Ever puzzled how we provide you with recipes? Discover out beneath! I am answering a few of your most typical questions on this behind-the-scenes peek.
Hey, pleased Tuesday! We submit 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 assumed I’d take at the moment’s submit 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 developed fairly a bit. For one, we stay in Chicago, and we lately began working with a tremendous photographer and meals stylist who take pictures for the weblog and a gifted video staff who create the recipe movies. 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 excellent every recipe.
Phoebe has been working with us since 2018, after I was in the midst of writing Love & Lemons Each Day. She began out testing recipes and doing prep for our photoshoots and now works on nearly each facet of Love & Lemons! A couple 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 season 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 provide you with recipes?
We’re at all times considering seasonally, and peak-season produce is the place to begin for many of our recipes. Within the fall, for instance, we all know we’ll wish to function just a few sorts 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 totally different occasions of yr, like meal prep recipes in September or facet dishes earlier than Thanksgiving. (Should you ever have a recipe request, tell us!) We get inspiration from restaurant meals too. It’s unimaginable 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 wish to develop. From there, we make a testing schedule and do any mandatory analysis on a dish’s background or substances. Lastly, we begin cooking!
Do you check each recipe?
Sure! Phoebe and I check 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 exams, whereas others want three or extra. We made this inexperienced bean casserole perhaps 5 occasions the yr we developed it. Neither of us ate inexperienced bean casserole at Thanksgiving that yr – 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 loads of cherry pie this summer season and applesauce cake final fall!
What occurs to the leftovers?
We eat them! Phoebe shares some leftovers along with her boyfriend Alex, and Jack, Ollie, and I eat the remainder. As you would possibly anticipate, the freezer is available in very helpful once we’ve needed to do loads of recipe exams. Solely on very uncommon events do we’ve got a fail so epic that it finally ends up getting tossed ( 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
Should you may solely have 3 spices in your kitchen, which might you choose?
Jeanine: Smoked paprika, cumin, and coriander
Phoebe: Za’atar, chili powder, and cinnamon
What’s your favourite fall veggie?
Jeanine: Candy Potato
Phoebe: Delicata squash
What a couple of favourite consolation meals for fall?
Jeanine: Butternut Squash Soup and this Candy 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!
