This recipe for Smashed Eggs on Toast with Butter + Spring Herbs is a quick and tasty way to satisfy your hunger, whether it be for breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack! Today’s post has been sponsored by Eggland’s Best. As always, opinions are 100% my own. I could not be more excited that spring…
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Pork Kebab Pitas with Toum
These Pork Kebab Pitas with Toum make an awesome and unexpected weeknight dinner, and the leftovers are fantastic for lunch the next day! This post is sponsored by Farm Promise. As always, all opinions are 100% my own. This recipe for pork kebab pitas with toum is a mashup of a few similar sandwiches that…
Slow Roasted Salmon with Orange + Fennel
This Slow Roasted Salmon with Orange + Fennel is a light and bright dish that is simple to prepare and tastes as good as it looks. Low and slow roasted salmon turns soft and buttery, while the crisp fennel orange salad cuts through the richness. It’s a perfectly balanced, delicious and easy weeknight meal. Hello! I…
Double Chocolate Paleo Banana Bread
This recipe for Double Chocolate Paleo Banana Bread tastes decadent and rich, but is completely gluten free, grain free, dairy free, and refined sugar free. Today’s post has been sponsored by Eggland’s Best. As always, opinions are 100% my own. About ten years back, I had a major thing for banana bread. I made a…
Meyer Lemon Focaccia
This recipe for Meyer Lemon Focaccia is a perfect balance of sweet, sour, and salty flavors. You might not think this all works together, but it does, and it does so beautifully. Hey! Hi! Helloooooooo there! I know I’ve been MIA for a little bit, but it’s only because I’ve been working on a new…
Croissant Morning Buns
This recipe for Croissant Morning Buns makes an excellent baking project for a cozy winter weekend. Start them Friday evening and they’ll be ready to devour first thing Sunday morning. I’ve had an obsession with buttery, flaky pastries for as long as I can remember. I like to complain that we don’t have a decent…
Thai Green Curry
This recipe for Thai Green Curry is made with a from-scratch paste and includes a detailed tutorial on how to simmer it with your preferred ingredients to make a nutritious and insanely delicious meal. Thai green curry, or Gang Kiew-Wan, is my favorite kind of curry. Growing up, curry was a four letter word in my…
Garlic Honey
This post has been sponsored by Wholesome. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Learn more here or buy now. Happy New Year! December came and went the same way it always does – FAST. Hello 2018! It’s so nice to make your acquaintance.
Profiteroles with Foie Gras and Quince
This recipe for Profiteroles with Foie Gras and Quince is sponsored by Les Trois Petits Cochons. All opinions are my own. It’s almost New Years Eve, and it’s time to get a little fancy. Bust out the Champagne flutes, invite over your favorite friends, and get ready to celebrate 2018 in style.
Chocolate Espresso Cookies
These chocolate espresso cookies are buttery, crisp, and loaded with dark chocolate. Plus, they’ll give you an little extra pep in your step, which I think we all could use this week. Let’s make this quick. I’m busy. You’re busy. It’s the week before Christmas and EVERYONE IS BUSY. I don’t have the time to…
Whole Roasted Beef Tenderloin
This detailed tutorial on how to roast a whole beef tenderloin (filet mignon) is complete with wine pairings and multiple serving suggestions. Thank you to Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards for sponsoring this post. All opinions are 100% my own. When I used to work as a personal chef, a big part of my job was catering small,…
Meyer Lemon + Pistachio Sandwich Cookies
These sweet and puckery Meyer Lemon and Pistachio Sandwich Cookies are kissed with a touch of cardamom to make them even more unique. Cookies are the reason for my season.
Roasted Mushroom and French Goat Cheese Crostini
This easy and elegant appetizer for Roasted Mushroom and French Goat Cheese Crostini is sponsored by Goat Cheeses of France. All opinions are 100% my own. It’s hard to believe that the holidays are already upon us. Once again, they seem to have crept in while no one was watching. Soon we’ll be clinking champagne…
Cranberry, Clementine + Rosemary Cocktails
This bright and festive Cranberry, Clementine + Rosemary cocktail is just what you need to make it through this holiday season. Hey! Here we are. This is it. The very beginning of The Holidays. After today, we are in it all the way until January first. Let’s buckle in, loosen our belts, and toast to…
Raw Vegan Pumpkin Cheesecake
This silky smooth Pumpkin Cheesecake is raw, vegan, gluten free, and Paleo, but you’d never know it. Look, I know what you’re thinking. “You can’t make a cheesecake without cheese, Coley.” Hear me out.
Kale Gratin
This kale gratin is the ultimate side dish because it walks the line between healthy and indulgent. It’s the perfect way to eat your greens on a cold winter’s eve. Goodness gracious I can’t believe we’re already less than a week away from Thanksgiving. They say the older you get, the faster time slips by,…
Brown Butter Pear Pandowdy
This warm and cozy fall dessert is simple to make (thanks to store-bought frozen puff pastry) and is perfect for Thanksgiving. I’d never heard of a pandowdy up until this year. Have you? It’s a classic American dessert with origins in New England and dates back quite some time. I’ve made crisps and crumbles, buckles and betty’s,…
Turkey Pot Pies with Bacon, Caramelized Onions + Butternut Squash
This cozy recipe for Turkey Pot Pies with Bacon, Caramelized Onions, and Butternut Squash is sponsored by the National Turkey Federation. All opinions are 100% my own. This here, my friends, is fall on a plate. It’s basically the food equivalent of jumping in a pile of leaves while wearing an oversized sweater and plaid flannel scarf. It’s…
Baked Sweet Potato + Chorizo Hash with Eggs
This recipe for Baked Sweet Potato + Chorizo Hash with Eggs is sponsored by the North Carolina Sweet Potato Board, who’s encouraging everyone to Be Sweet More Often this holiday season, and always!
New England Clam Chowder
Give a choice between Manhattan and New England clam chowder, I’ll always take New England. To be honest, I don’t really bother with the Manhattan variety, like, well… ever. To me, a chowder just isn’t a chowder without a little cream in it.
French Baked Toast with Cream and Eggs
Known as oeufs au plat Bressanne in French, this sinful brunch dish of runny eggs baked with cream soaked toast is far easier to make than it looks.
Sheet Pan Sausage and Peppers
I’ve been into the idea of sheet pan meals ever since I met the lovely and talented Molly (of Dunk and Crumble) at a training for QVC . Molly was there to promote her new cookbook called Sheet Pan Suppers, and I was immediately intrigued. The book is brilliant. Molly is brilliant. Sheet pan suppers are totally…
Ricotta Cheesecake with Plums
This is the best ricotta cheesecake I’ve ever had! It’s light, yet rich, insanely creamy, nestled inside a buttery crust, and topped with juicy plums.
Heirloom Tomato Salad with Blue Cheese and Fried Shallots
THIS is the tomato salad that beats all other tomato salads in a battle. Fact. No other tomato salad even comes close. You can keep your Caprese. This is the one I dream about all winter long.
Clams with Bacon, Tomatoes + Jalapeños
Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer for most Americans, but here in Brigantine it’s the beginning of what we call “local’s summer.” The island goes from bustling to sleepy in less than 24 hours. All the tourists go home, kids go back to school, and we get to bask in the still-warm-weather on practically empty beaches. It’s…
Nicole Gaffney, aka Coley, is a professionally trained chef, recipe developer, tv host and food writer.