When I woke up Saturday morning to dark clouds and pouring rain, I knew exactly what I was going to make later that day. Â It was time for soup. I had a myriad of CSA vegetables that I needed to use up, and there is no better way to use up vegetables than throw them in a soup. As the final days ...
Dinner Recipes
Quinoa patties with black beans and corn
When the biggest card-carrying carnivore takes a bite of a vegan patty and says, "Really good, hon," you know you have a recipe winner. Â The carnivore is my husband, by the way, and he is not always easy to win over with my healthy, meatless meals. If you have a man (or woman) in your life who ...
Lentil burgers
Nothing says summer like a burger. Â The bun, the juicy tomato, the pickles, the ketchup, the mustard, just...yum. There are no rules that say your summer burger has to be a burger made of meat. Â Why not switch things up a bit and try this vegan lentil burger? Â With lentils and black beans, it's ...
How dinner went down: April 1st-7th
Welcome to the in-law edition of How Dinner Went Down. Â My in-laws, otherwise known as Nana and Poppy, are visiting. Â This always makes dinner a little bit different than usual as I try to accommodate everyone's tastes and preferences. Â It turned out to be a great week of ...
Barley risotto with asparagus
One of my favorite recipes from the cookbook Vegan Yum Yum is the creamy tomato barley risotto. Â That recipe opened a whole new world for me of risotto-like dishes cooked with barely. The beauty of the recipe is in not just its delciousness, although it is amply delicious, but in its simplicity. ...
How dinner went down: March 25-31
Oh, what a week. Â If you read my 10K training update post, you know I've felt like I'm running on fumes lately. Â At the end of last week, Tim was convinced it was diet related and I needed "more protein and iron." Â In Tim's world, this translates to "you need to eat more meat." Â Instead of waging a ...
How dinner went down: March 18th-24th
First, let me apologize for no new recipe posts popping up last week. Â It was a doozy of a week made much harder with Luke's growth spurt and crazy short naps. Â He is getting back on track with his naps (night sleep is another story...) so I hope to have more time to get you some recipes this week. ...
How dinner went down: March 11th-17th
I typed out the dates in the title and had to pause for a moment. Â Is it really the middle of March?! Â When did that happen? Â Wow. Â My little man was three months old yesterday (update coming tomorrow). Â This introduction has little to do with dinner or food, but I just wanted to say how I wish time ...
Roasted vegetable quinoa pie
Can you feel that? Â The light breeze. Â The sunlight on your face. Â I don't know what the weather is like where you are at, but here in southwest Ohio, spring is in the air. It might not last. Â We may have one last angry snow storm to punish us for the mild winter. Â Either way, spring is coming ...
How dinner went down: March 4th-10th
Anyone else feeling the effects of the time change? Â I definitely missed the lost hour yesterday as I felt like I was playing catch up all day. Â So much that this blog post didn't get written. Â With one child at preschool and the other one napping, I better hurry and get this done while I ...
How dinner went down: February 26th-March 3rd
Having a new baby is affecting my memory. Â I just had to sit here for 20 minutes because for the life of me I couldn't remember what we had for dinner last Sunday. Â Now that I think of it, I probably wouldn't have been super quick to recall a dinner from a week prior before I had Luke, either. Â You ...
How dinner went down: February 19th-25th
Welcome to your weekly peek into my kitchen at dinner time. Â This was my first full week going dairy-free. Â It hasn't been too difficult to find my go-to recipes without dairy, but a week without cheese is still a sad week in my book. Â Nonetheless, there was some serious tastiness for dinner this ...