Author Archive | Bev Weidner

Curried Chicken and Lentil Pita Pockets

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You’ve gotta pick a (pita) pocket or twoooo. If you get that reference we were meant to be together. Just don’t tell Aaron. Pita pockets! With like, this super light curried chicken salad and lentil mixture. And grapes, and chopped almonds, and lotsa herbies. But you don’t have to say herbies if you don’t want. […]

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Thai Three-Bean Salad

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I’ve been just Thai-ing to show you this. You’re already mad at me. I created this recipe for my in-laws’ huge annual 4th of July pool party in Fayetteville. I was absurdly excited about it, until I set it down on the serving table next to exactly 38426534 other salads. Blast! It was still good […]

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Major Lump Crab Salad

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And I mean may.jer. It would be an injustice to the world if I talked about anything besides the splendor that is this salad. It’s just so majory majorful. You’ve had lump crab before, right? Please tell me you have. I know we’ve gone over this time and time again and you want to throw […]

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Slow Cooked Pork over Pappardelle Pasta

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More clean eating! Just kidding. I’ll just call this good-times-giddy-pants eating. Stick-to-ya-ribs eatin’. Ain’t-nothin’-wrong-wid-it eatin’. PASTA. And slow cooked pork! With a bunch of smoked paprika in it. Glory hallelujah. Who rightly cares if it’s July, it’s easy and succulent and PASTA. . . . and slow cooked pork!   You can pick any pasta […]

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Simple Spicy Shrimp Rolls

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I can’t wait for your new life to begin with these. Thing is, they’re SOEASY. This is the most no-fluff no-huff way to eat some dang shrimp rolls. Next time you want to eat shrimp rolls and think to yourself, “Geez, some shrimp rolls sound so delicious right now but I’m not entirely sure what […]

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Mediterranean Lentil Salad

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Bonjouuuuur mon amiiii, merci pour toi, fermer la porrrrrrte. I’m obviously awesome at French. I took four years in school. I was even the teacher’s aid one year. FERMER LA JEALOUSYYY. So it’s a big holiday week and guess what!! We’re eating clean. Is this sacrilegious? Je ne sais pas. I also realize I’m calling […]

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Fish Tacos with a Roasted Poblano Salsa

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Little fish, little fish, swimming in the water. Duuuuncha worry. I’m not going to drown your ears out with another song. But I will say, the day I made these tacos I introduced the babelets to The Little Mermaid. Not the movie (just yet), but the soundtrack! THE FISH ON THE LAND AIN’T HAPPY. THEY […]

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