Loaded Vegetarian Tortilla Soup

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This loaded vegetarian tortilla soup is filled with smoky poblano flavor, hominy, corn, and black beans and then topped with all the best fixins’, including avocado, crispy tortilla strips, sliced radish, and queso fresco.
Loaded Vegetarian Tortilla Soup

The.boy has started rolling his eyes every time I tell him what we’re having for dinner.

Unclear if he’s actually irritated that we seem to be eating essentially the same meal 5 different ways (tacos –> quesadillas –> enchiladas –> burritos –> and now SOUP) or if he just thinks it’s funny.

He keeps licking his plate clean (<–literally), so I’m going to assume it’s the latter and keep on keeping on.

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Sweet Potato and Garlicky Swiss Chard Bucatini with Blood Orange Goat Cheese Sauce

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Orange and purple sweet potatoes are sauteed with garlicky swiss chard, tossed with thick and chewy bucatini noodles and then drenched in a creamy blood orange goat cheese sauce.
Sweet Potato and Garlicky Swiss Chard Bucatini with Blood Orange Goat Cheese Sauce

There is a carb on carb situation going on here and I’m not even sorry about it.

Mainly because sweet potatoes are so nutrient-dense that in my mind I don’t even count them as a carbohydrate!

THEY ARE A VEGETABLE. End of story.

Besides, if I were super strict about how and when I allowed my food groups to cohort then I wouldn’t have dinners like this in my life. And that would just be too sad.

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Lavender Vanilla Bean Shortbread

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This lavender vanilla bean shortbread is the perfect cookie for dipping into your morning tea or coffee! The shortbread itself is luxuriously buttery while the dried lavender adds the perfect subtle floral notes without being overwhelming.
Lavender Vanilla Bean Shortbread

The.Boy is already generally skeptical of any food that I put in front of him. I can’t even tell you how many times a week I’m asked, Are you SURE this doesn’t have kale in it?

(Truth: it usually does.)

And then I went and put flowers in his cookies.

I’m never going to hear the end of it.

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Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plan – 3.25.17

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Okay, I stand corrected from my last post where I said it wasn’t salad season.

IT IS TOTALLY SALAD SEASON. 30 degree weather and all.

And I say this because this week’s meal plan features TWO salads and I’m not even sorry about it. In fact, I’m basically overjoyed because I’ve been striving to live a salad-every-day kind of lifestyle and this is totally helping.

In ADDITION to salads (because let’s be honest, we can’t live on leafy greens alone), we also have black bean tacos with mango salsa, creamy dreamy polenta with an onion/pepper/mushroom ragout, and fancy pants portobello steaks with a basil aioli. So excited.

Happy eating!

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Winter Citrus and Avocado Salad with Burrata and Balsamic Reduction

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Celebrate winter’s best citrus before it goes out of season with this winter citrus and avocado salad! It combines sweet tart grapefruit, blood oranges, and tangerines with decadent burrata and a dazzling Alessi balsamic reduction drizzle.

Winter Citrus and Avocado Salad with Burrata and Balsamic Reduction

It feels too early for salad season, especially with a foot of snow on the ground, but what if I told you that this “salad” was really just an excuse to drown your winter blues in burrata and balsamic reduction???

I knew you’d be with me on this.

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New York-Style Bagel, Egg, and Cream Cheese Breakfast Casserole

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The flavors of a classic New York breakfast get baked together in this bagel, egg, and cream cheese breakfast casserole. Prepare it the night before and throw it in the oven in the morning for an easy and hearty breakfast!

New York-Style Bagel, Egg, and Cream Cheese Breakfast Casserole

The bagel store up the block is a constant source of eternal inner breakfast conflict.

Do I want an egg and cheese sandwich?

Or a cream cheese and lox sandwich?

Or a side of bagel with my tub of jalapeno/scallion/strawberry/blueberry/INSERT MY FLAVOR LOVE OF THE MOMENT schmear?

?!?!?!

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