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Greek Chicken Salad

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This easy Greek chicken salad recipe is a filling Mediterranean dinner in 25 minutes, starring seasoned chicken over cucumbers, tomatoes, feta, and olives in a lemony dressing! These days most of my meals are protein + salad, and this Greek chicken salad is a heavy hitter over here. It features flavor combinations that are on repeat: seasoned chicken over cucumbers, tomatoes, feta, and olives in a lemony dressing. After years of making Mediterranean diet recipes , you’d think I’d get tired of those classic flavors: turns out, I can eat them on repeat for days. It makes a filling easy healthy dinner in 25 minutes, and it’s easiest with air fryer chicken. Swap in any protein you like, including salmon, shrimp or tofu (I’ve linked to my air fryer methods below). Why You’ll Love This Greek Chicken Salad Here’s why I can’t stop eating this: It’s a full meal. Between the chicken and a can of chickpeas, this salad has protein ...
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John Collins Cocktail

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The John Collins cocktail puts a bourbon spin on the classic Tom Collins! Here’s how to make this bubbly whiskey highball dink with just 4 ingredients in 5 minutes. Here’s a fun whiskey drink that’s a spin on a classic: the John Collins cocktail! The Tom Collins is one of my very favorite classic cocktails starring gin, lemon, and simple syrup: the John version just swaps in bourbon whiskey for gin. That means it’s essentially a sparkling whiskey sour , served with soda water in a highball glass! Bubbly and refreshing, the whiskey spin is a bit more bold than the delicately botanical gin version. It’s a fun whiskey cocktail that works for any occasion and every time I serve it, people ask for th recipe. What’s a John Collins Cocktail? The modern definition of a John Collins cocktail is a highball drink with whiskey, lemon juice, simple syrup, and soda water. The gin version of the drink dates back to at least 1869, supposedly...
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Easy Instant Pot Oatmeal

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This Instant Pot oatmeal is an easy breakfast that comes out perfectly creamy! Toast rolled oats in butter, add milk, and pressure cook for just 3 minutes. Here’s an easy, healthy breakfast recipe I turn to time and time again: my favorite Instant Pot oatmeal! Now, I eat quite a bit of oatmeal over here: it’s one of my favorite whole grains. Of you’ve got a pressure cooker like I do, oatmeal is even easier to make! The oats are toasted in butter until fragrant, then mixed with milk and cooked for just 3 minutes. What comes out is the creamiest, tastiest, easiest pressure cooker oatmeal you’ll find! 5 Star Reader Review “Wow! I don’t normally take the time to leave comments but this was incredible. Followed directions exactly except didn’t release until 5 minutes after cook time – and it came out perfect. Nice texture, all the milk had been soaked up, buttery, toasty, yum!” -Jill Ingredients You’ll Need You...
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Tokyo Tea

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Tokyo Tea is a bright green spin on Long Island Iced Tea made with Midori melon liqueur. It’s sweet, citrusy, and even better than the classic! Here’s a neon green drink that’s as eye-catching as it is delicious: Tokyo Tea! This spin on the Long Island Iced Tea stars Midori , a honeydew melon-flavored Japanese liqueur. Reserve your judgement until you taste this one, because it is by no means a low-brow drink! As a cocktail expert, I find it refreshing and zingy, infused with intriguing flavor notes from the lemon, orange liqueur , and bright melon. What Is a Tokyo Tea? Tokyo Tea, aka Tokyo Iced Tea, is a spin on the ultra popular Long Island Iced Tea . This ubiquitous cocktail was invented in the 1970’s and has now been canonized by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) as a classic cocktail. Honestly, I rarely order a Long Island Iced Tea because it’s pretty potent, but make the LIIT correctly and it actually tastes...
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