Buffalo Chicken Kale Salad Recipe

Bella Breakdown Fall is here with winter right around the corner meaning one thing, the holidays are coming. Luckily we discovered the perfect salad for any holiday get together that is sure to have your friends asking for the recipe. As the weather gets colder, people tend to focus more on warm meals (and less on salads). This recipe uses buffalo sauce with the chicken to give the salad a bit of heat in the flavor. This recipe for a kale salad with buffalo chicken is sure to warm you up, while eating a healthy serving of protein with...

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DIY Kahlúa®

Bella Breakdown With caffeinated cocktails continuing to pick up steam in bars and in coffee shops across the country, we take matters into our own hands and make our own coffee – infused liqueur. It’s sweet, only three ingredients and will leave you with the perfect buzz. To make this delicious concoction: 1. Put 8 ounces of cracked coffee into a carafe 2. Add 750 mL of Armagnac 3. Allow to steep for 48 hours 4. Strain into a pot and heat the solution over medium heat 5. Add 1 3/4 cups of demerara sugar 6. Stir for 45...

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An Easy & Impressive New Take on Smoked Salmon

Bella Breakdown There’s moments left before you need finger food on your table-clothed buffet and nothing’s done cooking! Not to worry, this fresh take on smoked salmon is here to save the day. Just pick up some large hard pretzel sticks, and a package of quality smoked salmon, slice thinly and wrap around the pretzels. That’s all there is to it. Let the sweet, smokey flavor and the salmon against the crunchy, salty taste of the pretzels do all the work for you and enjoy your shindig as much as your guests are enjoying these tasty treats! So forget...

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Spring Cocktail: Herb Gimlet

Bella Breakdown This delicious celebration of spring highlights all that’s fresh and now at the farmer’s markets and our favorite part of the dinning room, the bar cart. Start with the simple syrup by combining equal parts sugar and water in a pan on medium heat, stirring together with a few sprigs of mint, lemon thyme, tarragon, and some lemon zest. After about five minutes everything will have dissolved and your simple syrup will be ready to give any cocktail a fresh spring flavor. Transfer it to a bowl to cool and move onto the mixology department. Fill your...

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