This Pesto Caprese Pasta Salad features ripe summer tomatoes, whole wheat pasta and fresh mozzarella, all tossed in a homemade pesto sauce. It’s perfect as a summer side dish or light meal! Last week was pretty exciting– I got my hubby back after he’d been gone for a month-long training out in the middle of…
Pad Thai Zoodles
These Pad Thai Zoodles are a healthy, low-carb alternative to the traditional dish. Spiralized zucchini noodles are cooked with chicken and a classic Pad Thai sauce with all the flavor you love! If there’s anything on my 2015 To-Do List that I’ve been keeping up with, it’s traveling. In the past week I’ve been all…
Springtime Sweet Potato Flatbread
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SpringIntoFlavor #CollectiveBias Here in the desert today, in the middle of the worst drought in– forever?– we’re getting rain. RAIN! Can you believe it? I have the window cracked open and all I can hear is how happy…
Italian Sausage and Kale Lasagna
This Italian Sausage and Kale Lasagna is the best kind of comfort food, packed with fresh kale, creamy ricotta and flavorful sausage! When it comes to making dinner, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes your disastrous cannelloni turns into an amazing lasagna. Sometimes recipes don’t go as planned, but you’ve just gotta roll…
Sun-Dried Tomato and Basil Pasta
Happy Hump Day, friends! We are halfway to another weekend already, wahoo! We spent last weekend down in Santa Monica visiting Nick’s sister and her adorable new puppy, Loki. Kaiser totally dug hanging out with his cousin all weekend, especially frolicking at the beach. Saturday was my first beach day of the ENTIRE SUMMER, so…
Springtime Vegetable Skillet Baked Ziti
Hi, friends! Hope you’re all having a great week. It wasn’t a long weekend, but it sort of felt like one with some weekday fiesta-ing tacked on. Cinco de Mayo for the win! Our “long” weekend started with homemade buffalo chicken pizza (uhm, YUM). And ended with these yummy Ginger Beergaritas and piñata cake (it…
Chicken, Bacon & Brussels Sprout Mac & Cheese
Brussels sprouts often get a bad rap, and I’m not really sure why. Whoever thinks they don’t like brussels sprouts just hasn’t had them cooked the right way– roasted to caramelized perfection, shredded and served fresh in a crisp salad… or covered with bacon and cheese. Even my dog likes brussels. Have you ever seen…
Cheesy Eggplant Parmesan {and some housekeeping}
Howdy, peeps! Please don’t hate me. I have gotten really, really bad at posting, huh? It’s partly because I’ve been super duper busy and seem to have zero time to cook OR blog (or breathe), and partly because my computer is slowly dying and is SO slow. I feel like I’ve time traveled to 1998….