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This is my very own Julie and Julia moment! I haven’t been this excited about a cookbook EVER, and Half Baked Harvest Super Simple by Tieghan Gerard has become my newest hyperfocus! I love cookbooks because they encompass three things I passionately love - books, food, and photography. I can’t wait to cook my way through this book and see how my cooking and photography skills grow!

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Recently Made Recipes

Jun 28, 2022 Curried Thai Spring Roll Lettuce Wrap Jun 28, 2022 Jun 28, 2022 Jun 7, 2022 Pomegranate-Braised Short Ribs with Sweet Potato Mash Jun 7, 2022 Jun 7, 2022 May 18, 2022 Herb-and-Garlic Pull-Apart Rolls May 18, 2022 May 18, 2022 May 17, 2022 Garden Basil Pepperoni Pizza May 17, 2022 May 17, 2022 May 13, 2022 Grown-Up Tomato-Parmesan Pasta May 13, 2022 May 13, 2022 May 3, 2022 Baked Coconut-Curry Meatballs May 3, 2022 May 3, 2022 May 1, 2022 Coconut Carrot Cake May 1, 2022 May 1, 2022 Apr 7, 2022 Jerusalem-Style Egg & Cheese Bagel with Green Zhug Apr 7, 2022 Apr 7, 2022 Mar 12, 2022 Quick Filipino Adobo Mar 12, 2022 Mar 12, 2022 Mar 1, 2022 Sage Chicken and Potatoes Mar 1, 2022 Mar 1, 2022 Jan 21, 2022 Crispy Chicken Khao Soi Noodle Soup Jan 21, 2022 Jan 21, 2022 Jan 18, 2022 White Wine-Braised Chicken with Artichokes and Orzo Jan 18, 2022 Jan 18, 2022 Jan 17, 2022 Golden Butternut Squash Soup Jan 17, 2022 Jan 17, 2022 Jan 14, 2022 Coconut Chicken Tikka Masala Jan 14, 2022 Jan 14, 2022 Jan 14, 2022 French Onion Soup Jan 14, 2022 Jan 14, 2022 Jan 12, 2022 Jerk Chicken (not shrimp) & Mango Salsa Rice Bowl Jan 12, 2022 Jan 12, 2022 Jan 7, 2022 Salsa Verde and Brown Rice Chicken Tortilla Soup Jan 7, 2022 Jan 7, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Beef Bourguignon Dec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 Autumn Harvest Salad Dec 15, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 Dec 8, 2021 Five-Ingredient Hazelnut Brownies Dec 8, 2021 Dec 8, 2021 Nov 16, 2021 Pumpkin and Oregano-Butter Gnocchi Nov 16, 2021 Nov 16, 2021 Nov 15, 2021 Slow-Cooker Tuscan Beef and White Bean Ragu Nov 15, 2021 Nov 15, 2021 Nov 9, 2021 Spinach and Artichoke Mac-and-Cheese Bake Nov 9, 2021 Nov 9, 2021 Oct 25, 2021 Instant Chicken Gumbo Oct 25, 2021 Oct 25, 2021 Oct 21, 2021 Chewy Browned-Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Oct 21, 2021 Oct 21, 2021 Oct 19, 2021 Honeycrisp Apple Bourbon Smash Cocktail Oct 19, 2021 Oct 19, 2021 Oct 15, 2021 Maple-Cinnamon Acorn Squash Oct 15, 2021 Oct 15, 2021 Oct 10, 2021 Harvest Butternut Squash & Apple Pizza Oct 10, 2021 Oct 10, 2021

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Half Baked Harvest

If you’ve never heard of Half Baked Harvest or Tieghan Gerard, allow me to enlighten you. Tieghan has a wildly successful food blog, halfbakedharvest.com, that got her featured in wildly popular magazines and networks, which lead to two best-selling cookbooks - Half Baked Harvest, and Half Baked Harvest Super Simple.

