Lemon Poppy Seed Chicken Salad

April 12, 2021 Amanda Plott

It’s Spring and for me that means it’s time to play around with all things lemon and poppy seed. This Lemon Poppy Seed Chicken Salad is a fun twist on a classic chicken salad. That’s chicken salad, not chicken in a salad. Most of the time when you think of lemon and poppy seed, you think of sweet treats. But, not today!

This chicken salad is savory through and through. The bright pop of lemon and the bit of crunch from the poppy seeds really makes this a chicken salad to remember. It’s perfect all on its own or used on a sandwich or as part of a Spring inspired green leaf salad. Though I would absolutely stuff this chicken salad into a tomato too!…

Buffalo Chicken Potato Skins

April 9, 2021 Amanda Plott

I don’t know. I felt like I wanted some buffalo chicken potato skins.

Easy to make shredded buffalo chicken that’s stuffed into potato skins and topped off with cheddar and blue cheese. Can’t go wrong there. This is a super simple and versatile dish that could be anything from an appetizer to part of a meal. I should say too that I used the BIGGEST russet potatoes for this that I could find. We’re talking HUGE. So if you are using smaller potatoes, this will give you a lot more skins than what it did me…

Funfetti Sugar Cookie Cake

April 2, 2021 Amanda Plott

My daughter’s birthday is literally just around the corner. I can’t believe I’m about to have an 11 year old. Even so, I’m doing my very best to take this birthday extra special since, well, times are still rather strange in the world. One of the things I’m doing to make her day even more magical is making cake! Okay, so… not cake-cake. She had pretty specific instructions on wanting a cookie cake again this year. Which I’m totally down for.

The one I’m making for her actual birthday will be that Giant Cookie Cake from a couple years back. But, to get the party started early this long weekend, I decided to make this Funfetti Sugar Cookie Cake! It’s part cookie. Part cake. And a whole lot of sprinkles!…

Blueberry Lemon Monkey Bread

March 27, 2021 Amanda Plott

It’s Spring and you know what that means - blueberry lemon things for days! This Blueberry Lemon Monkey Bread is pretty much the perfect Spring breakfast, brunch, or even dessert to make. Monkey bread of any kind has been one of my go-to breakfast options for years now. I think it all started when my little was actually little and monkey bread was one of those things that was easy for little fingers to grab and eat.

This monkey bread here is loaded up with big beautiful fresh blueberries and lemony goodness. It’s bright with the citrus of the lemon zest and has that hint of sweetness from the blueberries. Now, you could top this monkey bread off with some icing drizzle, but I thought it was pretty unneeded. A quick sift of some powdered sugar and some extra lemon zest and it was perfection!…

Greek Chickpea Salad

March 24, 2021 Amanda Plott

With warmer weather starting to roll in, I’m craving fresh bright flavors more and more. And this Greek Chickpea Salad is as fresh and bright as one can get. It’s a garbanzo bean based vegetarian ‘salad’ that’s mixed together with bell peppers, onion, feta cheese, and a homemade easy to make vinaigrette dressing.

This dish ends up being naturally meatless, vegetarian, and gluten free too. Plus, there’s under 300 calories in a full serving so you really can’t go wrong with it whether it’s for lunch, snack, or as a side for dinner!…

S'more Brownies

March 13, 2021 Amanda Plott

So, this is probably one of the best desserts in the world. With two of my favorites desserts combined together into one ultimate dessert. How can you go wrong? If you love s’mores and if you love brownies, then there is no way that you won’t love these S'more Brownies even more!

The bottom layer is a lightly sweet and buttery graham cracker crust that sandwiches gooey-gooey brownie with chocolate chunks with toasty toasted marshmallows on top. So much yummy goodness all in one bite. It’s heaven in the form of a brownie, I tell you…