Whole Wheat Pancakes with Oats
Whole Wheat Pancakes with Oats are everything you want in a breakfast—comforting, hearty, and just a little bit healthy. They’re fluffy, thanks to buttermilk, but...
Minestrone Soup with Rice and White Beans
EIt’s about time I added a traditional minestrone soup recipe to this blog. Minestrone is a hearty Italian vegetable soup made with a tomato-y...
Mediterranean Chicken Skillet
Let me start out by saying I love these flavors! Oregano marinated chicken breasts, braised together with Mediterranean flavors of sun-dried tomatoes, kalamata olives,...
Spinach and Ricotta Stuffed Shells
Spinach and ricotta stuffed shells are an easy and flavorful dinner for any night of the week! The jumbo shells are stuffed with ricotta,...
Sweet Potato Peanut Stew with Coconut & Spinach
This sweet potato peanut stew is a wonderful combination of nourishing vegetables in a delicious coconut sauce spiced with turmeric and cumin, then topped...
Roasted Sweet Potato Quinoa Salad with Arugula
This roasted sweet potato quinoa salad is filling, fresh and simply delicious. It's nourishing, sweet, crunchy and tangy combination of fluffy quinoa, tender roasted...
Purple Cauliflower Salad with Caper-Lemon-Dressing
Purple cauliflower. Is it not beautiful? And you may be thinking “is this really natural?”. Yes, it is! As part of the Brassicaceae family,...
Crunchy Beet and Carrot Slaw
Loaded with color, texture and crunch. That's this candy cane beet and carrot slaw is. It is beautifully colored, bright-tasting and nutritious. Yes, there...
Free-Form Spinach Pie
This spinach pie is one of my all-time favorite comfort food meals -- one I have been making for years. It's easy to throw...
Giant White Beans and Fresh Tomato Sauce
This dish with giant white beans and fresh tomato sauce has got to be the easiest thing to put together while on holiday. Especially...
Lamb Paella with Fennel, Artichokes and Tomato
It's easy to be inspired by Yotam Ottolenghi. And this lamb paella recipe was definitely inspired by his cookbook Plenty which is a compilation...
Bird’s Nest Cookies
Bird's nest cookies (also called thumbprint cookies) are one of those classic holiday baking cookies that remind you of why homemade baking is just...
Pasta with Heirloom Tomatoes, Anchovies, Capers & Olives
The best thing about this ridiculously easy pasta dish is that it packs a ton of fresh flavor. The key is sweet, ripe summer...
Spring Radish Salad with Orange, Mint & Pine Nuts
With the abundance of fresh local spring radishes picked at their height of freshness and flavor, I’ve been trying to think of other ways...
Baked Tortelloni with Italian Sausage (Salsiccia)
Do you ever get a craving for lasagna, and start thinking of the different steps involved in putting it together and remember how much...
Traditional Wiener Schnitzel (Viennese Veal Cutlet)
The true origin of Wiener schnitzel may very well not be Vienna but the Viennese are indeed proud to say that it belongs to...
Asian-Style Broccoli Salad
A simple asian-style broccoli salad tossed in a miso-infused dressing with crunchy toasted almonds. Simple Japanese ingredients like soy sauce, rice vinegar and shiro...
Blackberry and Avocado Salad
There's a new lettuce in town - it's called Salanova! I discovered it at the farmer's market last week. It was so pretty, I...
Cauliflower Soup with Ras el Hanout & Coconut Milk
This Moroccan influenced cauliflower soup is a delicious example of how simple vegetable soups can be so tasty. Cauliflower is of course the star,...
Vegetarian Black Bean Chili
A vegetarian black bean chili is one of those tried and true comfort food meals. It’s a crowd-pleasing, feel-good and ultra-cozy one-pot dish. Roasted...
