Make-Ahead Recipes
Smoked Paprika Aioli
This 5-ingredient sauce is made bright and light through the addition of Greek yogurt and lime juice, while two simple spices add singular, smoky flavor. You won’t believe how easy and versatile it is! My first introduction to paprika came as a young girl while helping my mom make deviled eggs. She always topped…
Easy Chicken Fajitas
These flavor-packed wraps come together in a snap and always garner rave reviews. As an option, serve the chicken fajita mixture over rice or salad greens. Week to week, I find myself falling back on easy Mexican-inspired recipes for a variety of reasons. Tex-Mex cuisine often begins with a foundation of convenient pantry staples…
Simple Vanilla Syrup
A deliciously easy (and economical) way to sweeten homemade iced coffee, lattes, and a variety of other drinks and desserts. For basic simple syrup, simply omit the vanilla. Have you ever added sugar to a glass of iced tea, stirred vigorously to dissolve it, only to find a puddle of semi-dissolved granules at the…
Green Goat Grilled Sandwich
A recreation of a customer favorite at a local restaurant, this recipe is the best combination of crisp salad and crunchy sandwich. Sometimes good things just keep getting better. Last week, I reported that Tom + Chee will be featuring my recipe for Cannellini Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Dippers throughout the month of April. The exciting…
Green Goat Salad with White Balsamic Vinaigrette
A remake of a restaurant favorite, this satisfying salad hits all the right flavor notes. Add a protein of choice to make it a complete meal. How many times do you enjoy a restaurant meal only to crave it at home? Quite a few recipes on this blog are recreations of menu offerings that lingered…
Cannellini Tomato Soup… with Grilled Cheese Croutons or Dippers
The unexpected addition of a simple can of cannellini beans provides protein and added creaminess when pureed into the soup…and nobody ever knows it’s there. Whether served with grilled cheese croutons or dippers, what kid (or adult) wouldn’t love it? Plus it’s easy to make with basic, inexpensive, pantry items. You may be wondering how…
Cheesy Cauliflower “Flatbread”
In the past few years, cauliflower has been reinvented in so many ways. Thanks to its low carb count and subtle flavor, this healthy cruciferous vegetable has been successfully morphed into healthy-yet-creamy mashed “potatoes” and surprisingly delicious pizza crust. When my friend Sonali asked me to review her cookbook, Natural Pregnancy Cookbook, one of the first things…
Lemon Dijon Kale Salad with Sweet Potatoes & Apples
With a combination of creamy, crunchy, and crisp ingredients, this wholesome salad is sure to satisfy, and leftovers hold up well. For a protein-rich complete meal, top with grilled or roasted chicken or salmon－or white beans or seared tofu for complementary meatless alternatives. Every fall, when the days start to grow shorter and colder, I sell…
Loaded Baked Potato Frittata
Fashioned after a favorite side dish, this frittata is deliciously satisfying unadorned, although the bell pepper “shamrocks” add a whimsical nod to St. Patrick’s Day. ☘️ Kids are sometimes faulted for playing with their food. Even as an adult, I can’t always resist the temptation. I haven’t conducted any scientific studies, but I’m pretty…
Homemade Seasoned Salt
So often it’s the simple things made with run-of-the-mill pantry items that serve us best in the kitchen. Thanks to their ease, versatility, and great flavor, staples like classic balsamic vinaigrette, basic marinara, homemade Bisquick, and aptly-named “everything” sauce have found their way into many recipes in my kitchen and throughout this blog. An amped up salt fits nicely…
No-Bake Refrigerator Peanut Butter Oat Squares
A wholesome, no-bake recipe with peanut butter and chocolate (what’s not to love?), these chewy bars never last long! Since my kids were little, one of their favorite lunchbox treats has been a chewy peanut butter chocolate chip granola bar. What’s not to like? With their convenient portable packaging and ever-growing assortment of flavors,…
Not-Mushy Oatmeal (aka Chewy Granola)
This tasty, toasty twist on the usual bowl of stovetop oatmeal may be served hot or cold with your favorite milk. Or layer it with yogurt and fresh fruit for a satisfying breakfast parfait. Did you ever think a bowl of stovetop oatmeal could look like this? I mean, you can actually…
