Category: Main Dishes
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Asian-Inspired Stuffed Sweet Peppers
I know a dinner is a success when Preston eyes my plate midway through the meal and says, “I really hope you can’t finish all of that.” This dinner was stellar!!! One of the best things I’ve made in awhile, for sure. Preston agreed. I decided it must be that I watched about nine Rachael…
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BBQ Chilli Cheese Fries + Buffalo Ranch Brussels
Today I’m posting a recipe for fantastic bbq chilli cheese fries and bbq buffalo ranch brussels sprouts that we made a couple weeks ago and I just hadn’t gotten around to getting a post up! But this was such a fun meal and one that I’ll absolutely be posting. Easy, smoky, amazing chili cheese fries…
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Easy Vegan Lasagna
Guys, I think this is my first vegan lasagna! I made an https://florafoodie.com/2013/09/weeknight-enchilada-lasagna.html”>enchilada lasagna (crappy pictures on that post, but I promise the lasagna is delish!), but this is my first “classic” lasagna. I asked Preston for a dinner request and he voted lasagna. Which turned out perfect because I was already planning some vegan…
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Recipe Review | Cheesy Artichoke Calzones
the recipe | Giada’s Three Cheese and Artichoke Calzones. I think I just about drooled when I saw Giada make these, and knew I just HAD to veganize them.
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Weeknight Favorite | Simple Grilled Kabobs
I have a brand new favorite easy weeknight meal. It’s healthy, satisfying, SO fun, and really easy to customize to fit your own preferences! It’s kabobs. Mostly veggies with a couple fun things thrown in for flair. This was the first meal Preston and I made on our brand new grill before he left, and…
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Leftover Makeover | Chipotle Tabasco Empanadas
Seriously, when was the last time I did a leftover makeover? I’m bummed I don’t do them more often because creative use of leftovers is a point of pride with me. But as promised yesterday, I’m using some of my leftover Tabasco Burgers to make spicy and crazy easy empanadas.
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Nathan’s Chipotle Tabasco Burgers
Hold up….. is that….. a RECIPE? On a food blog?!?!?! Can you even believe it? Hold up AGAIN….. more exciting things happening! I HAVE A BARBECUE NOW!!!! There are tons of barbecue restrictions in Pasadena (where I used to live) and Sacramento, and I finally moved into a place that allows grills! Gas only, so…
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Cast Iron Skillet Pesto Pizza
Introducing the best pizza I’ve had in YEARS. Oh MAN does this pizza impress. This was a group effort the other night – my brother-in-law, sister, and I all worked on getting this pizza together. We fought with it, we had a serious setback, we had delays. But an hour and a half later when…
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Cauliflower Alfredo Pasta Sauce
A weekend conversation between me and Preston: P: will you still love me if I go Paleo? I guess that’s kind of as opposite as our diets can get… Me: no, we’d both eat a ton of vegetables. You do realize doing Paleo well means you’ll actually have to eat a lot of vegetables, right?…
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Thai Red Curry Pot Pies
Look at these adorable mini pot pies!!! Adorbs! Thai red curry pot pies! Filled with red curry paste, coconut milk, lemongrass, ginger, chile, veggies, and chickpeas! Unbelievable. 🙂 A coworker of mine told me about this awesome pot pie restaurant called Z Pie. There’s one near us in Placerville and one in Reno. If you’re…