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…
Breakfast
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…
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…
Buttered Radish and Ricotta Toast
My husband and I have a running joke when it comes to NPR- I am SO one of those people that nearly every day the words tumble out of my mouth, ‘so I heard on NPR today.’ He laughs at me and then I dive into whatever story I wanted to tell him. However, today my…
Asparagus Omelette with Barley
As I walked off the plane after landing in California, I took a deep breathe. I love Illinois but with the snow and the cold, it was nice to be back in California where spring is in full swing. The trees are budding, the almond orchards flowering, and windows open during the day (sorry everyone who…
Cornbread Waffles with Roasted Grapefruit from The Easy Vegetarian Kitchen
Tomorrow I’m hoping on a flight and headed back to Illinois to be with friends and family for my baby shower. Time has flown by and it feels a bit surreal that we’re only about 12 weeks out. I’ve had my head in learning mode- reading books, planning the nursery, and overall nesting (aka: organizing…
Brussels Sprouts and Eggs
In the realm of cooking and recipe creation I am 1 part creature of comfort and 1 part explorer of all things. You may notice on this site that I like to reuse ideas in different iterations for recipes (ie: creature of comfort). If I try a new dish or find new flavor combinations I…
Roasted Romesco Potatoes
When M and I decided to pick up and move to Sacramento a little over two years ago, we did it on a complete whim. I’d only been to California once in my entire life span while Mike had never been further west than Colorado. We knew nothing about Sacramento other than it’s the state…
Dutch Baby with Meyer Lemon Maple Syrup
I find history engaging, especially when dealing with food history. It’s fascinating to me that at some point in time, a person thought to grind peanuts long enough to get peanut butter or that if you heated a kernel of a certain variety of corn long enough, it would pop (I am grateful for both…
Chocolate Chip Peppermint Scones
I’m coming in under the wire with a holiday post for these chocolate chip peppermint scones. Looking at my home page, I realized that I’ve shared far too many salads in the past couple of months that it was time to add a bit of butter and heavy cream to the line-up (and yes, if…
Whole Wheat Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips
As you might have noticed on social media, October is fair trade month. For the past few years, I’ve donated a post to the promote this cause because I think it’s important. So many ingredients we can source locally (which is great) but what about those that we can’t? I love my coffee, chocolate, and…
Quinoa Patties with Harissa and Poached Eggs
I am very much a creature of habit (even though this has been a bit harder since I started working at home.) I gave it a year of staying home cranking out a couple of cookbooks, a myriad of websites, and recipes upon recipes. Yet, I didn’t enjoy it. In fact, it was tough to…
Egg, Roasted Tomato, and Pesto Biscuit Sandwich
The making of the biscuits are two fold: a bit of a delayed celebration for myself and sending biscuit love to the creator of these bad boys in a time of transition. I’ve met a lot of cool people through the internet (didn’t think I’d ever say that one, especially after trying to meet…