It seems like homemade gifts are all the rage right now. I admit, I’m jumping on board with this fun DIY trend this holiday season. I’m not very crafty, but I like making food, so my homemade gifts are all food-related. So far I’ve made muffin mix, soup mix, dip mix, spice blends, and sweets….
Category: Meatless
Slow Cooker Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup
When the weather gets colder, I start to crave soup. There’s nothing better than a warm belly full of soup on a blustery day. I love making soup in the slow cooker earlier in the day so we can come home after being out in the cold to the comforting aroma of soup and dig…
Roasted Vegetable Soup with Herbed Dumplings
As much as I am an advocate for meal-planning, sometimes I like to pick out foods on a whim and challenge myself to make something creative with them. On this particular grocery shop, I decided to grab orange beets, because I’d never seen orange beets before, and an eggplant, because I hadn’t cooked with eggplant…
Cheesy Spaghetti Squash with Marinara Sauce
I’ve always been intrigued by spaghetti squash, even as a kid. I thought it was pretty neat that a squash could turn into spaghetti-like strands. Back then I didn’t think much about the fact that it was good for me too, but now it’s one of the main reasons I like to cook spaghetti…
Grilled Pizza
Until recently, the barbecue has always been my husband’s domain. He enjoyed sitting out on the deck with a beer, pretending to be hard at work at the grill, and I enjoyed fooling him into actually helping with dinner. Also, to be completely honest, I was a little scared of lighting the thing. Gas scares…
Blintz Casserole with Strawberry Sauce
Last night I hosted our book club meeting and chose the theme of breakfast for dinner. It had nothing to do with the book, I just really like breakfast. I also wanted an excuse to try this easy baked blintz casserole that I saw on the Food Network. Back when Ayla was a newborn and…
Tomato Soup Mac and Cheese
Sometimes you just need some good ol’ comfort food, and this tomato soup mac & cheese is the ultimate comfort food. It’s mac & cheese bumped up a notch with the addition of canned tomato soup. I generally avoid condensed soups but I couldn’t resist giving this a try. I saw it on Pinterest…
Vegetable Lentil Curry
I should really make curry more often. It’s the perfect weeknight meal because it’s fast and easy to make on your stove-top, and you can pretty much use whatever is in your fridge or pantry. And of course let’s not forget that it tastes so good! My kids are not spicy food fans, so I…
Sweet Potato Gardener’s Pie
I’m part of a 7book club, but I think it should really be called an eating club because it’s the food more than the books that make our meetings memorable. Last month we read Gone Girl (I loved it!), and our food theme was pub fare. I knew there would be a lot of deliciously…
Fried Rice with Baked Tofu
I don’t know what it is about my mom’s cooking, but my kids always prefer her food over mine. She made dinner for us every night for the first couple weeks after Ayla was born (I’m spoiled, I know) and every time my boys would gobble up Grandma’s culinary creations. I have to admit I’m…
Food and Whine 