About This Recipe: I randomly had a huge craving for pappardelle pasta this week and decided to make this delicious mushroom sauce pasta dish. Pappardelle is such a nice, thick pasta with a chewy texture that goes perfectly with a mushroom rosemary cream sauce. This recipe is a vegetarian friendly meal that is a little … More Mushroom Sauce Papperdelle
About This Recipe: As a 90’s kid, I grew up eating a lot of Lean Cuisine meals that my mom would buy in the Costco 4-packs. Even though I knew that they were not healthy, I was a fan of the low calorie counts and convenience. One of my favorite meals was the chicken with … More Chicken with Basil Cream Sauce
About This Recipe: One of my favorite go to lunch options at work is Hale and Hearty’s cream of tomato soup. Their version has chicken and orzo, but I wanted to make a vegetarian tomato soup with croutons instead of orzo as the carb. The Hale and Hearty soup is also much creamier and richer, … More Cream of Tomato Soup
About This Recipe: I love baked sweet potatoes so much that I think they deserve to be the main course, not just a side dish. I wanted to add some savoriness to the sweet potatoes while keeping it vegan, so I thought some black beans, wild rice, and mushrooms would do the trick. I use … More Southwest Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
About This Recipe: NYC got hit with a huge snow storm this week, which caused my weekly Fresh Direct order to get canceled on Sunday afternoon. The only things in my refrigerator were fennel bulbs from a fennel gratin that I was supposed to make but never got around to, so I came up with … More Vegan Creamy Fennel Soup
About This Recipe: Chicken pot pie is an American classic that I have actually only had via Marie Callender’s frozen pot pie meal. It’s always been on my list of things to try making from scratch, and this cold NYC weekend was the perfect occasion to experiment. When I say from scratch I mean with … More Chicken Pot Pie
About This Recipe: Aside from tacos Al Pastor, Baja fish tacos are my go to taco order. Of course regular Baja fish tacos are battered and deep fried, but since it’s January 5th, I thought that I would make a still delicious, but lighter version using pan seared cod. This recipe requires a bit of … More Baja Fish Tacos
About This Recipe: NYC experienced it’s first snow of the season tonight, so I thought it would be very appropriate to whip up this delicious chicken and dumpling soup. Even though it is super hearty and filling, this is definitely a more booty conscious version of this beloved Southern dish. There is nothing more satisfying … More Chicken and Dumpling Soup
About This Recipe: It is pretty rare when I am super impressed by my own cooking, but this lemon dill salmon happens to be one of those times. Not only does this recipe require almost no prep work and only 5 ingredients, but the presentation is beautiful and the flavors really shine. This is easy … More Lemon Dill Foil Salmon
About This Recipe: Turkey chili isn’t the fanciest or prettiest soup on the block, but it has a lot of personality. This is a great dish to make for dinner on a cold, winter night, and leftovers freeze well to have on hand for whenever you’re in a bind. I keep the recipe super minimal- … More Turkey Chili
