Behind the Scenes at Love & Lemons

At any time wondered how we appear up with recipes? Locate out beneath! I’m answering some of your most prevalent thoughts in this powering-the-scenes peek.

Hey, pleased Tuesday! We publish a ton of recipes listed here, but it’s been a when due to the fact I have supplied you an update on our approach at the rear of the scenes at Adore & Lemons. I imagined I’d acquire today’s article to give you a sneak peek into the Like & Lemons kitchen area and answer some of the inquiries I usually get from viewers like you!

I commenced Love & Lemons in 2011 as a area to share seasonal recipes and cooking stories about my husband Jack and me. I did the cooking, and Jack and I would photograph recipes out of our dwelling kitchen area, then in Austin, Texas. Flash forward 11(!) years to now, and Appreciate & Lemons has advanced very a bit. For one particular, we stay in Chicago, and we not long ago started off doing the job with an remarkable photographer and meals stylist who just take pictures for the website and a proficient video clip crew who generate the recipe video clips. I’m also no more time doing all the cooking by myself. Instead, I operate with Love & Lemons’ senior editor and recipe developer, Phoebe, to exam and excellent each recipe.

Phoebe has been operating with us given that 2018, when I was in the center of crafting Like & Lemons Every single Day. She begun out testing recipes and executing prep for our photoshoots and now works on just about every part of Adore & Lemons! A several enjoyable points about her:

• Phoebe is originally from Wisconsin but now lives in Chicago.
• She got into seasonal cooking after operating for a summer months on an organic and natural vegetable farm.
• Salads and veggie mains are her most loved recipes to develop.
• But she’ll also hardly ever change down dessert.

Reader Q&A

How do you arrive up with recipes?
We are often imagining seasonally, and peak-period produce is the setting up position for most of our recipes. In the tumble, for illustration, we know we’ll want to element a few forms of squash, as perfectly as apples, Brussels sprouts, and of class pumpkin. We also consider to offer recipes that we know audience will find handy at unique occasions of yr, like meal prep recipes in September or side dishes right before Thanksgiving. (If you at any time have a recipe request, permit us know!) We get inspiration from restaurant meals too. It is not possible for me to go to Avec, Lula Café, Kite String Cantina, or Still left Coastline in Chicago devoid of wanting to experiment with a new dish!

Phoebe and I sit down each and every couple of months and opt for a established of recipes we want to develop. From there, we make a testing agenda and do any vital study on a dish’s history or elements. Eventually, we begin cooking!

Do you examination each and every recipe?
Indeed! Phoebe and I exam alongside one another most times of the 7 days, and occasionally we also divide and conquer on our individual. Some recipes do the job out immediately after just a single or two assessments, though some others have to have three or additional. We manufactured this green bean casserole it’s possible 5 occasions the year we developed it. Neither of us ate environmentally friendly bean casserole at Thanksgiving that year – we’d experienced wayyyy much too a lot in the months main up to it! Baking recipes have a tendency to choose more time as well. We ate a good deal of cherry pie this summer and applesauce cake last drop!

What comes about to the leftovers?
We take in them! Phoebe shares some leftovers with her boyfriend Alex, and Jack, Ollie, and I try to eat the rest. As you could possibly assume, the freezer arrives in pretty useful when we’ve experienced to do a great deal of recipe checks. Only on incredibly rare situations do we have a fall short so epic that it ends up finding tossed (on the lookout at you, blender muffins of 2020).

What is your favourite recipe on the blog site?
Jeanine: Roasted Cauliflower Steaks with Arugula Pesto
Phoebe: Citrus Salad with Fennel & Avocado

If you could only have 3 spices in your kitchen, which would you choose?
Jeanine: Smoked paprika, cumin, and coriander
Phoebe: Za’atar, chili powder, and cinnamon

What’s your preferred tumble veggie?
Jeanine: Sweet Potato
Phoebe: Delicata squash

What about a favorite ease and comfort foods for tumble?
Jeanine: Butternut Squash Soup and this Sweet Potato Salad
Phoebe: Eggplant Parmesan or this creamy squash pasta

Are you crafting another cookbook?
Remain tuned!

We hope you glimpse to Love & Lemons for everyday veggie inspiration and that you love cooking our recipes in your home. Thanks for looking at!