I have a core collection of recipes on the site that have been my staples over the years. I've realized that egg skillets and egg bakes top the list. In particular, this recipe for smoked paprika red potatoes and egg bake has stood the test of time. Whether I'm cooking for myself or my family,...
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Cauliflower Stir fry with Quinoa
| Disclosure: This recipe was created for Ancient Harvest. See below for more details. | In terms of kitchen equipment, I like to err on the side of minimal. I keep a few kitchen gadgets (primarily waffle maker, food processor, and stand mixer) but for the most part, I love recipes that use a pan, maybe...
Spinach Bisque
My favorite soup, hands down.
Chipotle Sweet Potato Tacos with Black Beans and Guacamole
And the addiction to sweet potato and chipotle continues...
Amaranth Porridge with Roasted Pears
This post is in partnership with The National Milk Life Campaign. See below for more details. I think one the hardest things to do when you have a baby is to tune out everyone else. There is advice, stories, and everything in between. It's easy to get your hopes up or your fears churning, just...
Roasted Red Kuri Squash with Cannellini Bean and Spinach Salad
To follow up from the delicata squash tacos I posted on Saturday, I wanted to share another (different) squash recipe. I think it's easy to get blinded by the shear amount of butternut squash and pumpkin recipes out there when really, there's a wide scope of delicious squash. Red kuri squash may look like a...
Pumpkin Pancakes with Brown Butter and Pecans
Recipe originally posted on October 8th, 2013. Last updated on October 11th, 2015.
Delicata Squash Tacos with Black Beans
Since Mack was born, M and I talk a lot about where we see ourselves settling down for the long haul. We've made it a goal to hopefully decide by the time Mack is in first grade, which gives us some time. I've always had my heart set on Colorado. The Rockies have always felt...
Turmeric Cauliflower Egg Skillet
I love whipping up lunches that have no recipe and sharing them on Instagram. Sometimes, I use it as a metric for what I should post on this site. If I post a meal to Instagram and it's not popular, it most likely won't ever see the blog. (Unless I love it, of course. Then...
Curried Pumpkin Soup with Coconut
Having just made this roasted red pepper curry soup, I wanted to bring this recipe back because it's one of my favorite curry recipes. I love roasted whole pumpkin this time of year and any leftovers of the pumpkin can be used to make The Fauxmartha's maple pumpkin latte syrup (it's become my afternoon treat)....
Pickled Carrot and Hummus Sandwich
| Disclosure: This recipe was created for Dave's Killer Bread. See below for more details. | In the short time since Mack was born, I've been thinking a lot about my own childhood in relationship to what I'd love for him to experience. I think back through all the family vacations and road tips (with...
Pear Crisp
A Week in Meals | October
We've hit my favorite month of the year. It's the time of year when I pull out all my warm sweaters, dust off the boots, and prepare an absurd amount of sweet potato and squash recipes. In Sacramento, the heat begins to break as temperatures settled down into the 80's and by the end of...
Cheddar Cauliflower Gratin with Roasted Garlic
Originally posted on October 15th, 2012. Updated last on September 27th, 2015.
Roasted Broccoli Peanut Noodles
Black Bean Tostadas with Chipotle Butternut Squash
Recipe originally published on September 28th, 2012. Last updated on September 20th, 2015. I am always fascinated by my changing taste. There are so many foods I love now but as a child, I wouldn't have touched with a ten foot pole. Looking back, I was an extremely picky eater. Then again, I was also...
Ginger Carrot Salad with Quinoa
| Disclosure: This recipe was created for Ancient Harvest. See below for more details. | On occasion, one fail in the kitchen can turn into something very unexpected. Take for example, this salad. The shredded carrots started at as a filling for a stuffed pepper. My goal had been to have a breakfast pepper, complete with...
Cauliflower Cakes with Brown Rice and Cheddar
In the grand scheme of vegetarian meals, I don't think one can ever have too many recipes for veggie burgers, cakes, and/or patties. Really, they are all similar but each can have it's own role. Ever since I stumbled upon this recipe on Sprouted Kitchen, it's become a staple in many, many forms as a...
Breakfast Quesadillas with Bell Peppers
I'm often asked, now that it's been a couple of years, whether or not I'm glad I moved to California. I go through my now well-rehearsed spiel that while I miss my family in Illinois, California is pretty amazing (and hopefully stays amazing, we need rain!) I list off all the places that one can...
Roasted Potato Pizza with Goat Cheese
Recipe originally posted on August 20th, 2012. Last updated on September 13th, 2015. Sometimes I have huge failures in the kitchen. There are times when flavorings are off, things don't cook right, or the whole thing just seems kind of blah. These are the many (and I do mean many) meals that don't make it...
Baby Broccoli Frittata with Feta
Baby broccoli (also known as broccolini) is one of those items that grabs my attention at the store/market from time to time. It's not broccoli but rather a hybrid of broccoli and kai-lan (Chinese broccoli or Chinese Kale). The result is something that looks like broccoli but is more tender and has a slightly more...
