Roasted Squash with Yogurt, Walnuts, and Spiced Green Sauce

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This roasted squash with yogurt, walnuts, and spiced green sauce makes for a stunning side dish. Add chickpeas to make it a main course!
Roasted Squash with Yogurt, Walnuts, and Spiced Green Sauce

Side dishes are not my forté. I suspect that has something to do with the fact that vegetarian meals don’t often require them, or at least the ones that I make don’t. This is in part intentional because during the week I barely have time to get one course on the table, let alone multiple meal components. BUT it also means that on holidays or special occasions that require one main dish and a bunch of sides or appetizers, I am generally at a loss on what to make.

Knowing that I’m hosting both Christmas and Christmas Eve in a few weeks, I’ve started auditioning dishes for the big days. There have been hits, there have been misses, and then there was this roasted squash with yogurt, walnuts, and spiced green sauce.

HOUSTON. WE HAVE A WINNER.

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Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plan – 12.1.18

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It’s December! I’m partly in shock and partly really excited. Mostly because Remy is really excited. Toddlers can be contagious in ALL THE WAYS. She seriously has the best Christmas spirit I’ve ever seen. It’s so honest and innocent and adorable.

Let’s get to cooking! Here’s what we’ve got on our meal plans this week:

  • tuscan white bean soup
  • TWENTY MINUTE sesame ginger noodles
  • roasted garlicky kale spaghetti squash with sundried tomatoes
  • pad thai stir fry
  • white bean and chard ragout

Happy eating!

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Roasted Butternut and Brussels Sprout Pesto Pasta Salad

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Easy pasta salads are the saviors of weeknight cooking and this roasted butternut and brussels sprout pesto pasta salad is no different! It combines seasonal autumn vegetables with a quick pesto, cooked pasta, and brie to make a meal that is healthy and satisfying.
Roasted Butternut and Brussels Sprout Pesto Pasta Salad

It’s never the wrong season for a pasta salad.

And by pasta salad I absolutely DO NOT mean a gloopy mayonnaise-y mess. I like my mayo exactly one way and that is in a sriracha-tinged drizzle on top of my sushi. Putting it on any other form of complex carb just seems wrong to me (yes, including bread. I’m weird about my condiment usage.)

BUT a pasta salad that is actually A SALAD with vegetables and cheese and (yes!) carbs?!?! I can get behind that. Always.

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Chocolate and Candy Cane Crunch Layer Cake

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This chocolate and candy candy cane crunch layer cake is a delightful holiday treat. Chocolate peppermint cake layers are filled and frosted with a crunchy candy cane swiss meringue buttercream and then topped with seasonal Oreos and sprinkles.
Chocolate and Candy Cane Crunch Layer Cake

I’m still not sure I’m ready to look at sugar again what with baking (and eating) three pies in as many days BUT I’ve been holding back this chocolate and candy cane crunch layer cake from you since last year and I JUST CAN’T ANYMORE.

It’s time.

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Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plan – 11.24.18

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Happy (belated) Thanksgiving!! We experienced a full on Thanksgiving MIRACLE on Thursday and hit absolutely ZERO traffic on the car ride from Manhattan to New Jersey and back. UNHEARD OF. And now we’re totally in Christmas mode! We may even go see Santa today. Remy claims she’s not going to cry but no one believes her. We’ll see…..

I’m sure you’re tired of cooking but if you get a little bit done this weekend you’ll be SO happy to have healthy options in the fridge come Monday. Here’s what we’ve got on the menu:

  • cheesy VEGAN broccoli soup
  • sheet pan gnocchi, butternut squash, and broccoli
  • creamy VEGAN tomato basil soup
  • the BEST easy vegan lasagna
  • moroccan chickpea and carrot stew

Happy eating!

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