Category: Quick & Easy

Easy Chicken Fajitas

I love Mexican Food. Authentic, Tex-Mex, fast(ish) food, tacos made at home by someone with red hair, freckles & zero Latin/Hispanic heritage…I’m not picky. I love it all. If it has beans, salsa, and chilis,

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Roasted Carrots with Mint

Roasted Carrots with Mint have quickly become my favorite vegetable. I don’t know why it never occurred to me to put mint on roasted vegetables before, but it is a heavenly idea. And if you’ve

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Shrimp with Green Herbs

Shrimp with Green Herbs is a great weeknight meal.  Shrimp are often my go to ingredient on weeknights because they cook so quickly.  This recipe is even easier than most because once you’ve combined the

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Greek Green Bean Salad

My love for Funky Salads is well documented here at Idiot’s Kitchen and Greek Green Bean Salad has quickly shot to the top of that list. Fresh green beans are the star of the show

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Cucumber & Mango Salad

Almost everyone I know is having a hot summer right now. Even my friends up north, many who don’t have AC, are having temps well into the 90s.  That’s when it’s time to break out

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Baked Salmon with Blueberries

Baked Salmon with Blueberries is a recipe you need to make right now. Sockeye Salmon is in season. Fresh blueberries are in season. It’s meant to be! You might be thinking, “Blueberries? On fish?” The

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Warm Mushroom & Arugula Salad

Warm Mushroom & Arugula Salad! We love having big salads for dinner so I’m always on the lookout for new recipes and ideas other than the standard grilled chicken chopped up over greens. Boy was

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Roasted Beets

Before you say, “EWWW! Gross, beets” and click away, allow me to try to convince you… My theory is that most people who hate beets have never had fresh from the garden, into the oven, lightly

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Sesame Ginger Lime Chicken

Sesame Ginger Lime Chicken hot off the grill. This recipe was a revelation. We’ve all grilled the infamous boneless, skinless chicken breast a hundred different times and if we’re honest, usually the result is slightly

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Snow Pea & Radish Salad

When I lived up north and had a big vegetable garden, it was a miracle if the snow peas made it into the house. Same for the sugar snap peas. I’d stand out in the

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Sweet Chili Glazed Salmon

This simple recipe for Sweet Chili Glazed Salmon also comes with a public service announcement. Attention Fish Lovers:  Copper River Salmon is now in season! Like its salmon friends Sockeye and Coho, Copper River Salmon

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Smoky Roasted Potatoes

I thought we should make a new category here at Idiot’s Kitchen…Super Simple Sides! Smoky Roasted Potatoes are a good place to start. You can’t get much better or more simple than potatoes roasted in

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Pretty in Pink Smoothie

Showing my age with this one… The Pretty in Pink Smoothie! This movie actually showed up on my TV a couple of days after I made this smoothie so the name stuck. I also got

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Poke Tuna Bowl

Last week I posted a photo of my experimental Poke Tuna Bowl dinner on Instagram and Facebook and got a reaction I did not expect. Instead of people saying “Ewwww, raw fish,” I got “How did

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