Ever puzzled how we give you recipes? Discover out beneath! I am answering a few of your commonest questions on this behind-the-scenes peek.
Hey, completely happy Tuesday! We put up a ton of recipes right here, however it’s been some time since I’ve given you an replace on our course of behind the scenes at Love & Lemons. I believed I’d take at this time’s put up to provide you a sneak peek into the Love & Lemons kitchen and reply a few of the questions I typically get from readers such as you!
I began Love & Lemons in 2011 as a spot to share seasonal recipes and cooking tales about my husband Jack and me. I did the cooking, and Jack and I’d {photograph} recipes out of our house kitchen, then in Austin, Texas. Flash ahead 11(!) years to now, and Love & Lemons has advanced fairly a bit. For one, we dwell in Chicago, and we just lately began working with a tremendous photographer and food stylist who take pictures for the weblog and a proficient video group who create the recipe videos. I’m additionally now not doing all of the cooking on my own. As a substitute, I work with Love & Lemons’ senior editor and recipe developer, Phoebe, to check and ideal every recipe.
Phoebe has been working with us since 2018, once I was in the midst of writing Love & Lemons Every Day. She began out testing recipes and doing prep for our photoshoots and now works on nearly each side of Love & Lemons! A number of enjoyable details about her:
- Phoebe is initially from Wisconsin however now lives in Chicago.
- She obtained into seasonal cooking after working for a summer time on an natural vegetable farm.
- Salads and veggie mains are her favourite recipes to develop.
- However she’ll additionally by no means flip down dessert.
Reader Q&A
How do you give you recipes?
We’re all the time pondering seasonally, and peak-season produce is the start line for many of our recipes. Within the fall, for instance, we all know we’ll need to characteristic a couple of types of squash, in addition to apples, Brussels sprouts, and naturally pumpkin. We additionally attempt to provide recipes that we all know readers will discover helpful at completely different occasions of 12 months, like meal prep recipes in September or side dishes earlier than Thanksgiving. (In case you ever have a recipe request, tell us!) We get inspiration from restaurant meals too. It’s not possible for me to go to Avec, Lula Café, Kite String Cantina, or Left Coast in Chicago with out eager to experiment with a brand new dish!
Phoebe and I sit down each couple of months and select a set of recipes we need to develop. From there, we make a testing schedule and do any obligatory analysis on a dish’s background or substances. Lastly, we begin cooking!
Do you take a look at each recipe?
Sure! Phoebe and I take a look at collectively most days of the week, and generally we additionally divide and conquer on our personal. Some recipes work out after only one or two checks, whereas others want three or extra. We made this green bean casserole possibly 5 occasions the 12 months we developed it. Neither of us ate inexperienced bean casserole at Thanksgiving that 12 months – we’d had wayyyy an excessive amount of within the weeks main as much as it! Baking recipes are inclined to take longer too. We ate quite a lot of cherry pie this summer time and applesauce cake final fall!
What occurs to the leftovers?
We eat them! Phoebe shares some leftovers together with her boyfriend Alex, and Jack, Ollie, and I eat the remainder. As you may count on, the freezer is available in very helpful once we’ve needed to do quite a lot of recipe checks. Solely on very uncommon events do we’ve a fail so epic that it finally ends up getting tossed (taking a look at you, blender muffins of 2020).
What’s your favourite recipe on the weblog?
Jeanine: Roasted Cauliflower Steaks with Arugula Pesto
Phoebe: Citrus Salad with Fennel & Avocado
In case you may solely have 3 spices in your kitchen, which might you decide?
Jeanine: Smoked paprika, cumin, and coriander
Phoebe: Za’atar, chili powder, and cinnamon
What’s your favourite fall veggie?
Jeanine: Sweet Potato
Phoebe: Delicata squash
What a few favourite consolation meals for fall?
Jeanine: Butternut Squash Soup and this Sweet Potato Salad
Phoebe: Eggplant Parmesan or this creamy squash pasta
Are you writing one other cookbook?
Keep tuned!
We hope you look to Love & Lemons for on a regular basis veggie inspiration and that you simply love cooking our recipes in your house. Thanks for studying!
