I love a good kitchen shortcut. Especially one that makes traditional pierogi so light and delicate, I can eat twice as many. Guys. TWICE as many! The secret is pre-made wonton wrappers. If you’ve ever made real-deal pierogi, you’d know preparing, rolling and cutting the dough is at least half the battle. The circular wonton wrappers…
Recipe Makeover
How to: Make your own – Cauliflower and Cheese Tots
The harvest is rolling in now, folks. It’s the very best time of year to get fresh everything and I’m feeling overwhelmed with choice! I picked up 2 huge heads of cauliflower last week for $4. Because $4! I made 4 cauliflower and cheese quiches (2 went straight into the freezer) and these little…
How to: Recipe Makeover – Broccoli Slaw
I love a classic. Books, movies, and mayonnaise laden salads included. Honestly, I’m never really happy at a barbecue without a creamy potato or pasta salad, so let’s leave those alone for now. This one’s a fun little update on the creamy bacon-y version of the classic broccoli salad. Not to worry, I don’t completely ruin…
How To: Recipe Makeover – Vegetarian Cobb Salad
I know this title may read like an oxymoron. Bacon and chicken are two of the ingredients typically found in a Cobb salad, joining eggs, blue cheese, tomatoes, and avocados. But who says you can’t deviate from the original now and then? What would life be like if we were all the same, right? When…
How to: Make your own – Oven-Baked Sweet Potato Tater Tots
Tater tots. Blog post, complete. Kidding. Sorta. I don’t have much to say to convince you to try these because closeted or not, you love tater tots. We all do. They’re a universal crowd pleaser that may even lead to world peace one day. Pizza and tater tots. They can really bring people together. How simple are…
How To: Recipe Makeover – Kale Caesar Salad with Crispy Chickpea Croutons
We have to talk about these crispy chickpea croutons. You are going to want to make a double batch and eat them by the handful they are that good. I was going make our delicious and one of my ‘go-to’ salads the other night – our curry roasted squash and chickpea salad with an addictive…
Broccoli and Cheese Spaghetti Squash Casserole
If you can resist broccoli and cheese casserol-y things in the winter, you’re one up on me. Also, the squash is still rolling in weekly with my produce box delivery, so I’ve been needing to get creative all up in here. This isn’t totally brand new, though. This recipe was inspired by another recent spaghetti…