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Spicy Cilantro Margaritas

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I may be just slightly excited to share this recipe with you today! I was at one of my favorite restaurants in Raleigh, NC and they shared this recipe for spicy cilantro margarita with me. Before I tried spicy cilantro margaritas I didn’t like spicy drinks and wouldn’t ever order them – some places just over do it on the spice, ya know?

If you have an aversion to cilantro or spicy, just leave one or both out, it still makes a fantastic margarita.

spicy cilantro margaritas

With just some lime, triple sec and tequila + the secret ingredient, you too can make beautiful, delicious spicy cilantro margaritas just like this one!

This goes really well with a delicious burger, tacos, or thai food! Pretty much you can’t go wrong here!

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Lemon Dill Aioli Recipe

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Condiments are my fave. Salad dressings. Dips. Salad dressings that double as dips like this aioli recipe, WIN/WIN.

What is the difference between aioli and mayo anyway? I recently saw a response, that the difference is “$10 tacked onto your bill” – ha, but seriously, right? The difference is actually the addition of garlic – and the aioli name comes from France, so there ya go, you learned something new today!

I started making homemade mayo when I noticed the ingredients in shelf-stable store bought mayo. That’s when I decided to invest in an immersion blender to save time! Now you can make mayo and more like this aioli recipe from the comfort of your own home!

Basically you are starting with this easy base mayo and adding some lemon + dill. Yes, it really is THAT simple.

Just an egg, some oil, mustard, garlic, dill and lemon, an immersion blender << this one is on sale right now!

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So easy, and so TASTY. so versatile. Try it and let me know what you think!

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Here are some ways you can use this lemon dill aioli –

Try it on salads

As a dip for chicken, salmon, shrimp, trout, halibut or other seafood

Try it as a dip for bacon, yes really, bacon! (don’t judge)

    Favorite Breakfast Soufflé : Whole 30 & Paleo

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    After making this 3 times, a variety of ways, I decided it was high time this easy whole 30 breakfast went up on this blog!

     

    Favorite Breakfast Souflee | Whole 30 + Paleo Approved

    First things first, slice up some sweet potatoes, I use the food processor because ain’t no one got time to thinly slice sweet potatoes. Plus man, I really like my fingers in tact.

    Okay, next grab your chicken sausage/turkey sausage/ground turkey – honestly y’all whatever you prefer! I have done both turkey sausage and chicken sausage with some crushed red pepper and it’s DELISH. Remove from the casings and place in a pan with a little evoo and let it brown up. This is an EASY Whole 30 Breakfast for a reason! 

    Then, you’re gonna want to start the next step, which is cracking a ton of eggs, an entire dozen to be exact. So, get to work, be careful not to get little shell pieces into the eggs. Once you get them all cracked, get ready to whip. Add a bit of salt & pepper to the eggs, then whip the eggs with a fork.

    Next, take a handful of fresh spinach, some sun-dried tomatoes (about 1/2 c.) — I realllllly like sun-dried tomatoes, so if you don’t like them as much as me, use less, and dunk them into the egg mixture, this will make more sense later, promise. As soon as you get this combined, you’re gonna love what’s next.

    Coat an 9 x 11 pan with olive oil or coconut oil (I use spray versions and it works amazingly well) add sliced sweet potatoes to the bottom like so.

     

    Sweet potatoes as a crust, such a genius invention.

    Next, put the browned turkey/chicken/ whatever you decided to use on top, then pour your spinach/egg/sundried tomato mixture on top of that.

     

    yum.

    Depending on how high you want your eggs, I also sometimes add a carton of egg whites to boost the protein and so the egg coats more of the ingredients, totally up to you tho.

    Once you do this, stick the pan in the oven for about 30-45 mins at 450 – you’ll want to check the middle, if its runny stick it back in the oven for a little longer.



    So what did you think? If you tried it please let me know! And please share with your friends. 🙂

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    Make Your Own Foaming Hand Soap

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    Every time I make this I just feel like it NEEDS to be shared with the world! I’m excited to share with you how you can save money with this simple life hack!

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    I think of all of the people wandering mindlessly around Target filling their carts with foaming hand soap bottles and wasting their money on basically….water. Yeah, 90% of foaming hand soap is water. So, instead make your own, it’s easy, it’s way cheaper, and your kids will think you’re a super hero! This foaming hand soap refill is super easy to make and you probably already have all of the ingredients! Can’t wait to hear what you think of this life hack!

    Here’s all you’ll need:

    Foaming Hand Soap Dispenser – we like these Method ones
    Water
    Castile Soap (any scent works), I’m a big fan of peppermint  (can’t decide? check out this 5 pack!)
    Water
    Essential Oils (optional) – during cold + flu season I like to add this oil.

    Directions:

    1. Fill your empty soap bottle 4/5ths full with water
    2. Fill the remaining way with castile soap + essential oils
    3. Shake gently to combine

    *note: don’t add the soap first, it will get super foamy and MESSY. You’ll thank me later.

    Did you enjoy this life hack?? Let me know what you think!

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    Whole 30 Barbecue Sauce

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    I found this barbecue sauce completely on accident. I was watching instagram stories, and saw @whole30recipes post this recipe for blueberry barbecue sauce. I know it sounds…. strange, but it is fantastic! The combination of the blueberries and tomato paste + balsamic vinegar produces a barbecue sauce with depth, full of flavor!

    As with all things I put my own unique spin on it (let’s be honest it’s because I don’t follow recipes) to produce this quite delish barbecue sauce! I have used it on grass fed, organic burgers + steak so far, and plan to try it on wings soon – hello, Super Bowl!

    Whole 30 Blueberry Barbecue Sauce + Broccoli Slaw

    Ingredients You’ll Need:

    1 pint blueberries
    1/4 c balsamic vinegar
    2 tbsp tomato paste
    1 tsp garlic powder
    1 tsp onion powder
    1 tsp cumin powder
    1/2 tsp coarse salt (like celtic sea salt)

    Heat a pan over med high heat, take 1 pint of blueberries dump them in and let them cook down till the juices release, stirring every minute or so, add in balsamic, tomato paste, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin powder, and salt and stir to let the flavors combine. Keep warm until serving, as a bonus, you can double this and refrigerate in a mason jar for your next meal! (makes for great leftovers)

    I served it above on grass fed burgers and it was DELISH, you can also serve on ribs, steak, wings, or chicken. I’m currently thinking about how good this would be in a bibb lettuce taco with cabbage slaw, oh yum.

    Did you make this recipe? What did you think?