These braised baby new potatoes are tender, melt-in-your-mouth, dead-easy to make and versatile in so many ways. I love to make these braised baby new potatoes and serve as a side dish with chicken, or as part of a nicoise salad, with a fried egg on top, or on their own as a snack.
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Spinach and Tomato Frittata
Making a frittata is one of the easier things you can do with eggs that is impressive. With about 6 eggs, any combination of vegetables you like, and about 20 minutes, you can have a tasty brunch recipe or breakfast-for-dinner recipe on your hands. This recipe for a spinach and tomato frittata is an endlessly customizable palate for your enjoyment!
…Seafood Boil with Tajin Seasoning
Most seafood boils — which are composed of shrimp or langoustine or crab, alongside potatoes, corn and sausage, — call for Old Bay seasoning. This seafood boil recipe, however, leans into Tajin for its seasoning, the beloved limey salty seasoning that’s super popular here in Southern California. Make this Tajin seafood boil anytime you’re hosting a summer dinner party and want to make a hearty seafood meal.
…Cauliflower Marbella
Inspired by chicken marbella from The Silver Palate, here is a vegetarian version of chicken marbella, using roasted cauliflower. It is sweet, salty and has some agrodolce vibes — sooo yummy!
…Steak with Rosemary Butter
Here’s a recipe for a perfectly seared steak with rosemary butter. This is the easiest, most foolproof steak recipe — all you’re doing is pan searing it and topping it with butter and rosemary.
…Soy-ginger glazed salmon and green beans
This soy-glazed salmon bowl recipe is so easy for weeknight meals and pairs perfectly with dry roasted green beans. To boot, you’re roasting everything on one sheet pan, so cleanup is easy! Make this soy salmon and green beans recipe tonight!
…Turkey chili verde (whole30, paleo, keto)
This turkey chili
Green goddess potato salad (paleo, whole30, vegan options)
In anticipation of spring and all the wonderful vegetables, herbs and flavors re-emerging from the earth, here’s a recipe for a green goddess potato salad that’s bursting with freshness. Make my green goddess dressing and marry that with new potatoes, asparagus, arugula and soft eggs– heaven!
…“get your shit together” chicken soup
Ok. Putting on my tough love, Tony Robbins/Rachel Hollis/Melissa Urban-esque life coach hat here. GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER! If you don’t know how to make homemade chicken soup, you need to figure out what’s going on with your life because that is a MISS. This chicken soup is the most basic, essential life skill 101 that you need to know how to make.
…Green goddess dressing (vegan, paleo, whole30)
Here is a recipe for a homemade green goddess dressing that is vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, all the -free’s. Using just a few ingredients that you probably already have in the fridge, you can make your own tangy, herby, zesty and creamy avocado green goddess dressing – it goes with anything!
…Bacon, kale and hashbrown egg bake (whole30, paleo, meal prep)
Here’s a breakfast recipe you’ll put on repeat: a bacon, kale and hashbrown egg bake that feeds a crowd. It’s so filling and hearty! This bacon, kale and hashbrown egg bake is a budget-friendly, paleo, and Whole30 breakfast. It’s also a great breakfast meal prep idea or a brunch idea for a group – it feeds 8. I even ate it for dinner last night!
…Seared tuna and cucumber zoodle bowls (whole30, pescatarian)
This Whole30 Friendly Seared Tuna and Cucumber Zoodle Bowl is your new favorite lunch! It looks fancy, but really comes together quite quickly. With cool and crunchy cucumbers, topped with savory tuna, creamy avocado, zesty nori strips and a ginger-lime-sunbutter dressing that will be your new favorite dressing – this tuna and cucumber bowl is the deconstructed sushi bowl of your dreams.
…Pomegranate mocktail (Whole30, Dry January)
This light and refreshing pomegranate mocktail with lime and mint is so delicious, you won’t even know there’s no alcohol in it! If you’re doing a Dry January, a Whole30 or just don’t want to imbibe, try this lime-mint pomegranate mocktail!
…Bok Choy Shirataki Noodle Soup
This bowl of brothy noodle soup – that has both Vegan and Whole30 friendly versions – is warming, light, healthy and clean! If you’re looking for a perfect soup for when you have a cold coming on, when you’re looking for something revitalizing, or just want a nourishing bowl of yummy soupy goodness, this bok choy noodle soup is it.
