Last updated on April 16th, 2019 We should probably go pick up some lottery tickets. At least the low-investment scratch-off kind. You see, we’re on a winning streak. How’d you get so lucky? I don’t have an answer for that, so I’ll just brag about it instead. Our good fortune extends beyond how lucky I feel that I got to…
Gluten-Free Savory
Grilled pineapple tofu skewers with spicy mango BBQ sauce
Last updated on August 29th, 2020 When it feels like summer in the Bay Area, you need to grab on and relish in it as much as possible until it inevitably disappears behind the fog again. With a sunny holiday weekend approaching, there’s no better way to celebrate than by lighting up the grill. And…
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….
Zucchini arepas: zucchini corn cakes with cheese, salsa, and guacamole
Last updated on July 6th, 2020 When I first went off to college, I’d regularly call my mom from the grocery store to ask, “in what part of the store would I find _____ ?” Anything from salsa to olives to pizza sauce. For me, this was the adult manifestation of watching my parents drive from one place to the next without…
DIY Bacon gifts: bacon jam, bacon salt, and bacon candy
Last updated on August 29th, 2020 Back in January, my friend Tina kicked off the new year with a resolution about healthy eating. I kicked it off by infusing bacon into everything. And then waited 4 months to tell you about it – until it was safe to say that most New Year’s resolutions had…
Chipotle avocado spread
Last updated on April 16th, 2019 I’m coming clean about my most annoying habit, but making it up to you by offering up this spicy chipotle avocado spread. Smear a smidgen on your next sandwich and you’ll have to forgive me for the sins I’m about to own up to. You know that person who…
Recipe Rewind: Butternut squash soup with parmesan crisps
Last updated on August 29th, 2020 Recipe Rewind March 25, 2014: As my regular readers know, during the week I shop and plan meals as though the two of us were a family of four. With this strategy, we can have piping hot leftovers for lunch the next day without any extra cooking effort. This butternut…
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…
Brown butter sun-dried tomato marinara
Last updated on April 16th, 2019 When I think about my mom’s home cooking, spaghetti sends a wave of nostalgia. My mom makes chunky spaghetti sauce stuffed with mushrooms, onions, garlic, and ground beef. And now I crave it when I need a mom hug and she’s not nearby to give one. It wasn’t always that…
Spicy shrimp tacos with cabbage slaw
Last updated on September 14th, 2020 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…
Sunchoke soup with caramelized shallots and roasted enoki mushrooms
Last updated on April 10th, 2019 My husband will freely tell you that my obsession with bowls is getting out of hand. What used to be an enthusiasm for teeny tiny dishes now extends to bowls of all sizes. In my opinion, as long as each bowl has a specific place on the shelf and I can tell…
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…
Smoked salmon soba bowl
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 When you insist on experimenting with new recipes every single week, there are occasional meals when you and your husband awkwardly smile at one another from across the table and you know you’re both wishing you’d just ordered pizza instead. And still, he packs up the leftovers of whatever…
Pork tamales with chile colorado
Last updated on August 29th, 2020 We’re a very traditional family when it comes to holiday meals. For Thanksgiving, an enormous roasted bird sits surrounded by cornbread stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potato casserole, and green beans. Dessert is always homemade pecan pie and pumpkin pie. Like clockwork, sometime around mid-November you’d…
White bean soup with rosemary oil
Last updated on April 10th, 2019 Even though my poor circulation is not a big fan of the cold, one of winter’s redeeming factors is soup. This cold winter slows me down and has me constantly wishing I was sitting in front of a warm fireplace with a cup of hot cocoa in my hand….
Coca Cola pulled chicken sliders
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Since we’re back in the US now, I thought I’d share a recipe that screams “America!” And what’s more American than Coca Cola, amiright? Really, I made these sliders the week before we left, but I’ve been saving the recipe. To be honest, besides my fresh fruit breakfasts, I hardly…
Butternut squash noodles with brown butter and kale
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 I’m a girl who loves her kitchen tools. I’m crazy for my food processor, I smile every time I use my switchit spatula, and I’m totally into tiny bowls. Two weeks ago, I added a new kitchen tool to my collection that I’ve already developed strong feelings for. Who…
Creamy turmeric carrot soup
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 The good news? I’ve been writing up a storm. Even though the husband has been in China for the past week and I’ve had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad time falling asleep (to the point of staring at the ceiling for 3 hours before finally passing out),…
Pan-fried sole & mixed wild rice with roasted grapes (gluten-free)
Last updated on August 29th, 2020 I’ve been in a rut with my dissertation lately. When you’re in a rut, you reflect. Reflect on what’s keeping you from making the progress that you need. Then maybe you can figure out how to get over that and just write your little heart out. And I think I’ve discovered…
Quick chicken & Spanish chorizo weeknight paella
Last updated on June 29th, 2020 I accidentally ate mac and cheese this weekend. It was not a moment of weakness where I thought, “oh, screw it, I’m eating this.” It was an honest-to-goodness mistake. We had some friends over for some BBQ this weekend and one of them brought over some bacon-filled deli mac…
Summer squash gratin with nutmeg béchamel
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 When the doorbell rings and you find a 2-foot tall little girl standing there holding an armful of fresh zucchini, you can’t help but smile. She’s shyly grinning while barely hanging on to the three large squash that are about the size of her arms. She hardly says a…
Roasted beet and citrus salad with mustard vinaigrette
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Oh hi there. Long time no see. I’ve been spending my days and nights wedding planning (and bridal showering and bacheloretting – yup, it’s a verb now). Not gonna lie, I’ve probably had time to pop in and say hi, but I’ve just been too exhausted to think about…
Healthy turkey and veggie chili
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 With my head buried in books for the past few weeks I’ve had very little time to emerge to make dinner. On days when I decide crackers aren’t substantial enough for a full meal, I usually heat up Trader Joe’s tomato soup, toss together some semblance of a salad,…
Mint pickled strawberries
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Hold on to your seat, I’m about to tell you something wild. I pickled strawberries. That’s right, I took sweet juicy organic strawberries and canned them in sour red wine vinegar with a few sprigs of mint. And they turned out edible. In fact, they were more than just tolerable,…
