Hints of fresh spinach combine with rich, creamy mashed potatoes in this simple gluten-free side dish! The recipe uses just 6 simple ingredients: russet potatoes, chicken stock (or vegetable stock), salt, olive oil and butter or ghee! Ready within 25 ... Continue Reading about 25 Minute Spinach Mashed Potatoes (Gluten-Free)
New Year's Eve
Decadent Dairy-Free Chocolate Mousse (Low FODMAP)
This low FODMAP dessert is a rich and creamy blender chocolate mousse that requires no cooking at all. The recipe is thickened with coconut oil and nut butter, which makes it dairy-free, gluten-free, paleo, and vegan. Since I don't have any ... Continue Reading about Decadent Dairy-Free Chocolate Mousse (Low FODMAP)
Twigs in a Blanket with Sundried Tomato Pesto
This recipe was created in partnership with Prosciutto di Parma, whose cured hams I dream about on a regular basis. It’s often the simplest things that end up blowing my mind in the kitchen. I remember when I was down in Brazil and first ... Continue Reading about Twigs in a Blanket with Sundried Tomato Pesto
Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Fritters with Leeks and Kimchi (Low FODMAP Optional)
Super Bowl season is always a tricky time to balance health and hedonism. During the "before times" you could usually find me shoveling fistfuls of salami off a meat tray in order to be less jealous of the casserole dishes of baked pasta being served ... Continue Reading about Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Fritters with Leeks and Kimchi (Low FODMAP Optional)
Massaman Curry Beef and Rice Casserole
If you love Thai massaman curry, you're going to be happy about its transformation into a slow cooked beef and rice casserole. A few weeks ago, I added the Great Jones King Sear to my skillet collection and it should be no surprise to the ... Continue Reading about Massaman Curry Beef and Rice Casserole
Wild Rice Salad with Butternut Squash, Brussels Sprouts and Ginger-Walnut Dressing
Welcome to sexy Thanksgiving salad season, friends! Last year, I opined about why my mother and I are such a fan of having a simple green salad on the table at Thanksgiving, even though we are the only ones who eat it. This wild rice salad ... Continue Reading about Wild Rice Salad with Butternut Squash, Brussels Sprouts and Ginger-Walnut Dressing
Vegan Roasted Beet Hummus
This vegan roasted beet hummus recipe is one of my favorite things to bring to a potluck as a colorful centerpiece for the table. On most days I wake up and can’t believe that people actually pay me to write and cook for a living. My ... Continue Reading about Vegan Roasted Beet Hummus
Baked BBQ Salmon with Lentils and Collards (Low FODMAP)
While this baked BBQ salmon should be the star of the show, I have to give credit to the built-in side for making this recipe a straight up weeknight winner. My favorite way to cook collard greens is to braise them in gluten-free barbeque ... Continue Reading about Baked BBQ Salmon with Lentils and Collards (Low FODMAP)
Jamie Oliver’s Fantastic Fish Pie (Dairy-Free & Gluten-Free)
I adapted this fish pie recipe from Jamie Oliver to be gluten-free, dairy-free and healthy with loads more veggies and fewer pans. To make this low FODMAP simply omit the leeks. During the early half of my teendom, my number one crush was Brad ... Continue Reading about Jamie Oliver’s Fantastic Fish Pie (Dairy-Free & Gluten-Free)
30-Minute Spanish Cod Fish Stew
This simple fish stew recipe comes together quickly and is perfect for a cozy weeknight meal. The combination of cod, potatoes, peppers and tomatoes is inspired by Spanish cooking from the Basque region. It's filling, healthy, dairy and gluten-free, ... Continue Reading about 30-Minute Spanish Cod Fish Stew
Delicata Squash & Arugula Salad with Warm Cider Vinaigrette
Thanksgiving is going to be weird this year. Like all holidays in 2020. Like everything in 2020. Our plan is to just be with immediate family (after all getting tested) which brings the usual menu down from feeding 40-50 to feeding 4. I’m not ... Continue Reading about Delicata Squash & Arugula Salad with Warm Cider Vinaigrette
Sriracha Roasted Butternut Squash Toasts with Smoky Pumpkin Seeds
This vegan roasted butternut squash recipe is brought to you in partnership with my friends at Little Northern Bakehouse. As always opinions are 100 percent my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that make this site and my toast cravings ... Continue Reading about Sriracha Roasted Butternut Squash Toasts with Smoky Pumpkin Seeds
Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup
To be honest, posting this vegan cream of mushroom soup recipe with everything going on in the world felt trite. Ant-racism is not something to check off your to-do list. (Thank you Hitha Palepu for that reminder in your newsletter this week). ... Continue Reading about Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup
Mediterranean Baked Chicken with Kalamata Olives
When you cook as often as I do, you sometimes find yourself falling back on the same formulas. Maybe now that we are on week 7 of quarantine, you all are starting to feel me? When I'm wanting to be extra lazy without losing the wow factor, I reach ... Continue Reading about Mediterranean Baked Chicken with Kalamata Olives
Gluten-Free Okonomiyaki (Japanese Cabbage-Scallion Pancakes)
I like to think of this okonomiyaki recipe as the Japanese equivalent of latkes, with shredded cabbage instead of grated potato. Though this makes the dish no less pantry friendly, it does certainly make the prep much easier, as grating ... Continue Reading about Gluten-Free Okonomiyaki (Japanese Cabbage-Scallion Pancakes)
Green Goddess Avocado Dip
No matter what time of year it is, one thing seems constant in my kitchen: the multiple bunches of wilting herbs in my crisper drawer. In an effort to produce less food waste, in addition to composting, I've started growing my own herbs using ... Continue Reading about Green Goddess Avocado Dip
Warm Butternut Squash Dip with Gruyere and Pistachios
I have a love/hate relationship with butternut squash. I love eating it. But every time I perch one on my cutting board to peel, I think to myself: today will finally be the day when I call Charlie from the emergency room having just ... Continue Reading about Warm Butternut Squash Dip with Gruyere and Pistachios
Thai Pumpkin Curry with Shrimp and Bok Choy
One of the fun things about teaching is that it often reintroduces me to my own long-forgotten creations. And if it hadn’t been for my class at the Institute of Culinary Education last year, the inspiration for this Thai pumpkin curry recipe would ... Continue Reading about Thai Pumpkin Curry with Shrimp and Bok Choy
IKEA-Style Vegan Swedish Meatballs
These gluten-free vegan IKEA meatballs are brought to you in partnership with my friends Little Northern Bakehouse. As always opinions are 100 percent my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that make this site and my Swedish meatball ... Continue Reading about IKEA-Style Vegan Swedish Meatballs
Prosciutto Wrapped Figs with Grana Padano Red Onion Jam
This recipe was created in partnership with Icons of European Taste, a joint promotional program to promote Prosciutto di Parma--whose cured hams I dream about on a regular basis-Grana Padano and Prosciutto di San Daniele. For whatever reason, ... Continue Reading about Prosciutto Wrapped Figs with Grana Padano Red Onion Jam
Samosa Shepherd’s Pie
I don’t mind admitting that kitchen creativity is a finite resource in these parts. I honestly do not understand how certain author-bloggers churn out the amount of content they do. When I’m in book recipe testing mode, I have very little head ... Continue Reading about Samosa Shepherd’s Pie
The Best Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almonds (+ GIVEAWAY!)
I’m an unrelenting cookie purist. Nothing turns me into your local scrooge faster than a chopped up candy cane in a perfectly decadent chocolate chip cookie. This is one of my least favorite things about cookie swaps—the need to guild the lily ... Continue Reading about The Best Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almonds (+ GIVEAWAY!)
Vegan Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms with Leek and Fennel Croutons
This vegan stuffed mushroom recipe is brought to you in partnership with my friends Little Northern Bakehouse. As always opinions are 100 percent my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that make this site possible! Every year on ... Continue Reading about Vegan Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms with Leek and Fennel Croutons
Kimchi Deviled Eggs
Kimchi, the fermented Korean condiment made out of Napa cabbage and daikon radishes, is the perfect ingredient to make your hard-boiled egg appetizer even more gut-healthy and devilish at the same time. Though it’s hard to go wrong with creamy ... Continue Reading about Kimchi Deviled Eggs