Recipe Sunday
Recipe Sunday

Grilled Sirloin Salad

What better way to mix the absolute best of summer - grilling a yummy piece of meat and preparing fresh crunchy vegetables - than in a salad? We're back with yet another of Jillian Michael's fabulously healthy and incredibly delicious recipes in this Grilled...

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Recipe Sunday

Brie en Croute with Walnuts and Brown Sugar

Melted cheese wrapped in a pastry filled with brown sugar and candied walnuts - now THAT'S what I call an appetizer. Creamy, warm cheese with crispy crackers, a hint of sugar, and a glass of zin - what else do you need on a breezy summer afternoon? Maybe a few more...

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Recipe Sunday

Black Bean Chili

Happy Father's Day everybody! I have the BEST Dad's Day recipe ever for you guys - a Black Bean Chili with a summer twist. Your entire clan is going to flip over this yummy summer chili that's so healthy, it's part of Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30 meal plan! In...

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Recipe Sunday

Chicken Salad with Avocado and Mango

It's bikini season. Ugh. I feel like I'm still trying to lose my holiday weight and suddenly I'm strapping on bikini bottoms. The whole 'summer body' thang hit Jeff and I hard when we were in Hawaii a month ago. We GORGED ourselves on nachos, Oreos, macadamia...

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Recipe Sunday

Beef and Ale Stew

What could ever make a slow cooked beef stew taste any better than it already does? Deliciously rich, warm, and hearty, this winter staple makes countless cameos in my farm kid vignetted memories of my mother's kitchen. Example: Winter nights watching Chuck Norris...

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What We’ve Been Up To…

Gah. This happens to me every year. I let a week slip by without posting anything on the blog. It doesn't mean we're being lazy and ignoring the blog while holed up in Hawaii or anything... Oh wait. It actually does. And it's totally messed me up. Jeff and I were...

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Recipe Sunday

Cumin Rubbed Sweet Potatoes with Sage

As winter slowly fades into spring, we have just a few more warm and hearty dishes to feature here on Recipe Sunday, and this one totally takes the cake for the fanciest potato side dish I've ever seen - sweet potatoes rubbed with cumin, baked to crispy, then...

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Recipe Sunday

White Cheddar Onion Pudding

If you've been reading Recipe Sunday for any length of time, I'm all about easy deliciousness. The simpler and tastier the dish can be, the more I can convince the world that I'm a kitchen goddess and NOT a fumbling madwoman. Watch out world. She's got a pepper...

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Recipe Sunday

Fresh Pear and Cranberry Pie

Happy Lovebirds Week!! In honor of Valentine's Day , we have a very special dessert coming your way today - not only does it taste like a millions bucks, but it's GORGEOUS to look at. And isn't that what love is really all about? A sweet soul wrapped up in a cute...

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Recipe Sunday

We Have a Dutch Oven Recipe Winner!

Good grief - our brand new dutch oven is AMAZING. Over the past week, everything I've made has come out like a dreeeeeeeeam. There's been layers of flavors that I never knew existed ("was that cinnamon in the chicken thighs??"). Today I made a butternut squash soup...

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Recipe Sunday

Braised Short Rib, Stout, and Potato Pot Pie

There is no other food that defines comfort food like a pot pie. In fact, a pot pie is to the dinner world as a cinnamon roll is to the pastry world - hot, sticky, creamy, gooey, and simply comfor-licious. That's right. It's so good I made up a new word and that...

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We're Jeff & Erin

It’s our job to help you slow down and experience every moment of your wedding day – because we believe that it should be savored from top to bottom.

We’re Jeff & Erin Youngren, a hubby & wifey wedding photography team that believes timeless trumps trendy, life is best done together, and tears, hugs, & high fives should never be held back. We consider our couples part of our family – and we cannot wait to meet you!