Category: Vegetarian

Roasted Strawberries

Roasted Strawberries! The person who thought of this has my undying gratitude. Strawberries are plenty good all on their own but when you roast them, magical things happen. Just like roasting vegetables, heat from the

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Chocolate Bark

If your Valentine’s Day festivities involve chocolate (and they should) or you just happen to find yourself with leftover melted chocolate, you owe it to yourself to make Chocolate Bark! I don’t often think about Chocolate

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Chocolate Covered Strawberries

We’ve got a chocolate and strawberry situation going on here. I might need an intervention…I confess to eating some of these for breakfast! Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching so how about we skip all the

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African Peanut Stew

Get ready for a big bowl of vegetable goodness! African Peanut Stew is another wonderful recipe from my new Oh She Glows Cookbook. You might remember that my friend Barb gave me this cookbook and

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Mushroom & Pea Risotto

Risotto, in any form, is one of my favorite dinners to make. It’s another one of meals that you see in fancy restaurants but until you make it at home, you don’t realize how easy

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Perfect Chickpea Salad

It’s a new year so it’s time to add a new favorite funky salad… Perfect Chickpea Salad is that salad! How good is this salad? Usually I have a couple of recipes in the pipeline

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Broccoli & Pea Salad

We’re rolling right into Thanksgiving with one more salad for your table. Broccoli & Pea Salad would make a welcome, super green, crunchy addition to any menu. Not just for Thanksgiving, this is a staple

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Three Bean Salad

Three Bean Salad! Salads like this make me feel nostalgic. I’m sure almost everyone has some sort of bean salad recipe in their family. This one came from my mom, possibly from my grandma, and

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Tropical Green Smoothie

If you had told me even a year ago that I would now love green smoothies, I would have thought you were crazy. But it’s true. I do! While juicing and “cleansing” seems to be

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Crispy Salt & Vinegar Potatoes

Crispy Salt & Vinegar Potatoes! We haven’t spent much time on side dishes around here but they are a great place to experiment or to spruce up a dinner that you make regularly. For example,

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Blueberry Basil Quinoa

Blueberry Basil Quinoa When you think about it, blueberries are one of the more savory fruits we have. On their own, they’re not really all that sweet. It’s easy to forget that when we most

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Mexican Grilled Corn (Elote)

Have you had Mexican Grilled Corn or Elote yet? In my personal experience (we’ve had it twice this week), you don’t have to have it more than once to become completely and hopelessly addicted. It’s

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Cool Watermelon Salad

Cool Watermelon Salad is my latest funky salad addiction. We’ve been down this funky salad road together before with Strawberry Rhubarb Salad, Marinated Cactus Salad, Crunchy Celery Salad, and more, so you know that when I jump on a

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Plantains (Platanos)

I’ve had several people ask me about Plantains lately so I thought they deserved their own post. Plantains or Platanos (yes, that first “a” will get the proper accent when I get home to my

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