The Poinsetta: A Classic Holiday Champagne Cocktail
Holiday party season is here and this festive sparkling Champagne cocktail is my favorite way to impress guests without much fuss. The classic Poinsettia is a beautiful drink bubblin over with traditional holiday flavor that is deceptively simple to prepare. Seasonal flavors of orange and cranberry are the perfect compliment to a celebratory glass of Champagne…
Carrot, Zucchini and Squash Ribbons
Colorful, peppery, and garlicky, this dish hits all the requirements for a Jones favorite. This recipe is one of the first I posted when we started this blog but the pictures were awful so I’m pulling it up from the archive in the hopes I can convince you to make it. This recipe is so…
Sparkling Sugar-Frosted Cranberries
Whipping up a batch of these glittering cranberries signals the beginning of the holiday season at Chez Jones. These sweet-tart candied berries are great for snacking, sharing, decorating the table, and – our favorite use – garnishing cocktails like our Holiday Mule or this holiday twist on a French 75. They’re such a surprisingly refreshing…
“Holiday 75” Sparkling Champagne Cocktail
Make your holidays sparkle with this festive twist on a French 75. A French 75 is the cocktail that combines all my favorite components: gin, lemon juice, and a touch of simple syrup topped off with sparkling wine and a twist. This incarnation gives it the holiday treatment by swapping tart cranberry juice and an…
Roasted Butternut Squash and Burrata Salad
Fall is coming. Here in LA it may be in the triple digits but it’s dark when I go to work and the stores are stocked with pumpkin everything, so it’s clear that autumn is approaching. I love fall flavors but when it’s 102 outside it’s hard to get excited about anything heavy or labor…
Salmon Salade Lyonnaise
Salade Lyonnaise is a popular salad from the Lyon region of France traditionally made of frisée, lardons, toasted croutons, and a mustard vinaigrette made from the bacon drippings all topped with a poached egg. It’s like breakfast salad. Because bacon is such an integral ingredient, I’ve long struggled with a way to make this that…
Warm Lentil Salad with Burrata and Basil Vinaigrette
Creamy buratta and a fragrant basil vinaigrette melted into a fresh zucchini and lentil salad is the perfect dish to transition into fall. I first came across this dish in the kitchen of a friend. Brad and I had dropped by to spend a few hours with them over a bottle of wine. She started…
Pineapple Serrano Margarita
We’re in the throes of a triple digit heat wave here in LA but I’m not bothered at all. It’s an excellent excuse to whip up a batch of this sweet and spicy cocktail. Brad and I discovered this margarita while celebrating our seventh wedding anniversary in San Miguel de Allende earlier this year. It’s…
Lemony Orzo with Roasted Broccoli
Brad’s second most frequently requested dish is roasted broccoli. (Jones Home trivia: his most requested is tacos.) This recipe takes that often unappreciated side dish and makes it the star of the show. Tossing the broccoli with orzo and zesty lemon juice makes it into a light, summary meal or hearty side. Our love affair…
Wild Rice, Sour Cherry and Arugula Salad
I’ve been holding out on you. This salad’s been in our regular rotation for almost a year and I’ve been keeping it all to myself. No longer. Break out that wild rice that’s been sitting in your pantry and make this hearty, zesty salad tonight. I suspect it will be the first of many times you…
PSMF Recipes: Zesty Chicken Soup and more for the Protein Sparing Modified Fast
Happy New Year! I’m excited to kick off 2017 with a post I’ve been holding onto for a while. Last year around this time I stumbled across the Rapid Fat Loss Handbook by Lyle McDonald and was introduced to the idea of Protein-Sparing Modified Fasting. PSMF was developed by doctors in the 1970s to achieve…
Crispy Tacos de Papa with Roasted Poblanos
Crunchy tacos are stuffed with creamy, cumin-scented potatoes and fiery hint of roasted poblanos in this addictively delicious dish. Traditionally vegetarian and gluten-free, these hearty tacos are built to please everyone. This is a price performer that is an excellent choice when you’re cooking for a crowd. The recipe below easily makes 40-50 tacos depending…
