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Coconut Chicken Tikka Masala

September 17, 2020 By Chelsia Rief Leave a Comment

This coconut chicken tikka masala recipe is kid-friendly, make-ahead easy, and ready to add some variety to your weeknight meal plan!

I did so much cooking during our self-quarantine this past spring, like a lot of people, I bet. I wasn’t making as much banana bread as some people, but I was in the kitchen…a lot!

One of the things I did was cook through some of my cookbooks – and I use the term “cook through” loosely, because I don’t want to imply I cooked every recipe in the cookbooks I focused on. I didn’t. In the Magnolia Table Volume 2 cookbook, I think I made like 17 recipes out of the book, or something close to that number. I just chose cookbooks that were on my shelf and bookmarked all kinds of recipes that looked good to me. One of them was this Coconut Chicken Tikka Masala, and it’s so good, I’ve made it 3-4 times since!

This coconut chicken tikka masala recipe is kid-friendly, make-ahead easy, and ready to add some variety to your weeknight meal plan!

Coconut Chicken Tikka Masala is a really easy recipe with pretty typical ingredients. The only spice you may not have in your pantry is garam masala – which for some reason I had on hand! I’d bought it from my favorite spice seller at our local farmer’s market, The Spice Pilgrim. However, everything else in this recipe is easy to find at your local grocery store.

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Chicken Caesar Burgers

September 2, 2020 By Joshua Rief 2 Comments

These chicken caesar burgers combine summer grilling with the delightful flavors of this familiar salad in one easy recipe!

It’s a terrible, tragic thing to admit, but grilling season is winding down to a close. Yesterday was the first day of September, and while it’s going to be in the 90’s this weekend, there are likely just a handful of really warm summer days remaining – the leaves are already beginning to change on the “early warning” trees!

Okay, in reality, grilling season never ends for me, it just becomes less frequent. We live in the Pacific Northwest, so the rainy season runs from late September or early October all the way through to June or July, but I’ve been known to fire up the grill on a dry-ish day in January with temperatures hovering around freezing – you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do!

These chicken caesar burgers combine summer grilling with the delightful flavors of this familiar salad in one easy recipe!

But y’all aren’t here to listen to me gripe about the short optimum grilling season here in the PNW. You’re here for these chicken caesar burgers. Well, these tasty sandwiches came to be thanks to a fairly mild tweak on a recipe Chels found for caesar salad burgers. We tried out that recipe, and liked it, but felt like a couple of adjustments to the patty would make it even more delightful.

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Eclair Cake

August 26, 2020 By Chelsia Rief Leave a Comment

If you haven’t added this incredibly popular and easy no-bake dessert to your family’s repertoire, now’s the time to make some Eclair Cake! I was introduced to this cake way back in 2008 when I was pregnant with Eden and some of my friends had a little baby shower for me. One of them made…

Bacon Wrapped Cheese Dogs

August 20, 2020 By Joshua Rief Leave a Comment

This is so easy, it’s barely even a recipe! Instead of plain ole’ hotdogs, why not punch it up with some bacon wrapped cheese dogs? There’s a degree to which this feels like cheating. Is this even a recipe? I mean, if you take a good quality all-beef hotdog and wrap it in bacon and…

Avocado Baked Eggs

August 5, 2020 By Joshua Rief Leave a Comment

Looking for a simple, healthy breakfast you can whip up for one person or more in about 15 minutes? Try these avocado baked eggs! Okay, there’s a short story behind this recipe. Chels and I took a trip to Maui last year for our 15th wedding anniversary…a year late, so it was actually over our…

Farmhouse Blueberry Pie

July 31, 2020 By Chelsia Rief 2 Comments

Have some blueberries around the the house this summer? This farmhouse blueberry pie is a classic, simple, and approachable way to use them up! First, let’s make one thing clear – the reason I’m calling this a farmhouse blueberry pie is not because I have a farmhouse. I don’t. Like a lot of inspired, wistful…

Ginger Peach Cheesecake

July 25, 2020 By Chelsia Rief Leave a Comment

This ginger peach cheesecake recipe is quick, easy, and SO GOOD! There’s no crust to make, so it comes together in about 15 min, then oven, then fridge! I blame all of my cheesecake baking that I’ve been doing lately on Grace. She’s been doing all of the “growing up” things like getting her first…

Blackberry Mascarpone Popsicles

July 21, 2020 By Joshua Rief Leave a Comment

Yes, you can actually use your grill or smoker to make these smoked blackberry mascarpone popsicles (but you don’t have to). But, you do have to make ’em! Okay, we’ve got to get a couple of things out of the way right here at the top. First – I am not a popsicle guy. I…

Weekly Menu for the Week of Aug 31

August 31, 2020 By Chelsia Rief Leave a Comment

I can’t believe we’ve transitioned out of the summer months and we’re into September now. Is it just me or did the summer just fly by? I can’t believe that school is starting back up and that the holidays are quickly approaching.

It all kind of makes me sad. I’m just not ready yet for all of that.

I hope you all had a great weekend. Josh and I had a full day on Saturday, but we did squeeze in some time to play frisbee with the kids…and I discovered how much I enjoy it! I can’t throw the frisbee to save my life, but I’m great at catching it, ha!

On Sunday, we did a few chores around the house, washed the cars, tidied up the backyard, and managed to squeeze in a date night. It was a good day.

We’re heading to L.A. later this week to spend some time with Josh’s grandfather, but I wanted to make sure you had a weekly menu to help you feel more organized.

Here’s what’s cooking this week:

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Coconut Chicken Tikka Masala

Chicken Caesar Burgers

Eclair Cake

Bacon Wrapped Cheese Dogs

Avocado Baked Eggs

Farmhouse Blueberry Pie

Ginger Peach Cheesecake

Blackberry Mascarpone Popsicles

Weekly Menu for the Week of Aug 31

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Pork Chops with Blackberry Sauce

Magnolia Table Silo Cookies

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