The Weekend Dish: 7/12/2025
Hello and happy mid-July to you!
It’s hard to believe that the summer is about half over; I’m determined to make the most of the rest of the kids’ break from school. Which is to say, more time at the pool, a relatively light schedule, slow days, and more ice cream cones :)
I hope you have a great summer weekend!
On Brown Eyed Baker This Week
My Prime Day Picks – A list of many of my favorite things; items we use day in and day out in our house that we love! (And a quick note that I saved all of Prime Day purchases here if you want to browse.)
Friday Things #579 – Slow summer days, Prime day items, Emily Henry books, a St. Augustine quote, a couple of interesting links, a pup’s birthday, and more…
Top 5 Most Popular Posts This Week:
1. Copycat Chipotle Chicken Recipe
Most Popular Product Shares This Week:
1. Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro – Our most-used small kitchen appliance, hands down. We use it every single day, multiple times a day. We’ve had one of these for over 12 years now!
2. Dreamsky Alarm Clocks – This is the clock all of our kids have in their rooms (and they brought them on vacation!); the time sets automatically, adjusts for DST, you can adjust the brightness, it shows the day, date, temperature, etc. and the alarm function is easy to set – Dominic figured it out himself. Our kids use these, but they would be great for anyone.
3. Rubbermaid Brilliance Glass Food Storage Containers – I replaced most of our plastic tupperware with these glass containers a few years ago and I love them so, so much.
4. Smart Bird Feeder – We got my father-in-law one of these for his birthday earlier this year and my husband was so enamored with it that I got HIM one for HIS birthday shortly thereafter. We all love this; it’s so fun to see the different types of birds that show up!
5. Weekly Planner Notepad – I bought this in November because, even though we have and use a Google calendar, apparently, if I don’t look at it, I forget what’s going on. This has been SO helpful, I fill it out each week and put it on the fridge. It’s also been great because the kids have always routinely asked “what do we have tomorrow?” or “is there anything going on after school today”? Now it’s all right there, and they look at it every day and know who has a practice or after-school activity, doctor’s appointment, or anything else. I LOVE this!
6. Jigsaw Puzzle Board – We use this puzzle board all year long; I love to always have a puzzle going and it draws the kids in, too! I love that this has drawers for organizing pieces.
7. Silicone Dough Mat – I LOVE having a big dedicated silicone mat just for rolling out dough and the one I have has the measurement markings both along the edges and in circles in the middle, perfect for pies, cut-out sugar cookies, pizza dough, and any pastry dough. Can’t recommend this enough!
8. Nordic Ware Extra Large Baking Pans – I use these pans more than any others in my kitchen. They are jumbo-sized pans, which means they can fit more cookies, more meat or potatoes for roasting, etc. I actually just bought another set of two a month ago for bigger batches of cookies.
9. Dishwasher Cleaner – I use this monthly to keep the inside of our dishwasher clean and free of buildup (remember to check and clean the filter, too!).
10. Cole & Mason Salt and Pepper Mills – We recently bought this set for ourselves as we were badly in need of replacing our salt and pepper shakers. These are a bit of a splurge, but they’re gorgeous and would also make a fabulous gift!
This Time in Years Past…
These recipes hit the site during this same week in previous years…
2024: Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
2023: Best Ever Potato Salad / Homemade Blueberry Jam
2021: Classic Pesto
2020: Fresh Blueberry Pie / Dill Pickles / Fruit Pizza
2019: Southern Banana Pudding
2017: Banana-Chocolate Chip Snack Cake / Boston Cream Cupcakes
2016: Fancy Coleslaw / Wacky Cake / Symphony Bars
2015: Coconut Bundt Cake with White Chocolate-Coconut Glaze / Dark Chocolate Chip & Walnut Banana Bread / Flourless Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Oat Bars / Chocolate Cake with Whipped Mocha Ganache Frosting
2014: Pizza Burgers / Chocolate-Peanut Butter Banana Cream Pie with Pretzel Crust
2013: Fresh Peach Ice Cream / Blueberry Buckle / Tomato Mozzarella Tart / Toasted Coconut Dark Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream
2012: Banana Split Ice Cream Cake / Homemade Butterscotch Sauce / Hot Corn and Cheese Dip / Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread / Filled Raisin Cookies
2011: S’mores Cupcakes / Malted Milk Ice Cream
2009: White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies / Tin Roof Ice Cream
2008: Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread / Pasta Fagioli
2007: Breakfast Scones
What I Bookmarked This Week
I prepped this chopped BBQ ranch chicken salad for myself this week (with a few modifications based on what I had) and I looooooooved it. Super filling and tasty.
Crispy fried pickle dip, yesssss!
Love that this party pasta salad includes some actual greens.
How good is the sugar topping on his berry cake?
I think this crispy smashed potato salad might be next week’s lunches!
Have a delicious weekend!
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