Hello there my friends. Thank you so much for all your sweet comments on our engagement! We are so excited to start this wedding planning adventure. I have a feeling there will be lots of DIY projects in our future!

If the blog was a bit silent last week after our announcement, it wasn’t because we were sitting around reveling in engaged bliss. No, we were working our tails off editing and making last minute changes to our brand spanking new meal planning service, The Seasonal Supper. In addition to the 20 recipes for your week-night suppers, we were also able to included 10+ supplemental recipes for things like homemade salad dressing, quick barbecue sauce, and spice mixes that will take your dinner from ordinary to out-of-this-world flavorful. All the i’s have been dotted, the t’s crossed, and our summer collection, Summer Simplified ready for you start using today! Let us start doing the planning for you and take the guess work out of dinnertime. 

If you want to see what one week of the Seasonal Supper is like, you can download our Think Spring sneak peek. But remember, Summer Simplified has FOUR weeks worth of recipes and planning tools, not just one! To give y’all a little taste of what we’ve cooked up for the summer, I wanted to share a new recipe that is in the collection. Inspired by my favorite salad at California Pizza Kitchen, this has quickly become one of our favorite meals. Peaches, bourbon, blue cheese—summer time doesn’t get much better.

Caramelized Peach Salad

{serves 2}

2 peaches
1 tbsp butter
1/3 cup pecans
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1 tbsp maple syrup
pinch of sea salt
1 tbsp bourbon (optional)
1 bag of spinach leaves
3 ounces blue cheese, crumbled

White Balsamic Vinaigrette

2 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp white balsamic vinaigrette
1 Tbsp honey
dash of salt and pepper

Start by heating up a deep sauté pan or cast iron skillet on medium heat. While it’s heating up, slice your peach into long, 1/2 inch thick slices. When it’s hot, melt your butter in the pan and add the peaches. Give them 3 minutes on each side then toss in the pecans, cranberries, maple syrup and salt. Give it all a stir then, if you’d like, deglaze the pan with the bourbon and remove from the heat.

In a large bowl toss your spinach and dressing so that the leaves are coated. Add the blue cheese and the caramelized peach mix from the pan and keep tossing until it’s all mixed in.