Good Food Swaps

I love to recipe swap with my instagram friends 🤗😋 I get lots of good meal ideas from my scrolling so I try to make sure I give back and share my favorites. It’s a give and take. With a family of five (that includes three grown adults and two preschool age), it’s not always easy to make a meal that appeals to everyone. So if we can all agree on something, I immediately SAVE to my recipe roll in my phone.

I’ve been making this Taco Casserole for at least 8 years. At least. It’s easy, quick, and can be made on a budget and with many organic items 👌🏼 It’s also good on the pocketbook 🤌🏼 Let me know if you try this and what you think! I added a recipe card with all the info for easy screen shots + save.

For some reason, I only think to make this baby back rib meal when it’s hot outside 🥵 And I’ll be honest, I don’t always do the grilling step (and no one has ever complained, so don’t go spilling my secrets LOL). I always serve the ribs with these Spicy Pinto Beans and this Angelhair Coleslaw. I’m going to quickly talk you through how to make the sides. They pair perfectly with the rib sauce and the best bite is one that is combined with all three foods! Ok, for the Spicy Pinto Beans make sure you have: 2 cans pinto beans, 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion, 1 jalapeno chopped, 1/2 tsp ground cumin. Combine all in saucepan. Bring to boil, reduce heat, simmer 10 mins. Done! For the Coleslaw just mix 1 package of angel hair coleslaw mix together with 2 tbsp white vinegar, 3 tbsp olive oil mayo, and 1 tsp honey. Chef’s Kiss. The whole family loves this meal and we hope yours will, too… Enjoy! 😘 (The recipe card has all the details for the rib preparation)

I would love to know if you make anything that I share! Tag me in it so I can see OR you can always DM/comment/email me and tell me that way. I appreciate the feedback 🙂

Here’s to full tummies 😋😋,

Spring Time Recipe Roundup

Happy Spring, y’all! 🌷 I’m so giddy for longer days full of sunshine and outdoor fun. And al fresco dining 🤩
Every so often I like to share some of my recent faves in the kitchen. A few days ago we enjoyed a special family dinner on our back porch and the family was a consensus on the menu: yummy 😋

The dinner menu included a bagged sweet kale salad from Publix, a Creamy Lemon Garlic Seafood Pasta, glazed carrots, buttered French sourdough bread, and a Publix bakery-made fruit tart. Easy peasy lemon squeezy 🙌🏼🍋 This meal slaps (that’s hip teenage talk for “is awesome” 😜) and is KID APPROVED ✅

Creamy Lemon Garlic Seafood Pasta is courtesy of The Recipe Critic via Pinterest. Their website has a LOT of information about this recipe + tips for storing and reheating it. I definitely recommend checking out their very detailed write up about this pasta dish if you’re interested. The author also shares the nutrition facts, if those are needed. Side note: I never add mussels to this pasta even though the original recipe calls for them. I just prefer the shrimp and scallop combo.

We love shopping at Publix (no, not sponsored or paid to say that ☺️ but holler at me Publix 💚because I could totally be your spokesgirl 😜). Publix offers so many fresh, delicious options so I almost always pair one of their many pre-made “chopped salad” bags to our dinner. Their bakery is the most underrated place in town (IMHO)! I sliced a loaf of their freshly baked French sourdough, buttered it, and baked for a quick few minutes, then served it hot. I also love their bakery desserts so I served their fresh berry fruit tart and it was gone pretty much as soon as I set it on the table. 😋

The Balsamic Glazed Carrots is a fun twist on regular ol’ glazed carrots. My girls much prefer carrots over any other vegetable so I’ve been making them in various ways for years. The balsamic touch just adds something special and everyone in the house requests them now. This recipe was pulled from my absolute fave local cookbook (it’s beautiful AND full of delish recipes) called Bay Fetes: A Tour Of Celebrations Along The Gulf Coast. I have found it locally for sale in Something’s Cooking but I found my like-new copy on Ebay for $6. The only adjustment I have made to this
recipe is that I use baby or petite carrots instead of using large carrots julienned.

Another fave meal that has been in the dinner rotations for YEARSS is Lettuce Wraps (pf changs style). This recipe creator is Frugal Living NW and I found it on Pinterest. The one thing I don’t follow from the original recipe is the addition of mushrooms. I just don’t prefer them, but definitely feel free to use them if you do. I love making these because the fam is so impressed by the meal presentation and they think I’m a culinary genius, even though this meal is suuuuper simple. 👌🏼👌🏼

I hope you enjoy trying these recipes out! Thank you for supporting Summer On The Coast by following along here in the blog and on my Instagram. Please let me know in the comments here or on IG if you try any of these, if you already make any of these, and what is your favorite! I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Sending you lots of sunshine ☀️ ,

Some Yummy For Your Tummy

Can you tell I’m a toddler mom by that title?! 😆

We ALL love good food, especially when it’s easy + fast… so I kept track of our August menu and wanted to share the best of the best with you. So here ya go— Chef’s Kiss 😘

First, STUFF STEW. Ok, normally I don’t make this until Halloween night when it’s cooler (it’s a tradition) but we had so many days of rain that it seemed totally appropriate for a warm bowl of soup.. despite it being August. This recipe was given to me back in 2010 from a coworker/friend, Amanda, who brought it to a work potluck one day. My family requests this over chili any day (though it is somewhat similar).

Second, is our BAJA FISH TACOS. We were trying to think of new ways to eat some of our own catch (saltwater fish) in the freezer and decided to try this recipe. Y’all, I think we have a new favorite way to eat fish. It is SO good and pretty healthy, too. WIN WIN. And who doesn’t love tacos?!?!!! 🌮

Third, is BISTRO STEAKS and I served mine with roasted asparagus and tomatoes. This is just a good quickie that I actually did two or three times last month. And, I’ll do again a few times this month. 😋

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Happy Labor Day to YOUUUUUU! Thank you so much for being here 🤗

Chef’s Kiss,