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!!
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Easy Yogurt Dip – Pantry Recipe for Homemade Dip
Everyone needs a backup, quick to throw together, 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. You should make this homemade yogurt dip anytime you have company over or are looking for a savory yogurt recipe.
…Fried Chicken Salad that’s “unhealthy”
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. I make this one all the time!
…Cauliflower Marbella – Vegetarian Version
Inspired by the chicken marbella dish from The Silver Palate, here is a vegetarian version of chicken marbella, but using roasted cauliflower instead. It is sweet, salty and has some agrodolce vibes — sooo yummy!
…Radicchio Salad Inspired By Toro Bravo
This bitter greens salad is inspired by a delicious dish from Toro Bravo in Portland, Oregon. Made with radicchio, bacon, parmesan and a balsamic vinaigrette, it is simple and easy! If you love spicy, bitter flavors from the radicchio, this is the salad for you. The sweet and mild ingredients balance out the salad to deliver just the right amount of bitterness.
…Steak with Rosemary Butter – Foolproof
Here is a recipe for a perfectly seared steak with rosemary butter. This is the easiest, most foolproof steak recipe I could give you. All you’re doing is pan searing the steak and topping it off with butter and rosemary. Really, that’s all there is to it! This no fuss recipe also requires very little prep! Done in no time!
…Gjelina Spring Burrata and Mint Pesto Toast
Fresh Herb Spring Salad Perfect Any Time of Year
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 Herb and Asparagus 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 that’s light and lovely and is dairy free. If you’re looking to take advantage of seasonal produce, make this spring herb and asparagus soup!
…A Soy-ginger glazed salmon recipe with green beans
This soy-ginger 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
3-ingredient Buttermilk Roast Chicken for Two
This is a roasted chicken recipe scaled down for two, with only 3 ingredients – chicken legs, buttermilk, and salt. While buttermilk is normally associated with fried chicken, here it is a tenderizing, marinating force for dark meat chicken. This buttermilk roast chicken for two is an easy, healthy weeknight dinner.
…Spicy cucumber salad with chili oil
This spicy cucumber salad recipe is crunchy and cool and spicy! It comes together so quickly and uses chili oil as its primary seasoning. This spicy cucumber salad recipe is a homemade take on a typical appetizer at Western Chinese restaurants, and will be your favorite snack too! And if you don’t have a jar of chili oil, I’ve included a quick recipe for homemade chili oil here for you too.
…Green goddess potato salad (paleo & 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. This recipe is one that is vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, it’s all the -free’s. Using just a few simple ingredients that you probably already have stored 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!
…Sweet-and-sour roasted brussels sprouts
Here’s a recipe for roasted brussels sprouts that’s sweet, tart, tangy and hot –a perfect brussels sprouts recipe for brussels sprouts haters! If you’re doing Paleo or are vegetarian, these honey-vinegar roasted brussels sprouts are totally friendly with those protocols.
…Seared tuna bowl with cucumber zoodle
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.
…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 shirataki noodle soup is it.
…carrot-ginger-miso dip / dressing (vegan)
Here is a recipe for a carrot-ginger-miso dip that is just like the carrot and ginger dressing you get at
four-ingredient miso caramel sauce
This homemade miso recipe is the definition of salty and sweet! Making caramel at home is surprisingly easy, and miso adds a funky, umami, salty note that surprisingly goes super well with the sweetness of the caramelized sugar. If you love salted caramel, this miso caramel sauce will be the apple of your eye — and also delicious on an apple.
persimmon and bitter greens salad
Here’s a salad recipe that plays on some great fall flavors – persimmon, bitter greens, and bleu cheese. This Thanksgiving salad idea will surprise and delight your guests! Also, if you have some Fuyu persimmons, this is a great way to use persimmons in a salad. Hope you love this persimmon and bitter green salad!
…instant pot risotto with winter squash
I’m in love with my Instant Pot in the winter time. Making hearty, warming meals in a fraction of the time is a lifesaver. Risotto is one of those things that can take forever on the stove. Your arm also gets tired from stirring forever! This Instant Pot risotto is made with butternut squash, but you could make this Instant Pot risotto with any type of winter squash. In the hall of butternut squash Instant Pot recipes, this one is definitely up there. It would be a great Thanksgiving side dish if you’re looking to do something a little different this year!
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