vegetarian 2/3

May 29, 20233 min read

three(ish) ingredient tacos

On any given night, you've probably got the fillings for a delicious taco. All you need are corn tortillas and a hit of inspiration.

May 12, 20232 min read

four(ish)-ingredient breakfasts

Keep mornings simple with these recipes featuring oats, bananas, and other breakfast staples.

Apr 1, 20233 min read

three-ingredient soups (black bean, squash, potato, and tomato)

If you're short on time or you just have a few pantry staples on hand, these soups DELIVER.

Aug 27, 20225 min read

amy thielen's cracker-crust pizza, but make it gluten-free

Because I have celiac disease and I'm about to get real pissy about it.

Apr 30, 20222 min read

coconut curry vegetable lentil soup

I'm calling this a springtime soup, whether you're enjoying actual spring weather or, like us Northerners, the blustery tail end of winter.

Jan 29, 20223 min read

cookbook challenge: cacio e pepe featuring hetty mckinnon's hand-pulled pasta

Handmade pasta may sound like a special-occasion dinner, but who's to say we can't lunch on cacio e pepe and wine in the midday light?

Sep 24, 20212 min read

cooking cheesy bean toast in a tiny house kitchen

A recent trip to Lake City, Minnesota, found me cooking in the teeny kitchen of a tiny house, and it was cozy AF.

Feb 27, 20213 min read

baked lemon ricotta pasta with roasted delicata squash

Get out your heavy casserole dishes, because cozy season isn't quite over yet.

Feb 11, 20212 min read

peanut ginger noodles with roasted broccoli, bell pepper, and carrots

This colorful bowl of noodles, its sweet and salty heat: it's what broccoli poems are made of.

Dec 30, 20202 min read

morning yogurt bowl + how to peel and de-seed a pomegranate without spraying red juice everywhere

Give it ten minutes and you'll be eating fistfuls of scarlet juice orbs like an Egyptian queen.

Dec 6, 20202 min read

sweet potato pizza with balsamic onions and kale

This hearty and satisfying wintertime pizza holds all my near-and-dear ingredients—not least, the rich and pillowy sweet potato.

Nov 26, 20203 min read

ginger garlic noodles with red pepper, scallions, and grated egg

If you just spent a day or two in turkeypiepotato town, consider this a recovery dish; hit the reset button with ginger, garlic, and lime.

Nov 4, 20202 min read

one-pot butternut squash pasta

Late fall brings long evenings, inviting us to slow down, cut up a squash, eat it with pasta, and then go to bed.

Aug 15, 20202 min read

creamy cilantro sauce

This tangy, citrusy cilantro sauce with a kick of garlic heat goes on everything, everything, everything.

Aug 6, 20201 min read

fresh corn + tomato + pesto pizza

Looking for ways to send peak-season corn and tomatoes down the hatch? I recommend a soft and chewy barge of pesto-smothered pizza crust.

Jul 23, 20202 min read

broccoli slaw with greek yogurt + walnuts

It's the slaw days of summer, so grab your biggest bowls and pack them with all things cool and crunchy.

Jun 14, 20202 min read

spicy bean + quinoa burgers with radish, cucumber, and avocado

Amid this strange and unpredictable reality, summer seems to have come—so get your beans in your burgers and your burgers on the grill.

May 31, 20202 min read

shakshuka (eggs cooked in spiced tomato sauce) over pasta

It's been a tough week in Minneapolis. So I cooked something soothing and simple—shakshuka over pasta—and let my heavy heart be heavy.

Apr 24, 20202 min read

crispy curried chickpea tacos

Crispy chickpea tacos: the best use of a can of 'banzo beans, IMO.

Apr 17, 20202 min read

tomato + onion + kale frittata

Who's got eggs? You need eight of them to make this hot rustic egg cake, also known as a frittata.