• 6 Easy Weeknight Dinner Ideas

    One of the things that keeps us eating home-cooked dinners more nights than not (yes, even on busy weeknights!) is my arsenal of dishes that are easy to throw together, with simple ingredients I usually have on hand. Some dinners come together in as little as 15 minutes! Those that…

  • Perfect Baked Potatoes

    Cooking perfect baked potatoes as simple as a slathering of olive oil, a generous sprinkle of sea salt, and a hot oven. Seriously. No need to coat the potatoes with a bunch of butter (although…yum!) or wrap each separately in foil. Who needs the extra fuss? Just slather in olive oil,…

  • Vegetarian Kale Salad

    Kale. It’s a leafy green whose preparation seems to stump so many people! And yet, it’s so freakin’ versatile. My sister uses kale regularly, and she offered to share her very favorite vegetarian kale salad with me. Yay! We’ve received kale in our last two small bag deliveries from Hometown…

  • Fluffy Homemade Pancakes

    These homemade pancakes are SO light and fluffy because of an extra ingredient: whole milk Greek yogurt! I don’t need to go on and on about how much we love pancakes in our house, because you can easily read about that in the other pancake recipes I have (scroll down…

  • Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Chocolate chip cookies are one of my absolute favorite cookies on the planet. I use my go-to recipe about once a month (sometimes more often) and it always produces a classic, soft and chewy winner. Today on this rainy, dreary Saturday afternoon, I decided to make another batch. Except that…

  • Vegetarian “Meatball” Sub

    This vegetarian “meatball” sub is a nice meatless alternative to the classic! I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. This post may contain affiliate links.…