 By Fatima

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Garlic Shrimp and Coconut Rice: Cooking Through Full Plate

March 25, 2022

If you didn’t know, we love shrimp. We love shrimp in salad, in tacos, and with tequila. When Brian and I were perusing through Ayesha Curry’s Full Plate and saw the lemony garlic shrimp, we were sold. We’re actually highlighting two different recipes from her book: Garlic Shrimp and Coconut Rice. A perfect pair! Lilies and Loafers has affiliate relationships, so we may get a small share of revenue from…

March 25, 2022 By Fatima

Millennial and Pregnant/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

Diaper Basket

March 15, 2022

I’m not even going to pretend like a diaper basket is a novel idea. But I put this together for our second born and let me tell you how convenient it’s been. Super convenient. We all know newborns poop and pee like 10+ times a day, right? Who wants to be running back and forth to the changing table all day? Not me. Ths diaper basket is the perfect solve…

March 15, 2022 By Brian

DIY/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

DIY Pacifier Clips

February 23, 2022

Some of the most useful things for a parent with a baby are pacifier clips. With our first son, paci clips seemed to be everywhere. With our second kid, I can’t find them anywhere. A new season of our podcast, Millennial and Pregnant, just launched! That can only mean one thing…we had another baby! With the second kid, it’s not quite like riding a bike, but I was definitely mentally…

February 23, 2022 By Brian

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Grilled Shrimp Pasta Salad: Cooking Through Cravings

February 16, 2022

Another year and another cookbook from Chrissy Teigen. This latest cookbook, All Together, has a bunch of new and delicious recipes. This grilled shrimp pasta salad looked too good to pass up and was one of the first dishes we tried. Whenever we get a new cookbook, the first thing I do is flip through and flag all the recipes with those sticky flags. After trying a few recipes or having…

February 16, 2022 By Fatima

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Perfectly Pink Pasta: Cooking Through Cravings

February 9, 2022

If there’s one recipe in Chrissy Teigen’s new cookbook that would win “most made”, it’s this pink pasta sauce. We’ve only had the cookbook since October and I’ve already made this at least five times, including last week! In describing her kids’ eating habits, I fell on the floor at Chrissy’s description of Luna being “against things touching things or things in things” because Liam is the same way. He…

February 9, 2022 By Fatima

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Best Peloton Bike Accessories

January 27, 2022

So you’re thinking about getting a Peloton bike? Did you already order one? Now what? I love our Peloton bike. I’ve been on a 90+ week streak (at least one ride every week). When we bought ours, I wished I had a guide to give me some more insight into what I’d need beyond the bike. So here’s what we we found helpful so far. We ordered this bike in March 2020…

January 27, 2022 By Brian

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DIY Play Kitchen Makeover

November 24, 2021

One of the bigger toys we gave to Liam is his play kitchen. It’s a cute model from Ikea; very Scandinavian and simple. He loves to make us food and especially loves to make me coffee in the morning. French vanilla, with milk and ice (although sometimes he surprises me with a dash of protein powder and corn). The setup is very simple and I love that the stove lights…

November 24, 2021 By Brian

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DIY Kitchen Stool Helper

November 5, 2021

Our son has always been fascinated with how we make food. His favorite book, Stir Crack Whisk Bake, gets him involved in making cupcakes. From measuring to pouring to setting the timer, the book is very interactive. When he’s in the kitchen with us, Liam loves to help measure and then sets up the timer via Alexa. I love that he loves to participate, but he needed a more stable set…

November 5, 2021 By Brian

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Holiday Baking Essentials

November 3, 2021

The most wonderful time of the year is here: Fall baking season. Pumpkin bread, apple pie, muffins, banana loaves, sweet potato pies, and all sorts of holiday treats to come. These are some of my favorite holiday baking essentials to get you through all the holidays from fall to New Years. Gadgets and Gizmos Pie dish – What is fall without a pie? Pumpkin, Apple, and Sweet Potato are our go-to…

November 3, 2021 By Brian

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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

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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

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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

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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

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