We had a lot of veggies to use up and I knew I wanted to make a salad with them for dinner. So, I whipped up some quinoa in the instant pot, roasted the veggies we had on hand and made a delicious salad for dinner. It’s a really versatile salad – you can swap […]
It’s Labor Day weekend and I desperately want to hold on to summer (and its fruits)! So, here’s a quick fruit salad using all of what summer fruit has to offer to bring to your goodbye to summer bbq’s this weekend! Oh, and don’t skip out on making the vinaigrette – that’s what really makes […]
Farro is a wheat grain that you can enjoy on its own or in salads, soups, and the like. It’s pretty bland when it comes to flavor, but it’s full of health benefits, from tons of fiber to a huge protein punch to lots of antioxidant power! In other words, it’s super healthy and you […]
Another summer day, another salad. I like to make cobb salads when we have a lot of leftovers to use up, but not quite enough to make a big meal with one or two of the ingredients. Tonight, I opened the fridge and found 1 cooked chicken breast, half a pepper 3 pieces of bacon […]
Another hot summer night, another quick almost no-cook dinner. All I had to cook for this was the pesto pasta salad and the rest was just blending and assembling. This is my absolute favorite thing to eat in the summer – fresh basil from the garden mixed with fresh summer squash. Growing up, my parents […]
I love shrimp. Trevor does not. He kinda feels the way about shrimp that I do about mushrooms (read more about that here). So, I don’t make shrimp that often. But when I do, it has to be good. So tonight, I’m making a simple grilled shrimp quinoa bowl using leftover quinoa, leftover corn-on-the-cob, tomatoes […]
I went to the farmers market this weekend and bought the most beautiful vine ripened tomatoes! I wanted to make something with them today that highlights how amazing they can be this time of year. And what’s better than a panzanella salad. But, what is a panzanella salad? Well, it’s usually some kind of chopped salad […]
Before I met Trevor, I went traveling around Paris. I was working in my first job and had recently broken up with a long time boyfriend at the time. I was 26 and I needed to get away. So, I booked a ticket to Nice and ran away for a few weeks. It was in […]
Summer should be all about fun and not always being stuck cooking in the kitchen or at the bbq (unless you want to!). So, today, I took my own advice and just let loose. We had the BEST day playing in the splash pads, playing in the sensory bins at the park, seeing lots of […]
I must be craving chicken this week because I haven’t had it in a while, and now I’m making it two nights in a row! This is a great way to enjoy chicken in a bold, flavorful way. It tastes like a full-fat version of chicken salad, but part of the mayo is substituted with […]