Brown butter shiitake pesto pasta

This isn’t a recipe. This is me wanting pasta and then looking in the fridge, seeing what I have and working with what I find.

How to make a killer ~vegetable soup~

I didn’t take this picture. I WISH I took this picture, though. // source: Webvilla via Unsplash

Okay, it’s about time I sat down and wrote about this goddamn soup, because I’ve been making it for months and it’s life-changing. 

How to: ravioli, shakshuka + honey sriracha broccoli

It always starts like this. I come home hungry and look around in the fridge for potential dinner options.

PASTA BOWLS AND FRIED RICE: Skeletons

PASTA BOWLS

A great pasta bowl consists of some sort of pasta (obviously), some vegetables, some protein source, and perhaps a sauce.

Spaghetti 2 ways: Carbonara and Tomato

I needed to eat lunch in my NEW APARTMENT and prepare dinner to go. The convenient part about this meal is that you can make lunch AND dinner in under 15 minutes.

While most spaghetti carbonara recipes are really unhealthy because they’re high in calories and fat, you can make a healthy version by using whole grain pasta, swapping in milk for heavy cream, and watching how much cheese you add. Pair with a superfood like sweet potato to balance errthang out.

Oven Roasted Veggies: My New Obsession

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Oven-baked veggies are my new favorite thing. While the baking process is technically long, you can have a sincerely delicious meal with very little effect involved if you plan everything out.

When baked, veggies crisp up and caramelize, yielding to instantly yummier meals. 

The value of ditching recipes: Chicken spinach Alfredo with brown rice spaghetti

I’m not a huge fan of recipes, unless it comes to baking. In that case, measurements are crucial.

But when you’ve got half an hour to throw together dinner for your family, who wants to keep going back to a book or a piece of paper or their phone?