Creamy Beans & Greens
If you’re eating your feelings and want to feel pleasantly full while the world is falling apart, this pantry-staple gem of Creamy Beans & Greens helps. It’s made with white beans, jarred...
View ArticleMaple Bacon Cabbage
I wish I could tell my younger self that one day I’d be really into Maple Bacon Cabbage. The kind of into it where I make it twice in one week and happily eat most of it myself. Middle-aged me simply...
View ArticleChickpea Piccata
I unearthed this Chickpea Piccata recipe from Appetite for Reduction while sorting through a giant stack of cookbooks from my kitchen last week. Tracy’s still got the spring cleaning bug! (yay) You...
View ArticleCilantro Lime Chicken Bowls
Find yourself in a food rut? These Cilantro Lime Chicken Bowls from Jessica Merchant’s new cookbook, Easy Everyday will knock you out of it. The best part is that it all can be prepped ahead of time....
View ArticleMushroom Enchilada Casserole
Do we call this a Mushroom Enchilada Casserole, or is it more of a Mushroom Enchilada Lasagna? It’s layered like a lasagna and baked in a big dish, but I’m leaning toward calling it a casserole. The...
View ArticleChicken Soup
One of the best ways to turn a store-bought rotisserie chicken into something truly comforting is to make a simple, homemade Chicken Soup. I made a batch before we left for Idaho earlier this month,...
View ArticleBurger Salad
One of my favorite low-energy meals is a Burger Salad. We have burgers once a week here in the Benjamin household. The boys have theirs with buns (lol) and me without (bread). What’s a burger salad?...
View ArticleCaramelized Onion Frittata
Caramelized Onion Frittata has been welcomed into my #shutterbeanmealprep list! Welcome, frittata. You are in good company! Breakfast, lunch & snack for the win! Here’s what you need! Slice the...
View ArticleCabbage Sausage Hash
I am currently cabbage-obsessed. Cabbage Sausage Hash has me in a happy food rut. Shoutout to cabbage, for your perseverance in my fridge after many weeks is something to be proud of. It’s like...
View ArticleCurry Coconut Chicken Soup
The recipe for this Curry Coconut Chicken Soup started from a Sunday fridge cleanout. A picked-at rotisserie chicken, leftover coconut milk, and yellow curry paste in my fridge turned into this soup...
View ArticlePortobello Mushroom Pizzas
I spent all last week home alone (my guys had a baseball tournament!) and during my cooking-for-one adventure, I got hooked on Portobello Mushroom Pizzas. Cooking for one is quite a trip! I would...
View ArticleMushroom Pupusas
New breakfast/lunch/dinner recipe alert: Mushroom Pupusas. What’s a pupusa? It’s like a very thick stuffed corn tortilla. They’re delicious and I made them for the first time when I shot all of the...
View ArticleSol Food Chicken
Sol Food Chicken is a new meal prep addition. At the restaurant, Sol Food, it’s called Pollo al Horno (oven-baked chicken) and it’s a very simple yet satisfying garlic & oregano chicken...
View ArticleChicken Cilantro Meatballs
These Chicken Cilantro Meatballs made me realize that I need more meatballs in my life. (What a sentence!) Seriously though, they’re a good thing to have meal-prepped for the week. You can add them to...
View ArticleRoasted Vegetable Galette
Do we call this Roasted Vegetable Galette or Roasted Vegetable Crostada? I added chimichurri so I’m not sure it’s French or Italian. We’ll call it a galette because I can remember my Mom liking that...
View ArticleFalafel Crusted Shrimp
Consider this your warning that I am on shrimp kick. We had my mom’s Spanish Garlic Shrimp recently and now Falafel Crusted Shrimp has made its way into the meal arsenal. It’s shrimp fest in the...
View ArticleSpanish Garlic Shrimp
This Spanish Garlic Shrimp was a recipe that popped up in the last decade (and a half?) of my Mom’s life. A trip to Spain and a tapas restaurant up the street from her helped spark a culinary...
View ArticleBuddha Bowls
Buddha Bowls? Grain Bowls? What do you call them? What’s a Buddha Bowl/Grain Bowl, you ask? It’s a bowl of goodness that consists of a grain, protein, and an array of vegetables lined up in a...
View ArticleMexican Pizza
Mexican Pizza from Taco Bell was my first introduction to this culinary combo. I wish I had known how to make it when I was a kid. It would have been good currency as the little sister to two older...
View ArticleMinestrone Soup
When I worked in an office, I brought a lot of Minestrone Soup to work. I made it so much that I got sick of it and then reserved my minestrone soup consuming to restaurants. All this to say, I...
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