Happy Saturday!
I’m working this weekend, so excuse the brevity but I need to be inserting a coffee IV into my veins and chart reviewing all of my patients.
Let’s talk meal plans! This week we’re eating:
Happy eating!
A beautifully spiced banana bread cake roll filled with cream cheese frosting – a fun alternative to banana bread!
Banana bread cake roll!!!
Striking fear into the hearts of former Great British Bake Off contestants everywhere.
To all the rest of us “normal bakers”, don’t you fret. I made this at 9PM on a Friday after a glass of wine and lived to tell the tale (and gleefully eat it the next morning). SO CAN YOU!
Spicy crispy chickpeas are served with fried halloumi, wilted greens, and a garlicky yogurt sauce in this wholesome and delicious meal.
Nothing like a good fried halloumi bowl to dress up your weeknight!
A cheesy roasted brussels sprout and ricotta pizza that is topped with sweet and spicy jalapeno honey – each bite is full of flavor and just incredible!
My favorite part of pizza night?
Getting to make all sorts of out there, kinda weird, mega delicious pizzas that you could NEVER find in your neighborhood pizza joint.
Ironically, that may be husband’s least favorite part. He reserves a *lot* of skepticism for my homemade pizza experiments. Not gonna lie, there have been a few misses, but also a whole lot of WINS.
Like this!
These frigid weekends at home with nothing to do, nowhere to go, no one to see are starting to get to me. I was never someone to really be affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder, but there’s a first year for everything. Maybe I need to buy one of those lamps?
The other mom in our pandemic homeschool pod and I were reminiscing this week about what we were doing last year at this time. It’s so weird to think back to those early coronavirus days knowing what we know now. We were so blissfully naive. I remember thinking it was probably all going to be over in a few weeks. Hah. Famous last words.
No point in dwelling on the past, though. Let’s dive into this week’s healthy vegetarian meal plan! Here’s what we’re cooking:
Happy eating!
A decadent chocolate covered raspberry pie that starts with an all-butter chocolate pie crust that is filled with a rich chocolate mousse and fresh raspberries, then topped with a sweet and tart raspberry coulis.
Can you even handle the decadence??!!
There is some serious chocolate on chocolate on raspberry madness in here.
Making it was one of those times where I alllmmmoosssttt wished we could have people over again so I would have someone to share it with.
(Almost.)
Welcome to Eats Well With Others, where we take a vegetable-and-cupcake laden approach to life (always with a bit of laughter on the side)!
Italian Cream Puffs with Custard Filling (St. Joseph’s Day Pastries)
Pistachio Cake with Honey Vanilla Buttercream
Sicilian Baked Eggs with Artichokes, Burrata, Spinach, and Spicy Tomato Sauce
Za’atar Crusted Halloumi with Sumac Roasted Vegetables and Couscous
Momofuku Milk Bar Pistachio Layer Cake
Mediterranean Tortellini Salad with Red Wine Vinaigrette
Salted Caramel “Ding Dong” Cake
Minestrone Verde
Korean Tempeh Bowls with Broccoli, Brown Rice, and Sriracha Mayo
Snickerdoodle Macarons