This white bean dip celebrates the awesomeness that is buffalo sauce and blue cheese! It is super silky, bold in flavor, and easy to whip up. Serve it with some carrots, celery, and something carby like toasted pita, and you have yourself an awesome app or snack ready for all the summer things (even if [...]
Golden brown mushrooms are infused with black truffle oil and lemon juice and zest before being piled onto garlic rubbed toast and topped with fresh chives and shredded Grana Padano cheese in this tasty toast. The umami level is off the chain! But all the richness is balanced with bright and acidic lemon juice, pops [...]
Do you like spinach and artichoke dip? In other words, are you human? These portobellos are stuffed with a lighter but just as decadent spinach and artichoke dip inspired filling using goat cheese instead of cream cheese. I find goat cheese to be less heavy but also more flavorful than cream cheese - it gives [...]
This spring garlic guacamole celebrates the greatness that is spring garlic. Only available March through the end of May, spring garlic is basically young garlic harvested before the bulbs have fully formed. It comes with the green tops attached which makes it look a lot like a skinny leek. Having not developed fully yet, it [...]
Ramps! Every year I cannot wait to get my hands on em'. They work AMAZINGLY as the star of the vinaigrette in this salad featuring arugula, roasted red bell pepper, crispy roasted eggplant, and torn fresh mozzarella cheese. The ramp vinaigrette was the starting point and the salad was built around it - it is [...]
Little gem lettuce means spring is here and it is here to stay y'all. This little gem lettuce salad looks and tastes like a big bowl of springtime sunshine and I'm obsessed! Peas are the easiest spring ingredient ever because you can just buy the frozen ones and steam them. Of course you could always [...]
March is generally the final moth for peak season citrus which is always a sad time. However, I was psyched this past week to find loads of oranges on sale. I promptly purchased about a billion and proceeded to whip up this orange and coconut chia pudding! Using a mix of fresh squeezed OJ, orange [...]
A pantry and freezer-based recipe, this tomato, bean, and kale toast with feta is pure comfort food. While it has a long cooking time, it is almost all hands-off making this a simple recipe that produces major flavor. The tomato base is inspired by Arrabiata, a spicy Italian tomato sauce. You can adjust the amount [...]
Have you heard of tiger butter? It is a glorious mixture of white chocolate and peanut butter swirled with milk chocolate. I used to eat tiger butter bark from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory as a kid when hanging out at the mall was an extracurricular activity. Did you do the mall-hang thing? I can't [...]
Made with a quinoa base, all the colorful veg, and a parsley-lemon green tahini sauce, this rainbow bowl is an explosion of freshness, texture, and flavor. This is the kind of bowl you can eat for any meal of the day! It is modeled after the rainbow bowl from Bluestone Lane Cafes, which happens to [...]
