Jalapeno Popper Potato Salad. Try saying that three times, fast. This salad has all the comfort food notes of my dreams: creamy baby potatoes wrapped in cheesy sauce, studded throughout with roast jalapenos and flecked with green onions and fresh chives. The cheesiness, however, is deceptively dairy & egg free. Instead, the silky sauce that […]
Smoked Pork Carnitas Tacos with Pineapple Pico De Gallo
Your new favorite taco is here! These smoked pork carnitas tacos are piled high with crispy seasoned pork & an easy summer inspired pineapple salsa. The best part? If you make my Crispy Smoked Pork Carnitas at the weekend, you can whip up these tacos in under 30 minutes on a weeknight! Boom. When it […]
Crispiest Roast Sheet Pan Chicken with Orange & Olive Potatoes
This sheet pan chicken has the answer to the crispiest skin without having to pan sear & dodge splatter as you render down that fat. It’s a simple trick, but you won’t believe it works ’til you try it for yourself. All you’ve gotta do is place your chicken skin side down on a parchment […]
Whipped Beanless Hummus with Chunky Mediterranean Salad
So, I started to write, here on the blog. Really write, as opposed to the kind of filler content the internet overlords like recipe bloggers to trot out. I wasn’t sure what would come out when I started. But I’ve promised myself that I will keep looking inside & letting my self go where my […]
French Onion Pot Roast
I’ve carried a single photo of my mother & I to every place I’ve ever lived for the last 20-plus years, but I’ve never really looked at it. I’d tuck the blurred image – me, squinty & self-assured despite the fact that my pink-buttoned dress likely hides a diaper; her, focused on the camera, the […]
Fudgy Chocolate Cherry Seed Cycling Balls (nut & coconut free)
I fumble the glue pot, so the spreader stays inexplicably wedged between my chubby fingers while the sticky mass of PVA travels towards my toes. And worse, the classroom’s corner story-time carpet. My eyes screw up so that I can’t see the inevitable: the pot explodes child-safe adhesive all over the butt-worn carpeting, like a […]