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!
…Rigatoni with a Classic Vodka Sauce
This is a classic, indulgent vodka pasta sauce with rigatoni recipe made with butter, onions, tomato, vodka and heavy cream. This recipe would be perfect for date night, a family get together, or any time you’re craving a classic pasta with vodka sauce.
…Miso Chicken and Rice Soup
This recipe for a miso chicken and rice soup uses pantry basics to create a nourishing, warming, healthy soup. With ginger, miso, rice, and chicken broth, you can have an easy soup for 6-8 people ready in less than an hour.
…Roasted Whole Chicken with Lemon & Onion
This easy roasted chicken recipe is a staple you must memorize how to make. All you have to is stuff is with lemon and onion, season it with salt and pepper and then roast it in the oven for 1 hour at 425F. That really could be the whole blog post! If you want, save the bones for bone broth. This roast chicken recipes together in just over an hour, and is an easy chicken recipe for weeknight cooking.
…Healthy Chickpea, Tomato and Cucumber Salad
This easy, healthy chickpea salad is a great vegetarian lunch option! Inspired by fattoush, but omitting the croutons, this chickpea, tomato, and cucumber salad is endlessly scalable, perfect for meal-prep or anytime you need a quick healthy lunch or snack.
…Lemon, Leek, and White Bean Soup (Avgolemono)
This lemon and leek soup is inspired by avgolemono, a Greek lemon-egg soup that is light-tasting yet hearty and filling. In the wintertime, this avgolemono recipe is perfect for when you feel a little scratch in the back of your throat – the citrus is refreshing and the addition of egg to the broth makes it just creamy enough to help. I’ve literally made this soup twice in the past two weeks and it’s gotten a rave review from my whole family!
…Fancy Breakfast Sandwiches (copycat of the Fairfax from Eggslut)
These breakfast sandwiches are fancy! A copycat of the “Fairfax” sandwich from Eggslut here in LA, this breakfast sandwich has a fluffy brioche bun, soft-scrambled eggs, fresh herbs, melty cheddar cheese, and homemade caramelized onions. You can make them individually or create a party-sized platter of them anytime you want to serve an impressive dessert.
…Homemade Chai Spice Mix
This chai spice is a homemade spice blend that emulates the sharp, spicy, warm notes of chai tea. This chai spice blend uses cinnamon, anise, nutmeg, coriander seed, cardamom, ginger, and black pepper to mimic a warm chai latte flavor. Use this homemade chai spice in all your fall-winter baking!
…Brie-Stuffed Fried Zucchini Blossoms
Wow, holy mackerel, these FRIED ZUCCHINI BLOSSOMS STUFFED WITH BRIE are the most magical, amazing things I have ever put in my mouth. You fry the zucchini blossoms in a light beer batter and either simply serve them with a little bit of flaky salt, or there’s an option for you to pop a slice of brie in the middle of the blossom and get some really amazing savory, funky, cheesy flavor from it.
…Summer Tomato & Feta Salad
This is a summer tomato-feta salad recipe that uses peak tomatoes, gorgeous feta, and preserved lemon as an unexpected flavor to combine into a lovely, refreshing salad. this summer tomato-feta salad is a recipe for one, but can definitely be scaled up — or not! it’s totally okay to not share this recipe. make this summer tomato-feta salad with tomatoes from the farmer’s market!!
…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.
…Vietnamese-Inspired Cold Noodle & Pork Salad
If you are as obsessed with Vietnamese flavors as I am, you are going to love this cold rice noodle salad with caramelized pork crumbles and herbs. Sauteeing ground pork with fish sauce and brown sugar makes the pork taste salty, umami, caramelized and savory all at once, and combined with cold rice noodles and fresh herbs, plus cucumber and lime and some little gem lettuces, this cold noodle salad is your summertime dinner savior.
…Peach Caprese Salad
This recipe is less a recipe and more of a formula for a summery fruit salad. Take mozzarella — buffalo, burrata or ciliegine all work great — and combine with your favorite stone fruit — apricot, plum, peach, or nectarine — and top with sweet herbs — mint, tarragon, or basil — alongside some olive oil, vinegar, and salt. This easy summer salad using peaches is produce-forward, fresh, and light.
…Spaghetti with a Fresh Tomato Sauce
This summer pasta recipe takes fresh tomatoes and creates a lovely, light tomato sauce, that’s just barely spicy, which pairs perfectly with spaghetti and fresh herbs. Make this spaghetti with a brothy fresh tomato sauce at peak tomato season and whenever you’re looking for a healthy pasta recipe.
…Instant Pot Spring Herb Risotto
Here is a recipe for risotto made in the Instant Pot, and served with a ton of fresh herbs. This easy risotto recipe is sophisticated enough for date night or entertaining, and also is affordable and easy to make on any weeknight. Make this Instant Pot herb risotto any time!!
…Easy Yogurt Dip
Everyone needs a backup, homemade dip recipe in their repertoire. This easy yogurt dip served with cucumbers makes use of ingredients you already have, and is completely foolproof. This dip is like a deconstructed tzatziki dip – so simple and easy. Make this homemade yogurt dip anytime you have company over or are looking for a savory yogurt recipe.
…Fried Chicken Salad
This is a fried chicken sandwich that changed its outfit from a sandwich into a salad. It has all the crunchy, briny, fried-y bites of a fried chicken sandwich, but made slightly lower carb by eschewing the bun for increased salad greens. This fried chicken salad is perfect for summertime and is my new favorite unhealthy salad.
…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!
…Toro Bravo Radicchio Salad
This bitter greens salad is inspired by Toro Bravo in Portland, OR. With radicchio, bacon, parmesan and a balsamic vinaigrette, it’s simple and easy! If you love spicy, bitter flavors from the radicchio, this is the salad for you.
…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.
…Gjelina Spring Toast with Burrata and Mint Pesto
Inspired by Gjelina in Venice, CA, here’s a flatbread with a springy mint pesto and burrata. It’s the perfect spring toast idea.
…Spring Salad with Fresh Herbs
This is the perfect spring salad with sweet herbs and a creamy vinaigrette. It has cucumber and radish in it, too, so is crunchy and cooling. This perfect, basic salad recipe is great for any time of year!
…Spring Asparagus, Pea, and Herb Soup
Here’s a recipe for a paleo cream of asparagus soup. It’s spring in a soup form — blending together asparagus, peas, mint, and onion and topping it with a bit of coconut cream creates a light and lovely spring soup that is dairy free. If you’re looking to take advantage of spring produce, make this soup!
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