Sunny Cannellini Bean Salad with Roasted Red Peppers and Kale

4 Comments

A Mediterranean-inspired cannellini bean salad with roasted red peppers and kale that is bright with lemon, full of healthy ingredients, and perfect for spring.
Sunny Cannellini Bean Salad with Roasted Red Peppers and Kale

Easter number one down!!!

Of course, we still have Greek Easter next weekend followed by (literally) weeks on end of celebrating Remy’s birthday. There will be her actual birthday, then her kiddie birthday party, then her family birthday party….I mean, if I thought this kid was spoiled already….

Basically what this means for me is that during the weekdays in-between all of these events at which I will be making (and eating) lots o’ cake and carbs there will be some serious detoxing happening. And by “detoxing”, I clearly do NOT mean drinking celery juice on the regular. Way too extreme. All I really mean is working out, being more mindful of what I’m eating, and consuming this cannellini bean salad on REPEAT.

Read Full Article →

Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plan – 4.21.19

2 Comments

Happy Easter and Passover!!! Sorry I’m late with the meal plan this week. I’ve been working nights and Remy has been sick, so my days and nights are all messed up. But she is finally afebrile and I’m finally done with nights, so here it is!

This week we’re cooking:

  • chickpea frittata (it’s amazing what chickpeas can do!)
  • spring veggie bowls with cilantro lime crema (ohhhhhh yes)
  • guacamole and black bean loaded sweet potatoes (peeerrfff for taco-inspired tuesday!)
  • asian pasta salad (pass me a bowl)
  • butternut squash chili (slurrrpp)

Happy eating!

Read Full Article →

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Goober Cake

2 Comments

Everyone loves the combination of chocolate and peanut butter – especially in cake form! This chocolate and peanut butter goober cake has layers of peanut butter cake alternating with dark chocolate ganache and a light peanut butter frosting.
Chocolate and Peanut Butter Goober Cake

I know everyone’s all carrotcake carrotcake carrotcake for Easter., but I’m over here like peanut butter and chocolate FOR LYFE.

It should seriously be an everyday occurrence. And if not every DAY (because let’s be real, my metabolism just couldn’t handle that) then at least every weekend.

Let’s do it!!

Read Full Article →

Creamy Feta, Tomato, and Chickpea Israeli Couscous Casserole

5 Comments

A cozy one pan creamy feta, tomato, and chickpea Israeli couscous casserole – the perfect comfort food for spring!
Creamy Feta, Tomato, and Chickpea Israeli Couscous Casserole

This is like bowl food meets baked ziti meets SPRING!!!

Except without ziti or pounds of cheese or, errrm, a bowl.

Do you follow?

(PS: THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PLAY DISNEY PRINCESS CANDYLAND TWELVE TIMES A DAY. Your mind turns to complete and utter absolute mush.

Case in point.)

Read Full Article →

Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plan – 4.13.19

1 Comment

It’s April and I’m sipping my morning coffee while Charlie Brown’s Christmas is on in the background. Having kids is so weird!

Really I should be planning for Remy’s third birthday, which is in TWO WEEKS. I think we’re going to end up having four parties for her, which is insane – a kids party for her and her friends, a party with my family, a party with Mike’s family, and then a cake on her actual birthday. She still insists on having a “red cake”, but I’m seeing this as an opportunity to make a whole slew of different cake flavors for her multiple parties. Maybe the funfetti sheet cake from Christina Tosi’s latest cookbook…I think that HAS to make an appearance.

Here’s what we’re eating this week:

  • spring farro bowls with lemon tahini dressing (so purrfffeect for meal prep)
  • slow cooker smoky vegetarian chili (dying over this)
  • pesto quinoa salad (yaaassss)
  • thai tofu zoodle soup (eat the rainbow!!!)
  • sweet potato tostadas (lurrvveee)

Happy eating!

Read Full Article →

Perfect Blueberry Muffins

2 Comments

Straight from the Smitten Kitchen Every Day cookbook, these blueberry muffins have the perfect blueberry:muffin ratio and make for a delicious breakfast treat.
Perfect Blueberry Muffins

It’s been a bit of a state of breakfast doldrums around here.

Probably my fault since I woke up one morning a few months ago and up and refused to make Remy her weekly batch of French toast. Call me a bad mom, but I just couldn’t anymore!! I felt like I was feeding her carbs and eggs and cream and not a single nutritious thing for breakfast (the only time she’ll reliably eat anything!!). She took the change surprisingly well for a toddler who tantrums at just the hint that I’m going to do something she disagrees with, and since then it’s been yogurt + peanut butter + fruit on a daily basis.

Read Full Article →