Spanish Rice
This recipe for Spanish Rice is made with 5 simple ingredients and is the perfect side dish for any Mexican-inspired meal. Easy & budget-friendly!
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Quick Recipes
Homemade Fajita Seasoning
Skip the store-bought blends and make this Homemade Fajita Seasoning instead. It’s cheaper, delicious, and you can customize it to your own taste!
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Savory Power Bars
These homemade power bars are based on the recipe I published years ago in Super Natural Cooking. The main difference here is I made these savory with toasted walnuts, crumbled kale chips, and oil-cured olives.
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Greek Salad
This easy Greek Salad recipe is full of fresh flavors and includes the most delicious homemade Greek dressing! A simple side dish for ANY meal.
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Dutch Baby Pancake
Everyone loves a dutch baby pancake for the simplicity and the drama. This is a great classic approach. You get huge rise, and you can tweak the recipe with endless variations – sweet and savory.
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Air Fryer Chicken Drumsticks
These easy Air Fryer Chicken Drumsticks always turn out super juicy, with crispy seasoned skin, and are on the table in less than 30 minutes!
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Rustic Cabbage Soup
Hearty, healthy, and satisfying – this cabbage soup recipe is super simple to make. Slice a cabbage into thin ribbons and cook it down in a simple pot of sautéed potatoes, onions, beans, garlic and flavorful broth. Finish each bowl with a generous drizzle of great olive oil, a couple dollops of sour cream and a jolt of something spicy.
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Poached Eggs
Follow this simple method and learn how to make Poached Eggs with soft, runny yolks and firm whites every time! Perfect for breakfast or brunch.
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How to Make Smoothie Bowls
Learn How to Make Smoothie Bowls the right way and add all your favorite toppings to create a cheap, healthy, and super easy breakfast or snack!
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Ricotta Toast 4 Ways
Upgrade your breakfast game with this quick and easy Ricotta Toast recipe. It’s delicious as-is, but we’ve also included four tasty variations to try!
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Beef Stroganoff
This one pot Beef Stroganoff is a delicious and comforting weeknight dinner and is easy like hamburger helper, but homemade!
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One Pot Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta
This One Pot Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta was inspired by those little packets of powdered pasta sauce mix I always see in the grocery store. While those little packets are probably great for camping, stocking a bomb shelter, or keeping in your emergency hurricane supplies, I think regular weeknights call for something better. Better but…
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Shrimp Scampi
This easy Shrimp Scampi recipe is made in just 20 minutes with a few simple ingredients. And it’s packed with a ton of flavor!
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Healthy Breakfast Ideas
Quick, clever, healthy breakfast ideas are something I’m always excited about. Here’s a list of favorite feel-good day starters to incorporate into your mornings.
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Homemade Mac and Cheese
This incredibly creamy and cheesy homemade mac and cheese recipe features an easy cheese sauce made with sharp cheddar, milk, and butter.
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5 Minute Nacho Cheese Sauce
Whenever I’m in need of a serious pick-me-up, I make this homemade Nacho Cheese Sauce recipe and all feels right with the world again. It’s perfect for those “Ugh, I give up. Just give me some chips and nacho cheese.” moments. This easy recipe is creamy, cheesy, and made with simple pantry staples (meaning it’s…
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Pasta with Creamy Crushed Walnut Sauce
Toasted walnuts pounded with garlic into a creamy sauce make this pasta easy and exceptional. If you have dried pasta, a few cloves of garlic, walnuts, and black pepper you can make this. The other ingredients – lemon zest, a bit of grated cheese, a finishing cascade of breadcrumbs and herbs are encouraged, but not essential.
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Rice Cake Toppings
Game-changer: I stumbled on new-to-me THIN rice cakes the other day, and have been using them as the perfect, crunchy snack vehicle in the days since. Pictured are a handful of topping ideas.
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Sauteed Brussels Sprouts
These Sautéed Brussels Sprouts are the perfect solution for a quick & easy side dish to compliment any holiday or dinner meal!
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Pear, Celery and Pecan Salad
This Pear, Celery and Pecan salad is the only pear salad recipe you need this holiday season. Easy to make, refreshing, and full of flavor!
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Creamed Corn
Making Creamed Corn from scratch is easier than you think! This delicious side is perfect for the holidays and made with simple ingredients.
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Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad
This Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad recipe is the perfect healthy side to meal prep for the holidays! It’s fresh, tangy, and SO easy to make.
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Sake Mushrooms
This sake mushroom recipe was inspired by a stack of papers in my kitchen. There was a note that simply said: big mushrooms, dunk in sake, dredge in rice flour, sauté, salt, dot with miso butter.
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Simple Garlic Kale
This is how you make simple, garlic kale – just right. If you love sautéed greens, the keys are avoid overcooking, and adding plenty of garlic to the pan. And yes, this technique works with kale, chard, or spinach. Super flexible!
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Rose Shortbread Cookies
Classic, buttery, whole wheat shortbread cookies. They’re fragrant with rosewater, flecked with toasted nuts, and dried rose petals.
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