Happy Saturday. It’s somehow still cold in New York City, so I’ll be staying inside in protest until temperatures rise. Thankfully, I have plenty to keep me busy, like this LEGO set (not a sentence I saw coming). It’s a collab with my go-to flower company, and the finished pieces are bookshelf-worthy. But also...
I’m debating whether I can pull off the coolest hairstyle right now: the BLSB (good luck figuring out what it stands for). It’ll be a stretch, but my millennial heart is already booked for a consultation.
I’ll start the final season of my favorite comedy series. I’m not ready to say goodbye to these lovable and badly behaved characters, but at least the reviews promise a “fantastically funny farewell.”
I’ll make my way through Easter’s Most Polarizing Candy™ — which I hoarded purely because it was half price. I’ve apparently been eating it wrong my entire life, but TBD if I’ve been missing out.
I keep spotting people wearing this denim style, featuring a detail you’ll either love or hate. I thought I was Team Hard Pass, but the more I see it, the more I think I love (and need) it.
There’s No Such Thing as Making This Simple Yet Impressive Salmon Bowl Once
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We don’t have to convince you of the brilliance that is a rice bowl. They’re easy. They’re reliable. They require little thought. But somewhere around bowl 47, they start to feel the same. That is, until you try Pinch of Yum’s Chipotle Salmon with Orange Salsa and Aji Verde. In this low-effort, high-reward meal, salmon is smothered in a chipotle brown-sugar rub, then baked in the oven — so it’s mostly hands-off and virtually impossible to mess up. Even better? The flaky fish gets paired with fluffy rice, a vibrant orange salsa-salad situation, and a punchy aji verde that’s so good, a commenter swore she could “lick that sauce off of my shoe and love it.” We wouldn’t recommend doing that, but we would recommend doubling the recipe.
The Time Commitment: Approximately 40 minutes.
Key Tips: If you’re in the “cilantro tastes like soap” camp (our sincere apologies), use chives instead. Also, for a lighter aji verde, swap mayo with Greek yogurt.
Other Takes: For more never-boring rice bowls, try…
Mojo Meatballs. All the zippy, garlicky goodness of the classic Hispanic sauce + oven-baked meatballs = a weeknight dream come true.
Korean Beef Bowls. Sure, you could go out for Korean BBQ. Or you could make this easy, protein-packed dinner in 20 minutes.
Sticky Miso Salmon Bowl. Essentially, an elevated pantry salmon recipe with 13,000 five-star reviews — including one that claims it “cured my depression.” Sold.
