Recipe Blog
Pesto Lasagna
Two ingredients that make this recipe shine are homemade pesto sauce and cottage cheese. Substituting cottage cheese for ricotta adds protein and enhances the overall texture of the lasagna. This lasagna is perfect to make ahead for hosting and holidays because you can make ahead and then pop it in the oven in advance while you drink and eat and be merry :)
Ginger Molasses Cookies with Crème Brûlée Petit Pot Sugar Topping
Special Edition Holiday Cookie Recipe for your holiday gifting, eating, and cookie boxes. These chewy ginger molasses cookies are perfectly moist with that gentle spice kick that gingerbread promises. Finish that off with a crackling, sparkly crème brûlée topping and you have a true star of the (holiday) season!
Cornbread Stuffing with Apples and Fennel
Upgraded stuffing recipe for your holiday table (or a hearty side dish for the colder months)! This elevated “dressing” recipe is all things autumn complete with sage, cornbread, apples, and fennel. You could easily add sausage or bacon and make this a more complete meal-casserole-situation a lazy lunch or dinner.
Susan’s Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Casserole
Easy sweet potato casserole side dish for your holiday table! Literally throw everything in a food processor (or blender) and pour into a casserole dish. Top with the sweet, nutty pecan topping and bake it off in the oven. Trust me, everyone will thank you when you make this dish - thanks, Susan (for the recipe)!
Acorn Squash Soup
Sweet, nutty acorn squash gets combined with umami shiitake mushroom soy glaze and the result is a silky, thick and comforting soup for the cold months ahead. I topped with crispy fennel bits, freshly chopped parsley, and dunked with fresh grilled baguette. This soup is too good not to love.
Gruyère Popovers
Popovers are a classic and effortless crowd pleaser that will wow your guests every time! These classic popovers have a hint of Gruyère cheese in them to elevate them ever-so-slightly. Top with jam of your choice or my salted honey butter and you’ll have everyone begging you for more!
Bombolone (Italian-Style Doughnuts)
Bombolone are a labor of love but boy, oh boy, will people be asking you to make more before you have time to clean up the first batch! These Italian-style doughnuts are inspired by the classic Bombolone recipe, but I have incorporated the Petit Pot French dessert brand as a partnership recipe and they came out oh-so-fantastic. (Or as the French say, “Très bien.”)
Grilled Plum Autumn Salad
Plums are underrated and need to become the star of the show! This autumnal salad is my beginning effort in that endeavor. Simply grilled with coconut oil spray and a pinch of salt, plums become slightly charred and ever so slightly sweeter. Add in candied (or smoked!) nut of your choice, pomegranate seeds, and cilantro atop a mix of spinach and arugula and you have yourself a great salad with a variety of different textural notes that celebrate autumn.
Cider-Braised Turkey Meatballs with Apple Slaw
A Food and Wine-inspired recipe with a Thanksgiving flare: apple cider-braised turkey meatballs with apple, turnip, and fennel slaw. Easy enough for weeknights and fancy enough for your next Friday night get together.
Balsamic Fig Jam
A layered, delicious jam that will use up all your end of season figs and that you can spread on just about everything!
Lasagna Rollups
Lasagna, vertically. This dish was inspired by Massimo Bottura’s “The Crispy Part of the Lasagna” dish. Classic lasagna components such as a delicious bolognese-style sauce, various types of shredded cheese, and hearty lasagne noodles come together and are baked and broiled in the oven until you get that “crispy part of the lasagna” on the top of every rollup. How incredible is that?!
Pumpkin Miso Risotto
Autumnal pumpkin risotto with a little nudge of miso for extra umami. Yes, it is heavenly, and yes, you will want to eat the entire pot.
Pumpkin Hard Cider Pretzels
Pretzels, with a twist! (too easy not to partake) Pumpkin hard cider pretzels… just heavenly. These were gone before I could blink! A delicate sweetness from the hard cider and that classic pretzel-y goodness are too good to not eat more than one. And with sumac honey mustard to dip into?! Game over.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Loaf
Let the pumpkin recipes commence! This one bowl pumpkin chocolate chip loaf is already on repeat at my house. Too easy and the crumb is incredible. Uncomplicated and absolutely delicious, this loaf will win your heart and ease you into those cozy fall flavors.
Heirloom Tomato Galette w/ Fennel & Calabrian Chili
Heirloom Tomato Galette with Fennel & Calabrian Chili. This is pizza’s older, wiser, and more complex sister and she goes crazy. This recipe mixes the humble tomato and transforms it into a beautiful, lovely galette with a savory and buttery dough that puffs up and creates an airy pocket of deliciousness.
Cornbread Blueberry Crisp
Cornbread Blueberry Crisp - an end of summer dessert perfect for using up those blueberries and adding a fun twist with a cornmeal-biscuit-topping situation. A must try!
Coconut Crème Fraîche Pound Cake w/ Mango, Passionfruit, Guava Jam
Coconut Crème Fraîche Pound Cake with tropical Hawaiian twist! A cross between an old fashioned doughnut crunchy top, a moist coconut cake, and a jelly doughnut filling.
Curried Zucchini Fritters
Zucchini fritters… with a twist - curry powder! Upgrade your appetizer game with these easy, pan-fried fritters while ALSO getting your veggies in.
OJ-Marinated Chicken Street Tacos
OJ-marinated chicken street tacos with jicama wraps and micro cilantro. Doesn’t get much more flavorful than that!
Filo Feta Bites
The quickest, most elegant appetizers for your next dinner party, or even just a delicious, low-effort snack - these feta bites wrapped in file dough and touched with honey are creamy, tangy, and calling your name!