Gluten-free Tuscan Peasant Soup with Sausage
This Tuscan peasant soup is a version of a classic dish found in Marcella Hazan’s “Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking”. I received a copy from my sister-in-law for my birthday a couple of years ago and spent a week of reading it cover to cover. It’s an amazing cookbook,...
Fall ratatouille with sweet potatoes and herbs
A slightly different take on this traditional French veggie dish —more herbs, more sauce. ...
Pesto sausage lasagna with homemade sauce (and tons of herbs)
This pesto sausage lasagna is definitely a bit more complicated than my usual recipes, but still not too difficult! I wanted to try my hand at the dish and I had mountains of herbs to use, so I put together a pesto sauce to mix into the meat mixture....
Pulled BBQ Pork
This pulled BBQ pork is super easy, super versatile and will make your house smell amazing all day. All you have to do is slow-cook it in the oven for up to 12 hours and I do it overnight specifically so I’ll have weird meat dreams and wake up...
Gluten-free Tuscan Peasant Soup with Sausage
When my sister-in-law first gifted me a copy of Marcella Hazan’s “Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking” for my birthday, I spent a week of reading it cover to cover. It’s an amazing cookbook, especially if you are a cookbook fangirl like I am. One recipe stuck out to me...
Ratatouille with homemade sauce and garden herbs
A slightly different take on this traditional French veggie dish —more herbs, more sauce. ...
Easy Holiday Pork Tenderloin
A split second decision turned this mundane meal into a holiday masterpiece -- the simple addition of cranberries created this easy holiday pork tenderloin. ...
Chicken chili — an easy one-pot dinner
This chicken recipe was borne out of the need for an easy, fast dinner that also packed nutrition and flavor. The kids have had ear infections and I’ve been down with terrible allergy symptoms so we needed something requiring minimal work and even less cleanup, but it also needed...
Ratatouille with homemade sauce and garden herbs
A slightly different take on this traditional French veggie dish —more herbs, more sauce. ...
Tuna Tostadas: an Easy Dinner Idea
This is not your regular tostada. This is a piled-high chip-full of perfection. Fish tostadas are something I’ve made a lot over the years and it is always a crowd pleaser. And it’s sooo easy… it’s basically nachos. This one has feta cheese and seared tuna with a drizzle...
Stuffed bell peppers with an egg on top
These bell peppers make a nice light dinner on their own or can be served with pasta or risotto. They are also the perfect way to use an abundance of herbs if you have a garden! Ingredients: 1lb grassfed ground beef 1/2 cup chopped herbs (oregano, parseley and basil...
Chicken chili—an easy, gluten-free, one-pot dinner idea
This recipe was borne out of the need for an easy, fast dinner that also packed nutrition and flavor. I’ve been down with terrible allergy symptoms since planting my garden last weekend and needed something requiring minimal work and even less cleanup, but it also needed to be warm...
Perfect Herbed Scallops with Butter and Garlic
Scallops are one of our favorite sea foods, but when we mess them up they are almost inedible. These take a very light hand on the spices and a precise cooking time, and then a big ol’ dump of butter at the end. We ate these with a baked...
Duck Fat Fries with Rosemary: An Air-Fryer Recipe (Gluten-Free, too!)
A couple of weeks ago on Instagram I asked a question in my stories, “do I need an air fryer?” Well, my mom had one she didn’t use so she brought it over. I’ll admit I’m not a fan of the cabinet space it hoards, but there is no...
Salmon burger dinner— a gluten-free, one-pan meal
Sometimes you just need a quick and easyoweeknight meal that’s also healthy and good. This one fits that bill. The salmon burgers aregsatisfying without being heavy, and the green chili cumin combo really sets off the flavor of the fish. The freshness of the dill with the potatoes and...