If you’ve only ever had pesto from a jar, you’re in for a treat. The brightness that comes from fresh basil and freshly toasted pine nuts is incomparable to the stuff you buy on the shelf in your local grocery store. Throw this sauce on your favorite shape of pasta, into a big pot of…
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Chimichurri Green Sauce
I still remember the first time I had this sauce. My husband and I had just moved to Houston from New Orleans. We didn’t know many people yet, and my husband’s friend’s mom invited us all over for dinner. She made an entire beef tenderloin! I had never seen one before and didn’t know what…
Pink Pasta! Handmade Cavatelli with Roasted Beets and Goat Cheese
This recipe takes the classic combo of roasted beets and goat cheese up a notch by coating our goat cheese in olive oil and bread crumbs and crisping it up in the oven. The cavatelli is similar to making gnocchi and couldn’t be easier. It’s a bit of a project, so I recommend it for…
Quinoa Salad with Honey Pomegranate Vinaigrette
This salad is my new obsession. It is the ultimate lunch salad. It has fiber out the wazoo, crunchy hazelnuts, salty feta, juicy pomegranate arils, and it just gets better in the fridge over the week. I will be eating this salad for the rest of my life. The dressing is tangy and sweet and…
Peanut Noodle Stir Up
I did not grow up eating ramen for a variety of reasons. My brother has a myriad of food allergies, and that prompted my mom to make most things from scratch and wasn’t able to use any seasoning packets. Things like taco seasoning and gravy packets still befuddle me. Imagine, if you will, trying Cup…
Chocolate Pomegranate Drops
These little chocolate bites remind me of something you can get from a large store in the individual packaged snack aisle. I like that I am creating less plastic and it’s a fun activity for the kids! They will know what a pomegranate looks like and how to get the arils out. For older kids,…
Blue Corn Tortillas
We’ve started making these blue corn tortillas in my house, and my kids are all about them. The color is beautiful. The dough is so soft and fun to squish and make into the little dough balls. There is much more flavor to the blue corn than a standard yellow corn tortilla. They are perfect…
Pickled Watermelon Rind
Not only are these watermelon rind pickles a way to reduce your food waster and stretch your food dollar a little more, they are beautiful. The vibrant color is a perfect addition to a charcuterie board, grain bowl, or sandwich. I will often take a single large watermelon and make my Basil Watermelon Salad, Watermelon…
Watermelon Basil Salad
Treat yourself to a perfectly refreshing summer salad! This salad is the perfect way to use up the other half of a large watermelon you didn’t eat. We also seem to have a little bit left over in the fridge after cracking open a melon. I love a savory application of watermelon, and the vinegar,…
Soy Braised Chicken Tacos
These tacos are the perfect combination of sweet, salty, savory, and tangy. All the flavors mingle so well and will be a flavor symphony in your mouth. The quick pickled veggies are delightful on top. They are pretty sweet and vinegary. Perfect to round out the intense soy flavor of the chicken. Soy Braised Chicken…
Lemon Custard Tarts
Frozen puff pastry is one of the greatest gifts ever given to the home cook. With very little effort, we can include our kids in the making of extremely fancy feeling desserts. I keep some in the freezer almost all the time, especially during the summer when we often have last minute get togethers. When…
Easy Strawberry Shortcakes
This shortcake recipe takes my super easy 2-ingredient biscuit and adds a little sugar and lemon zest to perk them up. We macerate the strawberries to pull out their juice and make the whole mess syrupy. Let that sit and get juicy while you bake up some fluffy, crispy biscuits, and then get ready for…
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