…hashbrown and chorizo breakfast bake
Here’s a chorizo and hash brown breakfast casserole – it’s a Whole30 breakfast recipe that’s filling, savory, and big on flavor. With hash browns, spicy chorizo, onions and eggs all baked into one dish, this is one of my favorite make-ahead breakfast recipes! The secret is the frozen hashbrowns — it makes this hashbrown and chorizo breakfast bake come together so quickly.
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5-ingredient roasted applesauce
Are you guys nearly apple-d out yet? At the beginning of Autumn, I get so excited about apples – I make every possible apple recipe. It can get old though! I was trying to think of a slightly newer way to cook with apples — while I love applesauce, it just can be a little meh. So, when I came across a roasted applesauce recipe in Food 52’s book Genius Recipes, I was excited. I changed the recipe to lean further into the roasty flavors – added onion and thyme — this roasted apple compote is luxurious, decadent and savory, and not your typical applesauce recipe.
chicken shawarma dinner for two
This homemade chicken shawarma dinner for two is the easiest weeknight meal, and tastes like the chicken you get from the Halal cart in NYC. Using a simple spice mix, this chicken goes from tame to fame in just 20 minutes in the oven. Combined with some chicken-fat roasted onions + fresh veggies – and maybe some homemade hummus + pita – here’s your next easy, quick dinner for two.
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whole30 cobb salad
Here’s a recipe for a Whole30 cobb salad, that’s filled with greens, proteins, and herbs. I’ve done Whole30 a few times as a reset — and occasionally will do a Whole3 (…or a Whole5) when I feel like I need to do a mini-reset. This salad is best when tomatoes are ripe, but with tomatoes in the grocery store year round, it can be made any time you want. This Whole30 cobb salad is healthy, delicious and easy to make.
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Air Fryer Garlic Fries
This recipe for home french fries uses an air fryer — my new favorite gizmo!!! These garlic herb french fries are a healthier option when you’re a) not trying to do the whole deep-fried thing and b) happen to have a hankering for fries at want to figure out how to do them at home. I actually used frozen shoestring potatoes — it’s a quick fix and great option for home-cooked french fries.
…good for you spicy sweet potato soup
Here’s a recipe for a sweet potato soup that is so easy to make – it’s just dump-and-go in an Instant Pot, followed by a quick whiz in a blender to bring it all together. Using sweet potatoes, onion, bone broth, and spices, it’s light and warming at the same time. you’ll love this spicy sweet potato soup as a quick breakfast (serious!), or appetizer for any meal. This Instant Pot version of spicy sweet potato soup is good for you and delicious, too.
cauliflower rice salad with grapes, cucumber, and tarragon
Here’s a cauliflower rice salad recipe lightened up and made Whole30/Paleo. This cauliflower rice salad with grapes, cucumber, and tarragon recipe is perfect for a summer potluck or cookout; the flavors only improve in time as the raw cauliflower absorbs the flavors. This recipe, of course, can be made with Israeli couscous or rice and be really good, but if you’re trying to cut carbs, cauliflower rice is a great option and is surprisingly delicious with the grapes + tarragon. It’s an unexpected use of grapes, too!
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roasted salmon, kale, and lemon potatoes with green goddess dressing
This roasted salmon, kale, and lemon potatoes dish with green goddess dressing recipe is a deceptively delicious and Whole30, paleo, and AIP friendly. It’s a perfect healthy dinner party menu! This entree is loaded with protein, healthy fats, anti-inflammatory greens.
avocado-tomatillo salsa verde
Here is a recipe for avocado-tomatillo salsa verde! This is honestly the easiest thing ever to make at home. I prefer a green, tomatillo salsa nearly all the time, and with avocado blended in, this salsa is like 1/3 of the way between a pure salsa verde and guacamole. It’s creamy, tangy and stays green forever!
al pastor carnitas (whole30, paleo)
These carnitas are a mind-meld between traditional carnitas, with its slow-roasted, citrusy, buttery, fall off the bone tenderness, and al pastor, with its spicy and sweet notes. I love slow-roasted pork in all of its formations – Nom Nom Paleo’s kalua pork is on high rotation, and I’ve posted a previous Instant pot carnitas recipe – and we’re going with an Instant Pot again here for expediency. After going to Mexico City last month and eating al pastor tacos every day, I became determined to figure how to make al pastor at home. Alas, you may need a kebab-style rotating spit and gigantic amounts of pork to truly get the effect… so for me, this is the next best thing. If you too are trying to figure out how to make al pastor at home, this Instant Pot carnitas recipe brings al pastor-inspired flavors home.
