Spiralized Carrot Salad

The deep winter CSA share was great, but left us drowning in carrots.  Which meant I was scrambling for ways for us to eat them because raw-carrots-dipped-in-ranch was getting bor-ing.  And one can only eat so many maple roasted carrots.  As spring arrived I…

One Skillet Cabbage and Beef

Confession–I’ve only come to love most vegetables in the past 10 or so years.  Before I met my husband I was a peas and carrots and corn kinda gal. As my hubby pushed his favorite veggies on me (asparagus, broccoli with cheese) I began…

Kale and Sweet Potato Salad

It’s Fall in New England and the eating is…not easy.  My body brain keeps telling me to cook and eat fattening comfort foods.  I’m desperately trying not to listen to it, because my body knows that it doesn’t need it. There are some great comfort…

So Easy Butternut Squash Soup

I feel like butternut squash soup is ‘in’ right now. So many people seem to be making it from scratch and I decided to give it a try myself a few weeks ago. It came out okay and then I tweaked the recipe when…

Meatless Monday Menu Milestone

In our household, for about the past 2 years, we have been doing our best to practice Meatless Mondays in our meal planning. We’ve been focusing on dinners (breakfast is usually meatless anyway and lunch is sometimes) and with 2 young children, many of…

Pea Risotto

Last week the cupboards were bare.  I hadn’t had a chance to meal plan for the week and we were running on empty.  Sometimes I find that my best meals happen during times like these.  We had the ends of a rotisserie chicken, and…