
Reclaiming the kitchen
11/08/16 • 22 min
Did you know 25% of adults would rather watch a cooking show then cook a meal themselves? In this episode, Sonja travels to the Love and Lemons kitchen in Texas to prove that cooking doesn’t require lots of advanced planning to make a beautiful and nourishing meal. With Jeanine Donofrio, the two make a Chopped-style recipe out of the ingredients on-hand in Jeanine’s refrigerator. Plus, some foodie trivia and a simple concept for fall meals with seasonal vegetables.
Jeanine Donofrio of Love and Lemons
Website | Instagram | Facebook
The recipe: Roasted fall vegetable grain bowl | A Couple Cooks
This episode was sponsored by ReclaimTheKitchen.com
Did you know 25% of adults would rather watch a cooking show then cook a meal themselves? In this episode, Sonja travels to the Love and Lemons kitchen in Texas to prove that cooking doesn’t require lots of advanced planning to make a beautiful and nourishing meal. With Jeanine Donofrio, the two make a Chopped-style recipe out of the ingredients on-hand in Jeanine’s refrigerator. Plus, some foodie trivia and a simple concept for fall meals with seasonal vegetables.
Jeanine Donofrio of Love and Lemons
Website | Instagram | Facebook
The recipe: Roasted fall vegetable grain bowl | A Couple Cooks
This episode was sponsored by ReclaimTheKitchen.com
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Tomato love
Summer might be over, but our love for tomatoes hasn’t died! In this episode, we talk about our favorite ways to use canned tomatoes throughout the winter. We phone our friend The Faux Martha, who shares her favorite minimalist recipes for canned tomatoes. Plus, people we love to cook for, our favorite foodie cities, a dinnertime challenge, and listener kitchen victories.
Roasted tomato shrimp over creamy polenta | A Couple Cooks
Melissa Coleman is The Faux Martha: Website | Instagram | Facebook
Her recipes:
20-Minute tomato soup | The Faux Martha
4-ingredient tomato sauce | The Faux Martha
Chickpea indian bowl | The Faux Martha
What’s your favorite foodie city? Sonja just went to Austin and enjoyed Tacodeli, Torchy’s Tacos, and The Beer Plant
This episode was sponsored by Muir Glen Organic
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Past episodes mentioned in this podcast:
The one where Alex mixes a cocktail
The one about minimalism and cleaning your spice drawer
The one about the great ramen adventure
The one with the charming Rick Bayless
The one with the coffee roasters
The one where we learned to slurp olive oil
The one where that guy thought “hangry” was an app
The one where we interviewed a cow
The one where we told our story
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