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Kale Salad with Smoked Salmon, Radishes and Cucumber

Kale Salad with Smoked Salmon, Radishes and Cucumber / Bev Cooks

Salad! We’re having salad. And we’re going to be greedy with it if that’s okay with you. Becauuuuse this is purely a lunch salad. But it’s huge, so if you feel like sharing, I suppose you could. (don’t) I guess I should say it’s MY lunch salad. You could absolutely eat this for dinner. And […]

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White Fish and Bean Salad

White Fish and Bean Salad / Bev Cooks

It looks fancy, but honestly it’s fish and beans. Just fish and beans. But we made it fashion. Also my fish completely flaked in the pan while I was searing, but I’m still a good person. Also also this takes 15 minutes to make. Woo hoo! You in? Let us peepeth. And listen, you can […]

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Roasted Chickpea Salad

Roasted Chickpea Salad / Bev Cooks

Another summer side dish! In the series. The Summer Side Dish Series. Ya know? Ya know. Also, these chickpeas are roasted. Not like, aggressively. Just enough to give it a lil’ crrrrrrrnch. Just like that. No vowels. It also has cucumbers (more crunch!), tomatoes, red onion (crunch crunch!) and some vibrant herbs that will send […]

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Avocado Cucumber Salsa

Avocado Cucumber Salsa / Bev Cooks

Another side dish! In dip form. Salsa form. You guys really like dips. Maybe this blog will be named Bev Dips from now on. (ew) It’s a (version of a) salsa that’s been swirling around the interflex for some time now. A little trendy, but I can’t help but see why. It’s the best of […]

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Summer Corn and Cucumber Salad with Fresh Herbs

Summer Corn and Cucumber Salad with Fresh Herbs / Bev Cooks

Introducing::: My Summer Side Dish Series! (<–should I go ahead and add three more exclamation points? No? Oh.) I’m excited for this series as it’s all going to be EX-TRE-ME-LY easy for you all summer. Vibrant side dishes that work for any occasion, including spoon feeding yourself in a locked bathroom in the dark. Hey, […]

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Cucumber, Mint and Feta Bruschetta

Cucumber, Mint and Feta Bruschetta / Bev Cooks

Oh, that rhymed! This is the thing: this topping? UNREAL. I’m calling it bruschetta because it’s on toasted baguette and it sounds super cute, but do you want to know how I ate it after a bite of the toast? Besides spooning it with a shovel into my unhinged jaw? Salad! I sprinkled it over […]

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Tandoori Chicken with Israeli Couscous

Tandoori Chicken Thighs with Israeli Couscous / Bev Cooks

GIRL. Okay. I don’t beg very often. You know this. And I’m hardly EVER overly dramatic about ANYTHING EVER IN THE WORLD EVER. You also know this. But. I’m going to force you to make this Tandoori chicken. It is beyond easy, so there are zero excuses, and out-of-this-world amazing. Like, stupid good. And I […]

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Greek Lentil and Tuna Salad

Greek Lentil and Tuna Salad / Bev Cooks

It’s Health Food Thursday! Because that’s a totally real thing that I just made up right now three seconds ago. This is a Greek Lentil and Tuna salad, yewguyz. And I’m kind of flipping out over it. A little while back I was chitty chat chattin’ with you about what you’d like to see more […]

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Simple English Tea Party Sandwiches (Three Recipes!)

English Tea Party / Bev Cooks

Let’s have a teaaaa pah-teh! I can’t get my recent Notting Hill tea party experience out of my head. Matter of fact, every night I’m like, “Aaron, let’s watch Notting Hill! I need to be transported back.” And he’s like, “Let’s seeee, do I feel like swimming into a boat motor today.” (I’ll let you […]

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Cucumber Mint Sorbet

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WHY IS IT SO HOT OUTSIDEEEE. Sorry to scream. Please tell me Kansas City’s not the only town sitting on the face of the SUN. It is crazy brutal right now. Heat indexes of five thousand. Humidity of 3 billion percent. Ozone layer on the verge on quitting its job it’s so pissed off. It […]

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