• Sheet Pan Butternut Squash Dinner

    Sheet Pan Butternut Squash Dinner

    Sheet pan butternut squash is a quick vegetarian main – made with squash, red onions, pine nuts, tahini yogurt sauce, za’atar, and cilantro!

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FALL DINNERS

  • Preserved Lemon Chicken with Saffron & Thyme

    Preserved Lemon Chicken with Saffron & Thyme

    This preserved lemon chicken is a twist on the classic lemon pepper chicken . . . Continuing on my theme of finding the perfect lemon pepper chicken, this preserved lemon chicken, made with fresh and preserved lemons, saffron, thyme, and garlic, is a top contender. The recipe is based on one from the Ottolenghi Simple…

  • Skillet Chicken & Gnocchi with Caramelized Fennel, Onion, and Apple

    Skillet Chicken & Gnocchi with Caramelized Fennel, Onion, and Apple

    This skillet chicken and gnocchi with caramelized fennel, onion, and apple cooked in chicken drippings makes a perfect fall one-pot dinner . . . It’s also super simple. You basically throw everything together in a cast iron skillet and roast it for about an hour. You’re left with caramelized fennel and onion baked in chicken…

  • Greek Lemon Chicken and Potatoes (or Celery Root) with Spinach

    Greek Lemon Chicken and Potatoes (or Celery Root) with Spinach

    This Greek lemon chicken is roasted over potatoes – or, even better if you can find it, celery root. The chicken fat combines with lemon and oregano to roast the potatoes / celery root and doubles as a sauce for spinach, making this a true one-pot meal.

  • Grandma’s Homemade Egg Noodles

    Grandma’s Homemade Egg Noodles

    We call these bright yellow egg noodles straight from my Grandma’s Indiana farm “Grandma’s Noodles.” (Pictured above: Grandma’s Chicken Noodle Soup) My grandma’s homemade egg noodles were my favorite childhood comfort food. My grandma would make a huge batch of noodles whenever she’d come out to visit us growing up. It was a favorite tradition.…

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VEGETABLES FOR STUBBORN KIDS

  • Fast & Easy Oven-Roasted Asparagus

    Fast & Easy Oven-Roasted Asparagus

    Vegetables for the Lazy (or time-pressed) . . . This is a super fast & easy oven-roasted asparagus recipe that produces perfect asparagus every time. Over the past 5 years or so, there’s been one nearly fail-safe method for cooking nearly any vegetable that has been my go-to. At this point, I barely need to…

  • Popcorn Cauliflower

    Popcorn Cauliflower

    The only thing faster than making this healthy popcorn cauliflower is how quickly our kids eat it . . .

  • Za’atar Roasted Carrots with Yogurt Sauce

    Za’atar Roasted Carrots with Yogurt Sauce

    Easy roasted carrots that look like they took work, making for a delicious, last-minute, child-friendly side . . .

  • Secret Garden Muffins

    Secret Garden Muffins

    Secret (Vegetable) Garden Muffins . . . Filled with butternut squash, zucchini, apple, spinach, and coconut, and my kids love them!

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WARM WEATHER BREAKFAST

  • Orange-Scented Cranberry and Carrot Muffins

    Orange-Scented Cranberry and Carrot Muffins

    These cranberry and carrot muffins smell like sweet oranges and are filled with pops of tart fresh cranberry . . .

  • Simple Sweet Potato Pancakes

    Simple Sweet Potato Pancakes

    Basic and very easy recipe for sweet potato pancakes that is very popular with my kids . . .

  • Ginger Apple Bran Muffins

    Ginger Apple Bran Muffins

    If you could put an apple crisp into a muffin, these ginger apple bran muffins would be how . . .These are relatively healthy, super-fiber apple and bran muffins. Because they are made with apple, dates, and bran, they are packed with nutrients and natural sweetness (no refined sugars in the recipe!), making them both…

  • Orange Fennel Chicken Breakfast Sausages

    Orange Fennel Chicken Breakfast Sausages

    These orange fennel chicken breakfast sausages are sweetened with chopped dates and caramelized fennel and flavored with a hint of orange and nutmeg.

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