Corn Casserole

This corn casserole recipe has golden brown edges, a creamy center, and a delicious sweet and savory taste. It's easy to make with simple ingredients!

This corn casserole has a delicious creamy center and sweet and savory corn flavor. It’s like a softer, almost spoonable version of cornbread, with plenty of whole corn kernels mixed in for crunch. The recipe is inspired by classic corn casserole with Jiffy mix, but instead of relying on a boxed cornbread mix and canned corn, it stars fresh corn and a homemade blend of flour, cornmeal, and baking powder. (Though don’t worry—if you prefer to use a mix or canned or frozen corn, I’ve tested them all and have tips for using them below!) I love making this recipe…

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Love & Lemons Cooking Club – September!

Join the Love & Lemons Cooking Club Challenge this month! It's easy to enter, and one lucky winner will receive a prize. Find all the details below.

Our Cooking Club is a fun way to celebrate the Love & Lemons community of readers. The concept is super simple—each month, I choose a recipe. You make it, and you leave a comment on the recipe’s blog post. At the end of the month, I randomly select one winner to receive a prize. I love the sense of community that comes from so many people cooking one recipe each month. We’re kicking off our September challenge today with our green curry recipe, and I hope you’ll join in the fun. Here’s how it works: The Prize: A $100 Whole Foods…

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Celery Salad

This celery salad recipe is crunchy, bright, and refreshing. It's tossed in a lemon vinaigrette and filled with apples and dates for pops of sweetness.

This celery salad recipe is fresh and flavorful, filled with a delicious variety of textures and flavors. Chewy Medjool dates and tender chickpeas accent the celery’s crunch, and apple adds a nice sweetness to play off the celery’s savory flavor. Rich, nutty almonds and Parmesan balance the fresh ingredients, and a bright lemon dressing ties the whole thing together. I love this salad because it shows that celery can be so much more than a supporting ingredient in a soup or the base for ants on a log. This humble veggie is crisp and refreshing, with juicy stalks and leaves so fragrant…

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Corn Chowder

This easy corn chowder recipe features fresh summer sweet corn and tender potatoes in a creamy corn broth. Sub frozen corn when fresh isn't in season!

summer / soups

This corn chowder recipe is the perfect meal for a cool summer or early fall night. It’s creamy and comforting, but still packed with veggies. You’ll find tender potatoes, peppers, and—of course—summer sweet corn in this flavorful soup. I’m obviously biased, but I think this recipe makes the best corn chowder I’ve tried. The secret is using fresh corn on the cob two ways. I add the kernels to the soup for sweetness and crunch, and I also make a quick corn broth with the cobs. It fills this recipe with rich, sweet corn flavor that I balance with savory seasonings like…

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Roasted Cauliflower

This oven roasted cauliflower has crisp, golden brown edges and a delicious nutty flavor. You'll want to devour it straight off the baking sheet!

cooking basics

I make roasted cauliflower almost every week. It’s easy to make, healthy, and delicious. The florets come out of the oven beautifully caramelized, with crisp, golden brown edges and a rich, nutty flavor. They’re perfect for serving as a side dish, tucking into tacos, tossing into a salad, a grain bowl, or a pasta…or eating straight off the baking sheet. You’ll find my go-to roasted cauliflower recipe below, along with my best tips and tricks for cooking it perfectly every time. I’ve also shared a few of my favorite ways to season roasted cauliflower. Yes, this roasted veggie is great…

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Homemade Harissa

Harissa is a North African chili paste that's sweet, spicy, and aromatic. Made with fresh and dried peppers and spices, my recipe is easy and delicious.

Move over, ketchup and hot sauce—this homemade harissa recipe is one of my favorite condiments to keep on hand. Made with a blend of roasted red peppers, dried chiles, warming spices, garlic, and lemon, my version of this North African chili paste is sweet, smoky, and bright, with a subtle kick of heat. I love stirring it into shakshuka for spice, slathering it in falafel wraps, and dolloping it on roasted veggies to punch up the flavors. I started making homemade harissa years ago, back before it was widely available in grocery stores in my area. These days, it’s much…

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40 Easy Weeknight Dinners

Refresh your weeknight rotation with these easy dinner recipes! They include pastas, tacos, soups, and more. The whole family will love them!

dinner / favorites

These easy weeknight dinners are some of my go-to recipes for busy nights. They range from pastas to soups to stir fries and sheet pan meals, but they all have a few things in common. They call for simple ingredients, they come together quickly (or are hands-off to prepare), and they’re packed with flavor. I don’t always feel like cooking at the end of a long day, but I do want a delicious dinner. If you’re looking for weeknight dinner ideas to refresh your rotation, check out the recipes below. I’ve made these meals for my family time and time again.…

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Breakfast Burrito

This easy breakfast burrito recipe is filled with scrambled eggs, crispy potatoes, veggies, and cheese. It's a delicious meal prep breakfast!

breakfast / vegetarian

Meet my favorite breakfast burrito recipe! These easy, cheesy breakfast burritos are loaded with fluffy scrambled eggs, crispy potatoes, fresh veggies, and melty cheddar cheese. I love to make them on lazy weekend mornings. Jack and I eat two right away, and I stash the rest in the freezer for easy meals during the week. They reheat perfectly for a quick grab-and-go breakfast or lunch. Spice things up by serving them with a side of your favorite salsa or hot sauce! Breakfast Burrito Ingredients Here’s what you’ll need to make this breakfast burrito recipe: Large flour tortillas – In the…

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Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

This oatmeal bars recipe is a perfect meal prep breakfast! Easy to make in one bowl, the bars are soft, chewy, and filled with walnuts and dried fruit.

On busy mornings, I love having a stash of these oatmeal bars on hand. They’re a perfect grab-and-go breakfast, packed with hearty oats, walnuts, dried cranberries, and eggs to hold them together. They have a delicious soft-baked texture, and brown sugar and cinnamon fill them with sweet, spiced flavor. With two kiddos in the house, I rarely have time to make actual oatmeal on a weekday, but lucky for me, these oatmeal breakfast bars are even better! I adapted this oatmeal bars recipe from my baked oatmeal. When I started working on them, my goal was for them to have…

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Eggplant Parmesan

This baked eggplant Parmesan recipe will become one of your family favorites! Crispy eggplant is layered with herbs, tomato sauce, and cheese.

summer / fall / dinner

Growing up, my mom’s eggplant Parmesan recipe was one of my favorite things to eat. My family ate dinner together every night, and my mom always cooked it from scratch. Tomato sauce never came from a jar, and cheese was never pre-shredded because convenience foods like that were simply not worth the extra expense. Dinnertime was a sound routine for all of us… unless it was summer. Then, my sister and I had more important matters at hand. We had to keep lookout for the ice cream man, hold swing set jumping contests, and run relays in our jelly shoes.…

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Corn Fritters

These easy corn fritters have crisp edges, tender middles, and fresh sweet corn in every bite. Scallions and cheddar cheese add savory depth of flavor.

This corn fritters recipe is one of my favorite things to make when fresh, local corn is in season. The fritters have delicious crisp, golden brown edges and tender insides that are flecked with corn kernels for crunch. I balance the corn’s sweetness with savory scallions and cheddar cheese, which also binds the fritters together. If you ask me, these crispy, cheesy corn fritters are right up there with zucchini fritters as the best summer snack. Corn Fritters Ingredients Here’s what you’ll need to make this corn fritters recipe: Corn, of course! I highly recommend using fresh sweet corn in…

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