Creamy zucchini pesto pasta is an easy way to pack in vegetables. Blend raw zucchini into pesto to make it extra creamy and sub in roasted almonds for a roasted nuttiness. This creamy pesto pasta recipe is a refreshingly healthy summer dish – top with crispy pancetta or your favorite protein to make it a…
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How to Build a Dinner-Worthy Charcuterie Board
How to build a dinner-worthy charcuterie board with ideas for what to put on a cheese and charcuterie board and tips and tricks for arranging a showpiece platter! Plus all the components of an Italian Salumi themed charcuterie board! Serve with basil artichoke tapenade. This post is sponsored by Safeway, a year-long partner of Snixy…
Creamy Tomato Basil Chicken and Spinach
Last updated on May 24th, 2019 Creamy roasted garlic tomato basil chicken with spinach. This easy Whole 30 chicken recipe uses roasted garlic cashew cream mixed with a jar of flavorful tomato basil sauce for a quick weeknight dinner! Serve it over cauliflower rice with fresh basil. This post is sponsored by Lucini Italia, using their…
Gluten-Free Baja Fish Tacos with Chipotle Cream Sauce
Last updated on May 8th, 2019 These gluten-free fried fish tacos have a tangy sweet orange cabbage slaw and spicy chipotle cream sauce. Rice flour tempura batter makes a crispy golden fried fish! Learn what kind of fish makes the best baja fish tacos, how to select sustainable seafood, and how to make chipotle cream…
Roasted Butternut & Pancetta Risotto with Sage Oil
Creamy parmesan and leek risotto topped with roasted butternut squash, pancetta, and a drizzle of sage oil. The classic yet bold flavors make this creamy risotto recipe comforting and hard to resist. While the squash roasts, make the risotto slowly on the stovetop or hands-off in the Instant Pot. Either way, this dish comes together…
Weeknight Instant Pot Beef Ragu
This quick and easy weeknight Instant Pot beef ragu is made using a jar of marinara to develop rich flavors. Pot roast shreds into a comforting pasta sauce that tastes like it took hours to make! Serve over pasta, polenta, or even a baked potato. This post is sponsored by Lucini Italia, using their organic…
Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower and Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner
Last updated on March 20th, 2019 This chicken sheet pan dinner recipe is an easy way to get dinner on the table without much fuss. Lemon parmesan roasted cauliflower and crispy chicken breast tastes great on its own or served over buttered pasta! A few weeks ago, before the flames and smoke overtook California, I…
Pancetta & Spring Green Grilled Cheese
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Load fresh spring flavors into your grilled cheese with this pancetta & spring green grilled cheese. Layers of creamy dill havarti melted between herbed pea spread, crispy pancetta, and asparagus are all grilled between sourdough slices with plenty of butter to crisp up the outside! Get ready to celebrate…
Multigrain Porridge, Two Ways: Savory Porridge & Sweet Porridge
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Packed with six different grains, this multigrain porridge is so flavorful it requires very little seasoning. Make a big batch and serve it two ways, savory or sweet. It pairs with savory toppings like miso roasted salmon and bok choy for a comforting dinner or sweet toppings like warm…
Zucchini Gouda Turkey Meatballs with Cheesy Baked Polenta
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Dinner tonight is a comforting bowl of gouda turkey meatballs made with shredded zucchini and served with marinara over creamy cheesy baked polenta. Summer meets fall. With the Bay Area hitting peak temperatures now, I’m not ready to let go of summer just yet. Fortunately the markets agree and…
Garlic White Wine Skillet Chicken with Olives & Artichokes
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Extra juicy crispy-skinned garlic white wine skillet chicken with olives and artichokes. Served over a bed of pasta, this low-prep one-skillet chicken is simple enough for a weeknight, but fancy enough for a dinner party. I’m finally home after spending three nights in Boston at a middle-school style slumber party…
Chicken Pot Pie with Chestnut Biscuits
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 This warm and roasty chicken pot pie topped with chestnut biscuits is a tribute to the cutest new baby bowl to join Two Red Bowls. Today was officially Cynthia’s due date, but baby bowl just couldn’t wait to eat his mama’s cooking and came a little early! Welcome to this big strange world, baby bowl,…
Butternut Squash & Turkey Lasagna with Chestnut Pasta
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Lasagna from scratch was the first dish I made Lucas. He says it’s when he fell in love with me, but that was like our third date, so probably an exaggeration. On the other hand, it might also be the reason I have a husband, so I keep making…
Ginger Lemongrass Pork Lettuce Wraps
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 These ginger lemongrass pork lettuce wraps with nuoc cham sauce are my contribution to a lettuce wrap party for two with Todd of Honestlyyum . When we hatched plans to use a lettuce wrap collab to try our hand at stop-motion video (inspired by Betty’s tutorial), I could have sworn he said “Hey, can I come…
Salmon Tacos with Green Onion & Asparagus Salsa
Raise your hand if you’ve ever had popcorn and ice cream for dinner because the thought of figuring out what to eat, going to the store, and coming back to cook it was enough to make you need a nap. Real talk. That’s basically mealtime with a new baby in a nutshell. (Also: when can I get that nap?). What if I told you someone would do the recipe planning and shopping part for you and you’d spend only 30 minutes in the kitchen before chowing down on these healthy salmon tacos?