Tieghan’s Instagram page is what first caught my attention and I knew she was a foodie after my own heart. I immediately purchased both her cookbooks and was AMAZED to discover that I wanted to cook every single recipe in both books. That has never happened before - I like other cookbooks but usually only cook about 15% of the recipes. I was blown away as I flipped through the pages, and I quickly realized that I was giddy with excitement and incredibly motivated and inspired!

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My Game Plan

My plan is to cook every recipe from the Super Simple cookbook, with the exception of the shellfish recipes. I have a BUNCH of food allergies, so I’ll also be making modifications along the way.

Additionally, I really want to get better at food photography, so I plan to use this as an opportunity to learn how to plate and photograph food like a true professional.

I won’t be putting a timeline on myself. Life is busy and I don’t want to burn myself out. Plus, I’m too excited about this to turn it into a chore.

Since I bought all of Tieghan’s books, I’ll be throwing in some of the other recipes as well, but my primary focus will be on Super Simple. I’ll be sharing my finished products, along with snippets about the recipes on how they turned out!

I can’t wait to see how much I’ve learned at the end of this adventure. Wish me luck!

what I’ve Made So Far

View fullsize 01 - Lemon Pesto Pasta with Balsamic Brussel Sprouts View fullsize 02 - Garlic-Butter Ramen View fullsize 03 - Butter-Roasted Tomato Soup with Honey’d Brie Grilled Cheese View fullsize 04 - Egg-in-a-Hole View fullsize 05 - Blueberry Lemon Pull-Apart Bread View fullsize 06 - Sheet Pan Cuban Steak with Chimichurri View fullsize 07 - Blackberry Lavender Buckle View fullsize 08 - The Meanest, Greenest Pizza View fullsize 09 - Everyday Pancake Mix View fullsize 10 - Sun-Dried Tomato Turkey Meatball Bake View fullsize 11 - No-Knead Bread or Pizza View fullsize 12 - Breaded Lemon Chicken with Burst Cherry Tomatoes View fullsize 13 - Everything Bagel Salad View fullsize 14 - Ricotta Grape Toast View fullsize 15 - Sesame-Orange Chicken View fullsize 16 - Penne Alla Vodka View fullsize 17 - Paprika Rubbed "Rotisserie" Chicken View fullsize 18 - Browned Sage-Butter Chicken Pot Pie View fullsize 19 - Harvest Butternut Squash & Apple Pizza View fullsize 20 - Maple-Cinnamon Acorn Squash View fullsize 21 - Honeycrisp Apple Bourbon Smash Cocktail View fullsize 22 - Chewy Browned-Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies View fullsize 23 - Instant Chicken Gumbo View fullsize 24 - Spinach and Artichoke Mac-and-Cheese Bake View fullsize 25 - Slow-Cooker Tuscan Beef and White Bean Ragu View fullsize 26 - Pumpkin and Oregano-Butter Gnocchi View fullsize 27 - Five-Ingredient Hazelnut Brownies View fullsize 28 - Autumn Harvest Salad View fullsize 29 - Beef Bourguignon View fullsize 30 - Salsa Verde and Brown Rice Chicken Tortilla Soup View fullsize 31 - Jerk Chicken (not shrimp) & Mango Salsa Rice Bowl View fullsize 32 - French Onion Soup View fullsize 33 - Coconut Chicken Tikka Masala View fullsize 34 - Golden Butternut Squash Soup View fullsize 35 - White Wine-Braised Chicken with Artichokes and Orzo View fullsize 36 - Crispy Chicken Khao Soi Noodle Soup View fullsize 37 - Sage Chicken and Potatoes View fullsize 38 - Quick Filipino Adobo View fullsize 39 - Jerusalem-Style Egg & Cheese Bagel with Green Zhug View fullsize 40 - Coconut Carrot Cake View fullsize 41 - Baked Coconut-Curry Meatballs View fullsize 42 - Grown-Up Tomato-Parmesan Pasta View fullsize 43 - Garden Basil Pepperoni Pizza View fullsize 44 - Herb & Garlic Pull-Apart Rolls View fullsize 45 - Pomegranate-Braised Short Ribs View fullsize 46 - curried thai spring roll lettuce wraps