If you’ve never made baked french fries before, now is the time to start. Homemade fries take just a bit of time but once you make the recipe a few times, it becomes easier. All you need in a good-sized potato and a sharp knife to get started. People often say, when trying to incorporate...
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Freekeh Salad with Sweet Corn and Arugula
In the past few weeks, my lunch routine has revolved around salads of all kinds. It's usually a catch-all for whatever I have floating in the refrigerator. Leftover grilled vegetables, cheeses, cooked grains, and nuts are usually my go-to salad toppings. This freekeh salad is the culmination of weeks of salads. For those unfamiliar with...
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies with Chocolate Chips
When I first started this site in 2007, it was devoted to baking. I had fallen in love with everything baked which eventually led me to a job in a bakery. I had every intention of opening my own bakery. I joined Tuesday's with Dorie somewhere in 2008/2009 (a blog group that baked their way...
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
When I was pregnant, I dealt with a ton of selfish thoughts. I was, up until the point Mack was born, a person that could do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. Self-employment had given me complete freedom and I had settled into that nicely. Want to go snowboarding on a Wednesday? Sure! How about...
Roasted Garlic and Dill Dressing (+ Garden Update/Edyn Review)
When I was growing up, my mom had a small garden on one side of our house in sort of a raised bed layout. I remember helping her plant, occasionally weed, and usually trample the poor garden while I was playing (I wasn’t kind to plants). However, since then (and a renewed spirit when I...
Blackberry Goat Cheese Crostini
For the longest time, the thought of cooking berries felt so strange to me. Berries were a summer treat, best (read: only) eaten raw and there was really no good reason to heat up the house. And then one morning I was baking banana bread and decided to toss some strawberries in along side to...
Sweet Corn Sorghum Stuffed Peppers
Over the past three years, my patio garden has grown and evolved. I've learned so much and every year, I get a bit better at not killing things off. One of the toughest things is battling the hot, valley summer while trying to balance water conservation. This year I installed a drip system that works...
Cucumber Satay Crunch Salad- A Modern Way to Eat
Over the past month and a half, I have mastered the art of eating one handed. I joked with M that when I broke my wrist snowboarding last winter, it was in some way preparing me for only having one hand with which to do anything (thanks to having a baby in the other arm)....
Gluten Free Blackberry Corn Cake
There are certain things I have a big weakness for. Chocolate cake and ice cream for starters and mashed potatoes, roasted vegetables, and hummus for a few others. And on occasion, cornbread lathered in butter and drizzled with a bit of honey. I'm not sure where this love of cornbread came from but if you...
Cherry Salad with Quinoa and Fennel
| Disclosure: This recipe was created for Ancient Harvest. See below for more details. | Growing up in Illinois, I felt like I received the quintessential summer. Pools would open on Memorial day just as schools were letting out which made every kid excited. We measured the summer's progression based on height of the corn (and...
Mixed Berry Overnight Oats
Over the past few months (pre baby), M and I got into a routine of oatmeal in the morning. I primarily have Melissa to thank for this as both times I visited her house last fall, there would be oatmeal with all the fixings, every morning. It felt like such a great way to start...
Easy Vegetarian Meals
I thought it was time to check back in about freezer meals. If you were reading pre-baby, you might remember that I mentioned I really didn't like freezer meals and that I was essentially going to wing it after the baby was born. My mother was here for two weeks (which was extremely well timed-...
Egg and Green Bean Skillet
For a good chunk of my life, I don't think I knew green beans could be eaten outside of a can because about the only time of year they came into our house was around the holidays, destined for one specific dish. Even after I moved past the can and into eating fresh green beans,...
Blueberry Black Tea Smoothie
In terms of beverages in my life, I'm a fairly straight forward kind of girl. I always have a water bottle with me, my day starts with a cup of coffee, and while I enjoy a good beer, I'll more likely than not choose wine (unless scotch is involved- M and I found a...
Raspberry French Toast Bake for Two
In our breakfast routine, I rarely make anything that takes longer than 20 minutes. Our week day regiment is oatmeal (Megan's oatmeal to be exact from her book Whole Grain Mornings) with a few meals of eggs tucked in for just a bit of variety. On weekends, I whip up waffles and pancakes which still...
Einkorn Crepes with Fresh Berries
One of the things I'm most notorious for is at 8pm at night, I decide I want dessert. I've given it no prior thought or concern up until that moment which usually is cause for, 'we have nothing sweet!' I scrounge around the kitchen and usually end up with something (or I dish myself a...
Waffles with Vanilla Bean Cherries
For 99% of things I own or have, I don't hoard. I like simplicity, hate clutter, and am a minimalist at heart (which I'm sure shows in my hardly-styled photos). In the kitchen, I'm the exact same way but there's always a few key items that I hoard like it's my job and two of...
Buttermilk Spelt Baked Doughnuts
For the next month, nearly every recipe that will be shared on the site is already waiting in a cue. I buttoned up a ton of work before Mack was born so that I could be prepared to walk away from the computer for roughly two months. But it turns out, I'm not good at sitting...
A Week in Meals | June
We're full on ready for summer once June rolls around which means one thing in my eyes: tomatoes are here (or just around the corner). I've said it before and I'll say it again, there's nothing better than a fresh tomato (especially when it's home grown). That being said, I may have went a bit...
Cinnamon Honey Popcorn
Over the past months, I've stockpiled a list of tv shows and movies I wanted to watch in anticipation of the first few weeks after the baby is born. I'm normally don't spend a ton of time on either, but usually one weekend evening is reserved for movie time with M. We grab all the...
