Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there! This weekend, I cooked with my mom for a special Mother's Day post! Since the weather has been pretty rainy and cold lately, we opted for a comfort food classic: soup 🙂 Mom and I took inspiration from Rachael Ray's 30 Minute Meals cookbook and made … Continue reading Mother’s Day Minestrone Soup
BBQ season is finally upon us! What's your favorite backyard barbecue side dish? I love tater tots with my burgers but sometimes the regular tots are just... boring. So I decided to make these sweet potato tots for a more interesting, flavorful (and healthier) side dish. Veggie tots are a great substitution for regular tater … Continue reading Sweet Potato Tater Tots
Happy Monday! Who's in the mood for Mexican food? (I know I always am) Try this healthy twist for Taco Tuesday tomorrow and you'll even have leftovers for the rest of the week! I've been seeing stuffed pepper recipes all over lately so I decided it was time to make them this week. I made … Continue reading Turkey and Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
For my birthday, my team at work gave me a gift card to Plated, a weekly food delivery service. I had never tried a food delivery service before but had always heard about them, such as Plated and Blue Apron. For those who don't know, services like Plated allow you to choose an allotted number … Continue reading Hangry Chef Tries: Plated
By now it's pretty clear I like to make meals with healthy substitutes for our favorite ingredients. That's why when I found carrot noodles at Trader Joes today I just had to try them and use them for my next blog post 🙂 Like zucchini noodles, carrot noodles are a lighter take on regular spaghetti … Continue reading Thai Peanut Shrimp with Rainbow Veggies
Happy Presidents' Day! I took advantage of the day off from work to prepare a casserole that will leave enough leftovers for dinner all week. Since I live and work in NYC, I like to prepare one large meal at the beginning of the week that has enough servings for dinner all week because, let's … Continue reading Cauliflower Rice Casserole with Turkey, Sweet Potatoes and Zucchini
Vegetarian or not, you'll love this Meatless Monday meal! This meal puts a twist on a classic eggplant parm and I guarantee you won't even miss the pasta! Stuffing the eggplant with the eggplant parmigiana filling makes for a fun meal with minimal cleanup, since everything is cooked in the same dish. This eggplant parm … Continue reading Stuffed Eggplant Parm
Mac and cheese is the ultimate comfort food and this recipe puts a little autumn twist on our classic favorite with the addition of pumpkin puree. We served this dish during Thanksgiving and it was definitely my favorite part of the whole meal! Pumpkin season is still upon us for a little while longer so … Continue reading Pumpkin Mac and Cheese with Roasted Veggies
Happy Fall! It's been a LONG time since I last posted but since moving to the city I haven't been able to cook like I used to. I tend to throw chicken and some vegetables together and call it a day but with the cold and rainy weather, I thought today would be a perfect … Continue reading Butternut Squash, Chickpea and Lentil Stew
I realize a lot of my posts lately have been about zucchini but I can't help that there's so many of them around in the summer! Zucchini is one of my favorite summer vegetables and there are so many ways to cook it that I never get bored. Luckily, I can still find affordable zucchini … Continue reading Zucchini Fries
Hangry with a side of Healthy 