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Get inspired to try something new, make something better or upgrade your kitchen with these tasty bits. Or heck, throw a whole dinner party and order my cookbook “The Dinner Party Project” out now!
Everything Bagel Oven Roasted Potato Chips
CHIPS! You can make ‘em! I love them served as a side at dinner with roasted chicken and a green salad or as a snack if someone is forcing me to watch sports. Only trick here is that you have to WATCH them because they can go from delightfully crispy to burnt very quickly.
Millennial Beet Hummus
Once I started making this dish I started noticing all the places that hummus could and should be: on a sandwich, served with sliced veggies, thrown on top of a salad, served beneath roasted white fish, eaten on a cracker. Hummus makes almost anything more delicious, and this pink one will make any dish look 1,000% more fancy.
Please Pass the Stuffing Muffins
Crispy on the outside, soft and speckled with flavorful goodness on the inside. There really isn’t anything to dislike about the stuffing muffin. Try ‘em out on your Thanksgiving guests this year and prepare for the compliments to roll into the new year. :)
Thai Pumpkin Soup
This super-simple Thai pumpkin soup gets loads of flavor from garlic, ginger, and curry paste. Coconut oil adds a smooth, silky quality, and a garnish of fresh lime juice and cilantro really brings the flavors together. You can easily make this in advance, reheat at your leisure, and garnish accordingly. Enjoy!
No Hassle Next Day Lasagna
One day, while I was struggling with a boiled lasagna sheet that had somehow adhered itself to itself and turned into an unusable pasta clump, I thought to myself THIS CAN NOT BE THE BEST WAY. Sure, there are no-boil noodles, but we all know those are lackluster and lacking in the wavy edge. Sure, you could make fresh pasta, but maybe you don’t want to. Sure, you could boil the noodles and then struggle with them to keep them separated and scald your hands, but now, you don’t have to do any of those things. May I present to you the No Hassle Next Day Lasagna.
Cinnamon Honey Butter Sweet Potatoes
I want to provide little ways to jazz things up to make them feel fun, without having to make you run back out to the store. So here are some REALLY delicious sweet potatoes with a cinnamon honey butter that just looks cool! You can use the butter on your toast in the morning, tossed into oatmeal, on said sweet potatoes, or, just eat it. I mean YOU DO YOU. If you’re gonna do the potatoes, roast a few extra so you can have them tomorrow!
Juicy Grilled Summer Veggies With Pesto And Feta
This recipe will convert anyone into a vegetable lover! It’s an incredibly flavorful mix of crisp summer vegetables, pesto, fresh herbs, and tangy feta. It’s a recipe that’s easy enough to throw together and serve with some grilled chicken or sausage for a weeknight meal, but beautiful enough to serve on a special occasion.
Caramelized Onion Deviled Eggs
I’ve had a lot of deviled eggs in my life, and they’re all pretty good, but I wanted to make THE BEST deviled eggs. What really takes this recipe to the next level is the addition of the grilled onions from the roasted veggie recipe. The grilled onions add a subtle smokey note that just sings “serve me at your barbecue,” or something like that.
Buttery German Potato Salad With Herbs
This is a super-easy bbq side that packs a lot of punch. It’s also a leeeettle bit healthier and lighter than your standard mayonnaise-rich potato salad. If you have the time I recommend cooking the potatoes like I do in the grilled veggie recipe. Grilled potatoes are super delicious and when grilled in foil you get the best texture and flavor for this “salad”. If you don’t have the time, you can always boil or steam them.
Super Creamy Black Bean Soup
It’s incredible how easy it is to throw together a delicious meal in an instant with some thoughtful prep work. The honey jalapeño black beans are so full of flavor that essentially all you need to do is thin it out with some veggie broth and add some toppings, and voila! You have a creamy and robust black bean soup in minutes!
My Ideal Black Bean Burger
To be honest, I’ve met a lot of mediocre veggie burgers. Some are too gummy, some are too full of rice, some lack any flavor whatsoever, and some are just plain confusing. THESE incredibly thin and crispy vegetable patties remind me of a smashed burger in both appearance and texture. This isn’t a boring veggie patty, it’s very thin and delicate, packed full of flavor, and almost melt in your mouth creamy. Keep in mind you’ll need to make my honey jalapeño black beans as a base first!
Ridiculously Crispy Potato Wedges
Fun fact about me - I'm allergic to chicken, so the whole buffalo wing thing isn't an option for me. But I really miss ordering something that comes with weirdly wet carrots and celery and dipping them plus the tiny little chicken arm into a rich sauce and ending up with hands coated in grease. Turns out, the wing is actually my least favorite part, so creating an extra crispy potato wedge that's perfect for sauce grabbing and full of flavor is actually my preference. So here she is... the perfect (non) WING woman. Perfect for your vegetarian friend or meatless Monday or, you know, The Super Bowl!
Caramelized Onion Greek Yogurt Dip
When I dip, you dip, we dip.
“Creamy” Roasted Squash and Apple Soup
As a private chef, I’ve made a lot of variations on a butternut squash soup. Lots and lots and lots and lots. But this is the one I always come back to. It just tastes like a big hug. It’s a little sweet, super creamy, a little tangy and really well balanced. This soup uses leftover roasted squash, so you can roast it any way you like OR you can follow this recipe. If you want to try my Butternut Squash Baked Mac and Cheese (which is insane) then you should double up this recipe because it’s the base for that one as well!
Lemony Roasted Squash With Sage Yogurt
This recipe is part one of a Butternut Squash trilogy. We all know cutting up a butternut squash is a pain in the butt, so if you’re gonna do it, I want to make sure it’s worth it. This recipe is great on its own, full of fresh bright flavors that work really well with the sweet and earthy squash, but if you want to get the most out of your squash you can make extra and then convert it into a Roasted Squash and Apple Soup and Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese.
Honey Jalapeño Black Beans
Crazy Sexy Cool Chickpea Soup
This soup has a lot of ingredients but it’s easy to make and you’re going to like it when it's done, promise. You'll need to make a major decision as soon as the vegetables are fork tender... to dirty your blender or not to dirty your blender. I prefer a creamier texture so I blend half of the soup into a puree and then add it back into the pot but you certainly don't have to do that. This soup can be vegan if you're on a health kick (or just vegan...), just simply leave out the cream.
