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After a day at work, an hour and a half long commute home and an evening workout I am usually pretty exhausted by the time dinner rolls around. Regardless of how I feel, I make an effort to cook dinner for my husband and myself every night. While some meals can be labor intensive, most are super straightforward like this oven baked salmon. It is such a delicious and easy meal that we have taken to eating it a minimum of once a week.
I have some very exciting news, it has officially dipped below 80 degrees in Los Angeles! It only took until November 3… In honor of this positively chilly weather I am bringing out the knee high boots, bundling up in sweaters and making a big pot of my favorite kale stew for dinner.
I first tried this recipe in the middle of August (which a was completely inappropriate time to be testing stew recipes) and we have been enjoying it on a bi-monthly basis ever since. This stew is perfect for filling you up, warming you up and leaving you feeling healthy.
Tuna melts and I go way back. When I was growing up, my mom would always make them for us on nights when my dad had to work late. They were a special treat for the two of us because my dad inexplicably despises tuna melts (he’s weird) so we never ate them when he was around. Fast forward a couple of decades to when my new boyfriend (now fiance) brought a tuna melt from Mendocino Farms on a date to the Hollywood Bowl, forever rekindling my love.
Unfortunately my body’s tendency to reject gluten and dairy briefly put a damper on this tuna melt obsession of mine. Regardless of how delicious something is, it is difficult to justify consuming a meal that you know will negatively impact every system in your body within an hour or two. This led to a very dark, tuna melt-less year. I finally decided that enough was enough, I would not be held back from my one true food love, and created a gluten free, lactose friendly version. This gourmet tuna melt recipe is based on the one from Mendocino Farms, the tuna melt that is the king of all tuna melts.
Parsley, green onion and lettuce
Melting white cheddar cheese
There are several differences in ingredients between my gourmet tuna melt and the one from Mendocino Farms which I address below, but my taste buds feel (and my fiance’s agree) that this recipe comes pretty close to capturing the magical taste of theirs.
I hope you will give this recipe a try and enjoy it as much as we do!
The Mendocino Farms tuna melt contains tomatoes and pickles and uses red onion instead of green. I don't like pickles and generally leave out tomatoes, but I'm sure the addition of both would only make this more delicious!
I was looking for a potato salad recipe to serve alongside salmon earlier in the summer and stumbled across this recipe in all it’s bacon-y glory. I firmly believe that bacon improves all dishes and this one was not an exception! We have become such big fans of this potato salad recipe that we have been eating it at least once a week. It is fabulous hot or cold and perfect for a picnic, in fact we took it to the Hollywood Bowl a couple weeks ago to enjoy during a Beethoven concert.
I did make one crucial change to this potato salad recipe – the original recipe called for mayonnaise and I unfortunately do not eat mayonnaise. I substituted the mayo with extra virgin olive oil and the dish was still perfectly moist and delicious.
So turn on that oven, pull out those baking sheets and get ready to enjoy a delicious potato salad!
SO. MANY. POTATOES.
Bacon improves everything in life.
Add in a few additional ingredients and you’ve got yourself a delicious potato salad!
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 4 people (depending on whether you're serving as a side or as the main dish) | 10 |
| Cook Time |
| 45 |
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A simple and delectable potato salad combining the goodness of bacon and roasted potatoes. Try this one hot or cold!
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