This is my favorite way to make chili! I’ve experimented with many different recipes for vegetarian chili over the years and I always come back to this one, there’s just something about the smoky chipotle combined with the sweetness of the sweet potato. This recipe as written makes a mild chili, but you can easily
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When the weather starts to get colder… well, this soup just feels like a warm hug. This yummy soup recipe was given to me by a friend and I’ve become obsessed! I have to say that my favorite thing about it is that you just throw everything in a Crock-Pot and walk away, it’s ready
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For most of my adult life my father lived more than a thousand miles away. Shortly after I graduated high school he and my mother divorced and he moved away. My childhood memories of baking in the kitchen with him I’ll cherish forever. Everyone that knew my father knew of his decadent desserts. So in
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Beignet (pronounced Ben-yay) is basically the French word for doughnut. Traditionally they are drowned in powdered sugar but since it’s fall I was in the mood for a bit more spice. So I’ve coated these in a cinnamon sugar mixture and they were fantastic. Beignets are great anytime of the day, but I like them
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This is my take on the Chinese dish ‘Eggplant with Garlic Sauce’. This was my go-to order from the local Chinese restaurant back in my home town, but since we moved the Chinese restaurants near me now don’t do eggplant. Over the years my recipe has changed as I’ve tweaked it again and again, most
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This is a traditional Sicilian pasta dish that was named after Bellini’s opera Norma. It’s made with eggplant, tomatoes, garlic, Parmesan cheese, and basil. It’s so simple and soooooo satisfying. Ingredients: 2-3 eggplants (depending on size) 1 pound dried pasta of choice, I’m using penne rigate 3 cloves garlic 1/4 cup olive oil 1 (6-ounce)
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If you’re a fan of hummus you have to try this Beetroot Hummus. I usually stick to traditional Hummus, but I picked up this lovely bunch of beets at the Farmers Market and since my kids won’t eat beets any other way Roasted Beetroot Hummus it is! *Careful when working with beets because they will
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This Oatmeal Bread is super easy to throw together and makes a beautiful rustic loaf. It makes great Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches. As written this recipe is vegan, but if your not vegan you can use a more traditional egg wash or swap out the brown sugar for honey. Ingredients: 3 cups Flour 1
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Veggie Broth is so easy to make and when you make it yourself you always know what’s in it! Here I’m going to show you how I make a tasty veggie broth from scraps. This particular broth is not vegan because I added a parmesan cheese rind. But obviously, if you’re vegan you probably don’t
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So in the beginning of this pandemic I panic bought a 5lb bag of corn flour because all of my local grocery stores were out of flour. I’m laughing at myself now in hindsight. So this is one of the recipes that it works in. But if you have cornmeal use that! -there’s no need
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Ingredients: 2 cups sugar (*to cut back on some of the sugar you can replace some or all of it with applesauce, but treat applesauce as a wet ingredient) 1 3/4 cups flour 3/4 cup cocoa powder 1 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 cup milk (I used
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Ingredients: 1 head of Broccoli cut into florets 1 head of Cauliflower cut into florets 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil Juice of half a lemon (2-3 Tbsp) 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 tsp Italian seasoning 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp ground black pepper 1/8 tsp red pepper flakes (optional) Instructions: Preheat oven to 425°
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My kids love hummus. In fact, just about every kid I know loves hummus! This recipe makes a big batch of hummus, equivalent to about 6 of those containers you can buy prepackaged in the grocery store, perfect for potlucks or play dates! If that sounds like too much, you can easily half the recipe.
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My kids LOVE chips. Sure, they prefer greasy salty chips out of a bag from a gas station and sometimes I’ll get them those chips. But sometimes I’ll make them kale chips! It’s also a great way to sneak in extra veggies disguised as “junk food”. This recipe is really more of a guide on
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Mmmmmmm this is another one of my favorite staples to have in the fridge. Peppers, specifically red peppers, can be a bit pricey so I keep an eye out for sales at the grocery stores and/or stock up when they are in season at the Farmer’s Market. I prefer to have these over the store
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I can’t emphasis enough how I love the smell of freshly baked bread. I remember the first time I attempted a yeast bread recipe that required 2 rises and thinking “OMG this is taking FOREVER!” But now I’m a little older, and a little wiser so I start my breads first thing in the morning.
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I never seem to be able to predict how many bananas my family is going to eat in a week. Some weeks I’ll buy a bunch of bananas (usually 8 or so in the bunch) and they are gone in 2 days, other weeks no one touches them and they’ve turned mostly brown at the
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Ingredients: 2 eggplants 3 eggs beaten 3 cups Italian seasoned breadcrumbs jar of your favorite tomato sauce (note: You will use a whole jar of sauce in assembling this Eggplant Parmesan, so if you intend to serve it up with some pasta and sauce on the side you’ll need 2 jars of sauce.) 16 oz
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This Crispy Fried Tofu recipe pairs well with a multitude of sauces. My favorite is General Tso sauce but you could just as easily serve it up with some teriyaki sauce, or sweet and sour sauce, or BBQ sauce, or ketchup! (I won’t judge.) That’s the wonderful thing about tofu it’s such a blank slate.
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This is another staple in my kitchen. I switch it up a bit sometimes with different noodles (Fettuccine is a favorite obviously) and I’ll skip the broccoli all together sometimes and use frozen vegetarian meatballs or even shrimp. It’s really all about the sauce! Once you’ve made your own Alfredo Sauce from scratch you’ll never
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With St Patty’s day coming up I thought I’d share my super easy beer bread recipe. This beer bread will taste best with beer that you like, it’s really a personal preference. In my opinion darker beers make a better bread, but if you drink light beer that works too! Or if you don’t like
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I love winter squash, weather it be pumpkin, acorn squash, butternut squash, or even spaghetti squash. Typically I like to roast and stuff my acorn squash, because simply cut in half and roasted acorn squash make perfect bowls begging to be stuffed. But for some reason I have had these 2 acorn squash siting, judgingly,
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I like to buy my kale prepackaged, it just saves so much time. It’s already triple washed, cut, and ready to eat. I have bought big bunches of kale from Farmers Markets and Grocery Stores and it costs significantly less but I still go for the bagged stuff, it’s totally worth it. Kale is so
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I absolutely love thin crispy New York style pizza. The problem with that dough is it takes at least 24 hours. This Fast Pizza Crust recipe can have pizza on the table in about an hour from start to finish. It’s a thicker dough somewhere between New York style and a Sicilian, and it has
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Traditional Belgian waffles call for separating eggs and beating the egg whites until stiff peaks form… and that just seems like so much work. This has become my go-to waffle recipe, you can mix it up by using strawberries instead of blueberries (or chocolate chips! or chopped bananas!) and you can even play around with
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There’s nothing quite like fresh homemade bread. I just love the aroma of a good yeasty dough along with the warmth that fills the house while it’s baking, it’s comforting. As written this recipe makes amazing rolls great for sandwiches or burgers. You can easily half the recipe or make small dinner rolls that would
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This is how I sneak extra vegatables into my kids!! I make this bread a lot throughout the year. It’s especially great for using up extra zucchini from the garden or when it’s in season and they’re practically giving it away at the farmers market (…who am I kidding I don’t have a garden). You
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Necessity is the mother of invention… During a snowy winter morning, I found myself in the dilemma of making pancakes, and missing some ingredients (like eggs). Hubby and I scrambled to find a new recipe. After some internet research, modifications, tweaks and repeated testing, I believe we’ve got a seriously formidable (and totally vegan) version
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