Chickpea Curry with Cauliflower
For me, the key to eating a lot of vegetables is to spice them up. For example, I love cauliflower by itself. But adding a bit of spice can transform it! It becomes something completely different (and slightly magical). In fact, it takes a meal from "Oh, this vegan" to "Oh, this is delicious." As a result, adding...
Ricotta Cake with Mixed Berries
A rather short post as we head into the holiday weekend. I ended up staying Illinois for a week longer than I intended, but we're on our way back to California today. Mack has been such a trooper through the whole process and I've taken away one thing: this little boy loves to be out...
Pesto Potato Skillet
Originally Posted on August 29th, 2012. Last updated on August 30th, 2015. Breakfast. As I get older, I tend to realize small things that make my life great. Things like not using an alarm clock (I have a dog for that), withdrawing from pop culture (I had to look up what YOLO meant and the first...
Roasted Potatoes with Harissa
I have my weaknesses and potatoes top that list. I'm often the girl that orders/makes a perfectly good salad but will tack on an order of fries. I don't discriminate either, any kind of potato will do- red, sweet, gold, russet. Each has a use in my kitchen. This recipe for roasted potatoes is a...
Quinoa Granola
| Disclosure: This recipe was created for Ancient Harvest. See below for more details. | For most meals, I like a bit of unpredictability. My lunches are usually off the cuff with whatever I have in the house while my dinners are a bit more planned, but are still usually a trial run or test of...
Roasted Tomato Salsa
Roasted salsa may be the best ever!
Vegetarian Sweet Corn Recipes for Summer
I am about to jump on a plane bound for Illinois. It will be the first time Mack will meet most of the family and all I'm hoping is that the plane ride goes okay. I'm actually excited to be catching the end of summer in Illinois- it's been something I miss every year (minus...
Herbed Millet with Fresh Tomatoes
Peanut Butter Granola Bars with Dark Chocolate
If there's one thing that might be apparent, we have a slight addition to peanut butter and chocolate in our household. I'm more of a 3 parts chocolate to one part peanut butter ratio while M is the exact opposite: a lot of peanut butter with just enough chocolate to be noticed. During pregnancy, these...
Summer Vegetarian Tacos with Avocado Cream
Summer wouldn’t be complete without having about 10 different recipes to use all the summer produce. These vegetarian tacos are a perfect kitchen sink meal. Load them up with all the vegetables- it’s a lovely evening summer meal. In terms of the these tacos, the whole recipe is brought together with a delicious avocado cream...
Milk Chocolate Yogurt Pots with Peanut Butter from Yogurt Culture
One of the things I love most about cookbooks is the near instant gratification I get after cracking open the book. There's no reading the first chapter or reading the end of the book before reading the middle (I was guilty of this as a child). One quick look of the recipes can usually tell...
Buttermilk Buckwheat Pancakes
When I find a recipe I love, I become a bit obsessed. It occasionally feels as though a journey has come to a resting point through many trials and errors. I am currently stuck on this buttermilk pancake recipe. The pancake recipe first made it's appearance through this spelt variation. Since then, I've been working...
Grilled Zucchini with Lemon Labneh and Za'atar
It is about this time of year that my freezer is full of zucchini bread. I'm looking for ways to creatively use up the rest of the 20+ zucchini that are waiting to be picked. And it's still 90˚. That's where this grilled zucchini dish comes into play. The lemon and labneh along with the...
Baked Black Bean Taquitos
When we go out to eat, I often treat the entire meal as tapas. As a result, I'll order a few things from the appetizer menu instead of a main course. For example, these black bean taquitos could be the first course of a meal. However, I prefer to whip up a homemade margarita and pair these...
Roasted Green Bean Summer Rolls
In the grand scheme of summer produce, green beans may be low on your list. I know for me, I'd often pick up a pound or two to have as a quick side along veg burgers. Or, I'd come home from the CSA with a sizable haul and would have no clue what do to...
Sweet Corn Pasta with Goat Cheese
Every season I gravitate towards one item. Some summers it's been zucchini while others it's tomatoes. This year, I've been a sweet corn fiend. Sweet corn has been my go-to salad topping, filler for grain bowls and now this sweet corn pasta. I love using soft cheeses as a cheater way to make a sauce....
A Week in Meals | August
A week full of meals for August. Including recipes that use tomatoes, sweet corn, summer squash, and berries.
Pesto Summer Squash Bruschetta with Poached Eggs
Your comments about The Easy Vegetarian Kitchen over the past few months have been awesome. I've heard from so many of you through email, instagram, and comments that are making new recipes at home and getting excited about playing with seasonal ingredients. It's the exact reason I wanted to make this book. So to those...
Minted Summer Couscous with Watermelon and Feta- Simply Ancient Grains
I have a pile of cookbooks sitting on my side table that I've been wanting to share with you. This year has been a big year for books by people I admire (and the fall is showing no sign of a slow down). It feels like such a wonderful time for fresh, seasonal cooking in...