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Kim and Lauren are the mother-daughter team behind Something New For Dinner. Kim develops the recipes, shoots the photography and writes the posts and weekly emails to our subscribers. Lauren is the Internet marketing guru who developed and maintains our website, leads our marketing efforts, manages our social media and keeps us on track in general.

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MINTED SOUS VIDE CARROTS WITH BALSAMIC VINEGAR AND GOAT CHEESE

WITH 2 COMMENTS

The best sous vide vegetables are root vegetables. These sous vide carrots are fresh, rich and delicious. They are cooked at a relatively high sous vide temperature of 183 degrees F and then briefly sauteed in a pan to create a glaze. The prep is simple and you can ignore them for an hour while they hang out in the sous vide bath. Sous vide carrots cook in their own juices giving them a dense carrot flavor and great texture.

SOUS VIDE MAHI MAHI WITH LIME, GINGER & CILANTRO SAUCE

WITH 5 COMMENTS

There are a number of reasons to love this sous vide mahi mahi recipe. It is healthy, requires very little hands-on time, can be made in advance and is moist, flavorful and delicious.

CURRIED PEAR AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP

WITH 2 COMMENTS

This soup is a wonderful cool weather treat with the comforting flavor of butternut squash, sweetened with pears and amped up with curry and ginger. Don't forget the sugared and peppered pepitas and goat cheese for garnish.

KALE SALAD WITH APPLES, DATES AND POMEGRANATES

WITH NO COMMENTS

This uber healthy salad can be partially prepared a in a day in advance. Loaded with goodness, kale, apples, dates, pomegranates and pecans will do your body good.

PASSION FRUIT TEQUILA MOJITO

WITH ONE COMMENT

There may be no better purpose for a passion fruit than a cocktail. This passion fruit mojito is fragrant and delicious and is best served on a remote island, with waterfalls, flamingos preening on the shore, dolphins frolicking in the shoreline and handsome island people playing ukuleles on the beach. If that is not possible, the drink stands on its own as a little mini-vacay.

MEXICAN MULE COCKTAIL

WITH NO COMMENTS

Mexican Mules are a variation of the always delicious Moscow Mule. Made with tequila, fresh lime juice, simple syrup and ginger beer, these cocktails are the perfect summer thirst-quencher. Take your Mexican Mules up a notch and add one of our Tequila Lime Boozy Pops as an edible garnish.

SEARED AHI NICOISE SALAD WITH ROASTED VEGETABLES

WITH 4 COMMENTS

A twist on traditional Nicoise Salad, this dish uses lightly seared ahi instead of canned tuna and oven-roasted potatoes and beans instead of boiled potatoes and steamed beans. The result is a salad for dinner that is suitable for either a weeknight meal or casual entertaining.

GOOMBAY SMASH

WITH 8 COMMENTS

The Goombay Smash is the ubiquitous cocktail of the Bahamas. Rum-rich and tropical fruit-forward, this thirst quencher will put you in an island mindset no matter where you are.

MANGO, PINEAPPLE & COCONUT PAVLOVA CAKE

WITH NO COMMENTS

There may not be a dessert I love more than pavlova. Crisp meringue, lots of fresh fruit, and a little whipped cream. How can you go wrong? The history behind…

GOLDEN MILK TURMERIC LATTE