Farro Salad with Peas and Lemon-Yogurt Dressing
When I was in college, my friends and I would frequent a place called Foodstuffs. The name sounds extremely generic but I had a dream that if I were ever to open a storefront, I wanted it to be just like this one. There was a salad station where you could tell them exactly what...
Chickpea Deli Salad (The Sprouted Kitchen Bowl + Spoon)
While I've been overly excited about the release of my cookbook, this spring has been chocked full of beautiful, well written cookbooks that I've wanted to share with you as well. And so, every other week I'll be sharing a new cookbook that I've been really digging (kind of a continuation of the Sunday book...
Blackberry Sorbet
As much as I love homemade ice cream, 9 times out of 10, I don't have the patience to follow the recipe to the end. There always feels like more ingredients than I need (I think it's the eggs for the custard base) and I always wait until I want ice cream to actually make ice...
Farro Yogurt Bowl with Maple Rhubarb
There are times when I stumble upon something so simple that I wonder how I didn't think of it before. When I saw this yogurt bowl from Running to the Kitchen, all I could think was, "huh, I'd never thought to pair cooked grains with yogurt." I am a granola + yogurt girl through and...
Grilled Carrots with Chermoula
When I first moved my diet towards being whole foods/plant based, summer family get-togethers were tough. I'd go and attempt to pick at the food options which nearly always consisted of the traditional American cookout: burgers/hot dogs, chips, potato salad, and coleslaw. This usually meant I'd leave hungry and have to run home to eat before doing...
Radish Salsa with Scallions
With the cookbook being out for about three weeks, it's been so fun to hear from people who have started making the recipes. If I had to choose my favorite reason to write cookbooks, it would be to hear from those they inspire in the kitchen. My hope, especially with this book, is that it...
Banana Walnut Granola
This year, Mother's day is taking on a bit of a new meaning for me since I've hit the point where this babe could come any day. It is about every emotion I could possibly feel rolled into one and I know that after he's born, those emotions will only intensify. Luckily I have had so...
Lentil Meatballs with Burst Tomato Pasta
| Disclosure: This recipe was created for the USDAPLC. See below for more details. | I've not always been the biggest fan of vegetarian meals that try to imitate meat. I don't love tofu, seitan or any kind of 'fake-meat' and for the most part I stick with easy vegetable dishes that don't try to be...
Spring Asparagus Flatbread
I have to partially walk back a thing I said a month or so ago when I was talking about preparing for time after baby M is born, specifically freezer meals. I made mention that I hate freezer meals and rarely (read never), keep any full meals in the freezer. My addendum: pizza dough. At...
Three Onion Fried Rice
If you were to watch me cook, you might be amazed that half the recipes on this site ever get written down. I'm a whirlwind that creates a mess, doesn't measure, and can never stick to a recipe. When it comes to cooking certain items (let's say, grains), I hardly follow instructions and found the...
Gouda and Spinach Shells and Cheese
| Disclosure: This recipe was created for Ancient Harvest. See below for more details. | With summer nearly upon us (it really will be here before we known it), I've been thinking a lot about get-togethers. You know the drill- picnics, cookouts, and potlucks of all kinds. Summer really brings out the communal aspect of food...
Spinach Pesto Polenta with Smoky Chickpeas
When it comes to cooking, I strive to be a minimalist in the amount of dishes I use. If I can get by with one dirty bowl, instead of 3, but cutting a couple corners, I go for it. Sure, I don't always follow recipes then but rarely does something not work out because I...
Chili Spinach Pesto Noodle Bowl
This weekend marks 36 weeks for me and this pregnancy. It's hard to believe time is coming to end but we couldn't be more excited to meet this baby. However, these past couple of weeks, I've really slowed down which if you know me, you would also know is very unsettling. I've had good days...
Almond Kamut Granola + The Easy Vegetarian Kitchen
I'm about a day late to my own party, but when one is pushing 9 months pregnant, I think anything is allowed. Yesterday was the official launch date of The Easy Vegetarian Kitchen and I couldn't be more excited to get this book into your hands (or more importantly- your kitchen). I feel so lucky...
Buttermilk Spelt Pancakes
I am a lover of all things pancake. When M and I go out to breakfast, I always look to the pancakes first and if the restaurant is doing something fun and exciting- I nearly always order pancakes. For the most part, I feel like the actual pancake base gets overlooked because once you smother...
Pea Shoot and Asparagus Crostini with Hummus
If you know me, you know that 80% of the time I don't wear make-up or do my hair. I grew up a complete tomboy and followed my dad around everywhere. I played hockey, learned about tools, and could probably still remember how to change brake pads if I tried hard enough. This way of...
Grilled Sriracha-Tahini Sweet Potato Skewers with Halloumi
When M and I first moved in together, we were just about as young and naive as two people could be. We had only been dating for about 5 months and I had been working a job at a bakery that was 40 miles away from where I was living. I decided that if I...
Lemon Poppy Seed Scones
Since the beginning of my focus on healthy eating (which is going on a decade-wow!), I've had a major shift in my views on the my definition of healthy (and I say 'my' because everyone's view is different, and that's okay). When I first started, I sought everything that was low-fat and no-fat, I counted...
Simple Vegetable Egg Bake
There are quite a few recipes in the archives of the site that have been staples in our home for as long as I can remember. I leave them up in all their probably not-so-well-written/photos-make-me-cringe glory because some of them have become the most popular recipes on the site. I guess (or assume) this is due...
A Week in Meals (April)
I'm not one to usually exclaim how fast time feels to be whipping by me but in the past few months, I'm left hanging on, trying to slowing down, and living more in the now. The start of April marks the final homestretch of this pregnancy (only somewhere between 4 and 8 weeks left, his...