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Salmon crab burger with mustard sauce

Salmon Crab Burgers with Zesty Creole Mustard Sauce

May 29, 2019 By Maggie Jones 9 Comments

We make these amazingly delicious burgers for special occasions, small summer celebrations or when entertaining. However, they’re simple enough to make anytime if you have more self control than I do. These were one of Brad’s and my favorite meals for years but I could never get a decent picture before we devoured them. Five… 

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Colorful Spring Sandwich with fresh ricotta, herbs, radish and avocado.

Radish Ricotta Baguette with Fresh Herbs and Avocado

May 14, 2019 By Maggie Jones Leave a Comment

It was a year ago this month that a conference for work landed me at a swanky hotel on the posh DC waterfront. The area was littered with charming eateries but I was craving sandwiches. Luckily, there was a specialty sandwich shop right around the corner with an excellent seasonal selection. The selection I went… 

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Lemony Orzo with Roasted Broccoli

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… 

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Wild rice, sour cherry arugula salad

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… 

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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… 

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Crispy Potato Tacos with Roasted Poblanos and Tomatillo Salsa

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… 

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Thai Green Curry with Green Beans and Potatoes

Thai Green Curry with Potatoes and Green Beans

Hearty potatoes and tender-crisp green beans in a fragrant, creamy Thai curry… this simple dish is so tasty you won’t believe it takes less than half an hour from pantry to table – or that it’s vegan and gluten free. Tasty it is. Authentic it is not. I know that. Please don’t yell at me… 

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Filling and Fresh Blueberry, Kale, Quinoa Salad

Blueberry, Kale and Quinoa Salad

This has been our salad of the summer: simple and fresh but perfectly satisfying. Torn kale gets massaged with olive oil and lemon juice, tossed with sweet blueberries, hearty quinoa, sliced almonds and crumbled feta. I’ll sometimes use Trader Joe’s honey-roasted sliced almonds for an extra bit of sweetness. If you haven’t fallen in love… 

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Rich and Creamy Cheesecake Bars with Chocolate Ganache Topping

Decadent Cheesecake Bars with Chocolate Ganache Topping

Do you need to impress someone in your life? Do you need a way to show someone how much you appreciate them? Or do you just need to taste the richest, creamiest, most decadent cheesecake bar you’ve ever imagined? Then you’ve come to the right post. my friend. We don’t eat a lot of sweets… 

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Fast and Easy Arroz con Pollo

Fast and Easy Arroz con Pollo + $100 Giveaway from Success® Rice

This 20-minute Arroz con Pollo is the solution to a long day where you still want to serve the family a homemade, wholesome, and delicious dinner but don’t have the energy for much fuss or cleanup. All the traditional flavors are there – I just make a few preparation shortcuts to combat the temptation of… 

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Crazy amazing Moqueca de Camaroes - Brazilian Shrimp Stew

Fast, Easy Moqueca de Camaroes, aka Brazilian Shrimp Stew

Yum yum yum yum. Looking at these pictures again makes me want to run back to the kitchen and make this soup all over again. I know soup in summer sounds like madness but I swear it works here. Rich but not heavy, creamy but fiery, this is the perfect meal for when you’re exhausted… 

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Southwest Quinoa Cakes with Zesty Chipotle Salsa

Southwest Quinoa Cakes

These super-easy superfood cakes are loaded with zesty Southwest flavor. In fact, I have to confess that the salsa in the picture isn’t the salsa from the recipe.  The salsa from the recipe was completely devoured by me before photo time so I had to make a last minute substitution. Recipe pro tip: make extra… 

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