Go then, eat thy bread with joy and drink thy wine with gladness. Eccl 9:7
Several weeks ago, I found myself sitting across from my sister at an Alabama restaurant as she savoured every piping hot bite of a delicious French onion soup. Of course, it contained beef broth so I was stuck staring rudely. With every sip, I knew…
This recipe is one of my favorite meals when I want a big plate of pasta! It is easy to make and delicious! Recently, my grandmother made something similar to this for me and I won’t lie- hers was better (but isn’t that always the…
Pesto is incredibly delicious, versatile, and easy to make! At its core, pesto is simply a sauce that is made by pulverizing (usually with a mortar and pestle). The most common pesto type is a Genovese pesto: basil that has been pureed with a variety of…
Ginger Spice Cookies originally posted in 2014. Updated in 2019 with new pictures and recipe card. You can always tell when a recipe has been loved and tested many times. Little notes are written in the margins, sometimes with different handwriting. The evidence from years…
Original recipe for chocolate pie posted in November 2014. Updated with recipe card and new pictures October 2019 as part of the Eat Joyfully Vegetarian Thanksgiving Series. I must confess– I have never made a pie before. Pie is not really my favorite thing to…
Squash casserole originally posted in November 2014. Updated with recipe card and new pictures in 2019! This recipe is loosely based off of a dish from an old meat & 3 in my hometown. I absolutely adore this recipe because it has lots of cheese…
As another flu season descends upon us, I’m updating this recipe for coconut curry soup. This vegan soup is a staple in many Thai restaurants here in the U.S. It’s warm and comforting, and super easy to make! It has ginger and turmeric in it…
Let me preface this recipe by admitting that this is not an exact replica of my family’s Sicilian tomato sauce. I have added herbes de Provence and fennel here. Personally, I really enjoy the additional flavors. Adding the fennel especially gives this sauce an extra…
Focaccia is an Italian bread typically made with lots of olive oil and a sea salt brine. This keeps the bread incredibly moist and also gives it such a nice crunch, it’s as if it were fried. It also has this absolutely beautiful dimpling on…
Originally published in April 2014. Updated in 2019 with better photos, and kid friendly spice levels! Adapted from Smitten Kitchen, this shakshuka tomato stew recipe is one of the staples of our diet these days. It is hearty, vegetarian, and features poached eggs in tomato…