Category: Vegetarian

Hearty Honeycrisp Apple Salad with Simple Dijon Vinaigrette

Hearty Honeycrisp Apple Salad with Simple Dijon Vinaigrette

Thinly sliced apples, hunks of blue cheese, easy-peasy vinaigrettes– these are a few of my favorite things! Make this hearty honeycrisp apple salad year round, for a crowd, or for yourself. This salad has all of those things that make a dish balanced: crunchy, sweet Continue Reading

Classic Broccoli Cheddar Cheese Soup

Classic Broccoli Cheddar Cheese Soup

When I think back on my childhood, I vividly remember our trips to Jason’s Deli after church, or for weekend lunches. I always, always got a cup of warm, hearty broccoli cheese soup to accompany half of a BLT sandwich. I remember thinking I could Continue Reading

Back to Basics: Oven Roasted Spaghetti Squash

Back to Basics: Oven Roasted Spaghetti Squash

We’re getting down to the basics with one of my new-found favorites: roasted spaghetti squash. Perfect as a healthy, weeknight alternative to pasta, this gourd is really “gourd” (ha, get it… instead of good?). Not a great joke, but you know what I’m getting at! Continue Reading

Sauteed Broccoli with Homemade Pesto

Sauteed Broccoli with Homemade Pesto

If you’ve read my blog before, you know that I’m always trying to find a way to mix up regular old steamed vegetables. Greens are so hard for me to get in, because 1) they aren’t potatoes 2) they’re always so boring. This recipe turned Continue Reading

Green Beans with Anchovy Vinaigrette

Green Beans with Anchovy Vinaigrette

Chandler took me on our first date as a married couple to the cutest Italian place in East Austin, Juniper. Everything that we had there was out of this world, and so innovative. We tasted flavor combinations that only a crazy person would think to Continue Reading