You’d probably get that nap. That’s what.
Today I’m stoked to share about my collaboration with Sun Basket – what kept us nourished for the month after Zoella was born and brought these salmon tacos into my life. But first: let me paint the scene in our house.
Braised Short Rib Tagine with Figs & Almonds {for two}
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Back when I first told you about #cheesebabygirl, I mentioned my new-found love affair with milk. When random people at the grocery store (yah, that’s a thing) ask me what unusual cravings I’ve had throughout my pregnancy, the only answer is milk. 7.5 months in and my love for milk…
DIY Sushi at Home: A Video Collaboration
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 A food blogger friend I’ve never met in person recently observed that it seems Japanese is my favorite cuisine. My obsession is THAT transparent. Back in college, you would never have guessed that 10 years down the line, I’d have fallen so hard into a sushi love affair to…
Apple and Sausage Cornbread Stuffing with Sage {gluten-free}
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Even though I’ve dreamed of city life since I was just a kid hoping to one day make it big in the movies, I’m a small-town country girl at heart. I like to think I’ve learned a bit of city street smarts over the years since I moved away from…
Caprese fettuccine with Italian chicken sausage
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 This wasn’t supposed to be today. No – today was supposed to be a two-part dessert to use up our fruiting meyer lemon tree. Then sometimes things just happen. Things like your fall wardrobe barely fitting coupled with the realization that the last three recipes you’ve shared were desserts. And as you…
Texas BBQ pulled pork quesadillas with vinegar slaw
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 The neighbors got suspicious when they peered through the fence and noticed Lucas and Mikey digging a 4-foot deep 3×5-foot pit in our backyard. By offering an invitation, I assured them that we were planning to roast a pig, not bury a body. For my last 20-something birthday, we invited all our…
Guilt-free shrimp and veggie fettuccine with cauliflower alfredo
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Raise your hand if your favorite pasta dish as a child was creamy fettuccine alfredo. Did your house exclusively refer to fettucine alfredo as “Sarah’s favorite pasta” like mine? I’d order it every time I found it featured on a dinner menu and I’d throw in some shrimp for good measure….
Sun-dried tomato, basil, and mozzarella turkey meatballs
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Have you spent a Friday night rolling a couple dozen miniature meatballs? While preparing 10 different healthy meals for the kids lunch box photo shoot for Lucas’s new start-up OmieLife, I did just that. I can now add “lunch box food stylist” to my resume. Marble-sized food stylist to…
Spicy shrimp tacos with cabbage slaw
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Recipe Rewind February 26, 2014: While eating our way through Nashville this weekend, we stopped by a little home goods shop in Franklin where I gawked over the cutest recipe card box ever. Then I came back down to earth and remembered that I don’t need (another) physical recipe card box…
Smoked sausage sweet potato skillet pasta
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 This post is sponsored by Hillshire Farm** Up until now, there’s been exactly one way we’ve eaten sausage for dinner: on sandwich rolls with cooked peppers and onions. A little mayo, some mustard. This old link gets me thinking I really need to re-visit some of my early recipes…
