Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Spicy Tomato Masala Sauce

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Whole roasted cauliflower topped with a spicy tomato masala sauce – the perfect vegetarian centerpiece for a dinner party or holiday meal.
Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Spicy Tomato Masala Sauce

I feel like most people I know are doing completely non-traditional Christmas dinners this year.

Everything about this year has been completely insane so…..why not?!

If you’re a longtime reader, you know that I usually host my husband’s family on Christmas Eve and then my family on Christmas day (or vice versa) and do all of the cooking! They are all quite picky and sticklers for tradition, so I usually do a different pasta dish with a bunch of sides for both days.

This year, since we couldn’t fully quarantine due to work (I literally have ten patients of unknown COVID status to see in clinic today), it will just be the three of us so I am going completely rogue on the holiday eats.

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Classic Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

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Lazy winter holiday mornings call for breakfast treats, specifically in the form of classic homemade cinnamon rolls. These are prepped the night before and baked off in the morning, so you can start your day with warm and gooey decadence.
Classic Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

My childhood breakfast DREAMS and you’re looking right at ’em.

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Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plan – 12.19.20

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By this time a year ago, I already had five different kinds of cookies stashed away in the freezer (with five more in various stages of planning), ready to be baked off at a moment’s notice.

This year? NADA.

I just don’t have the mental bandwidth to plan that far ahead. We already made a gazillion sugar cookies for Remy to decorate while it was blizzarding this week and maybe I’ll bake a batch or two of something or other on Christmas Eve, but after that I’m done. There’s always next year.

While I can’t seem to wrap my mind around cookie planning, dinner planning is a whole other beast entirely. So thankful for this week’s healthy vegetarian meal plan! Here’s what we’re cooking:

  • sticky and delicious sweet and sour tofu
  • vegan corn chowder
  • super hearty paneer and bean chili
  • quinoa veggie stir fry with peanut sauce (yaasss)
  • tofu broccoli pasta (so simple! 5 ingredients!)

Hopefully you can find some inspiration here as well. Happy eating!
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Momofuku Milk Bar Mint Cookies and Cream Layer Cake

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This Momofuku Milk Bar cookies and cream layer cake is the ultimate holiday treat, filled with layers of chocolate chip cake, cookies and cream frosting, and mint cheesecake filling.
Momofuku Milk Bar Mint Cookies and Cream Layer Cake

By unanimous consent, we are having…….

(wait for it)

PIZZA on Christmas.

Homemade pizza, but still. Pizza. Do I sense a new tradition? I think YES.

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Soy Sauce Pickled Deviled Eggs

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These soy sauce pickled deviled eggs are deviled eggs like you’ve never had them before! The eggs are pickled in a sweet and salty soy sauce brine and then topped with an umami-rich miso mayo and smoky bonito flakes.
Soy Sauce Pickled Deviled Eggs

In the before times, December was all about cookie swaps, cocktail parties, and figuring out how to eat an entire meal of cookies and appetizers and call it dinner.

The first two are very much not happening, so I’m turning my hyperfocus to the third.

I love appetizers in all forms, but the deviled egg is something special. You start with a hard-boiled egg, which feels virtuous and completely dinner-worthy, and then you fill it with a rich, mayo-infused yolk that turns the whole thing into a study on decadence.

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Roasted Winter Vegetable Lasagna

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A hearty roasted winter vegetable lasagna that will satisfy all of your cozy winter pasta cravings. It has alternating layers of noodles, homemade tomato sauce, rich ricotta, steamed spinach, and roasted vegetables.
Roasted Winter Vegetable Lasagna

Oh, Christmas dinner.

Possibly the most contentious meal I make! At least, if you ask my mother.

Every year I threaten to expand her palate by cooking new, exotic, and delicious food (not hard when all she eats is Italian and American food).  And every year she calls me in a state of panic about our menu and I end up giving in and making lasagna.

I’m almost going to miss it (the argument, that is) this year. After all, it’s tradition!

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