Crispy smashed fingerling potatoes recipe, oven baked then drizzled with a basil pesto or an Italian style parsley basil chimichurri sauce, heavy on the garlic and balanced by a fresh squeeze of zesty lemon. Smashed Fingerling Potatoes Boiled until tender then gently smashed and roasted coated in olive oil until perfectly crispy all around the edges where the flesh was exposed. As soon as they come out of the oven you want to generously douse them with a luscious garlicky sauce like basil ...
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Parsley Potatoes Recipe
Easy European style Parsley Potatoes with a zesty lemon olive oil dressing, scallions and fragrant Italian parsley. Perfect for weeknight or Sunday dinner with company. Baby new potatoes are traditionally used in this old fashioned recipe but any size golden potato with thin skins will also work. Parsley Potatoes These simply boiled new potatoes perfectly dressed with a light and zesty olive oil dressing brimming with fresh herbaceous flavor are perfect any day of the week. It makes great ...
Italian Roasted Potatoes Recipe
Italian Oven Roasted Potatoes infused with rosemary, garlic and olive oil. A classic recipe for Patate al forno with perfect crispy edges, an easy Sunday dinner staple and a holiday favorite. Out of this world delicious! Italian Roasted Potatoes I love to think of this dish as the ultimate Italian scalloped potatoes minus the cream. Probably the best use for Yukon Gold potatoes ever. Their thin skins and waxy texture makes them the best potato for slicing so thin you could read the morning ...
Italian Cabbage Recipe
Italian cabbage with sweet and smoky notes from fennel, tomato, onion and smoked paprika. Add some buttery cannellini beans or some plant based sausage to make a meal of things. It’s the perfect meatless weeknight dinner, easy, super flavorful and nutritious. Italian Cabbage A peasant type meal I remember my grandpa making often after a long day in the fields. It makes use of common and cheap ingredients that fill the belly and satisfy the soul. There are endless delicious ways to cook ...
Cranberry Wild Rice Pilaf Recipe
If you’re in for a luscious Thanksgiving side dish, you’ll be twitterpated with this Cranberry Wild Rice Pilaf recipe. Brown and black rice is lightly toasted with savory aromatics, then simmered to a softened perfection. Paired with sauteed vegetables and dried cranberries, to create a magical experience for your mouth. Cranberry Wild Rice Pilaf I am slightly giddy over this festive recipe. Once you make it, you’ll completely understand my slight obsession. When I stock up on my ...
Spinach Brown Rice Recipe
Healthy spinach brown rice that is made with a raw spinach and kale sauce and a lovely exotic twist from mango and lemon. A delicious, easy way to spruce up your plant based vegan brown rice dishes - Florentine style ;) You cook the rice and dress it up with an Island style green Goddess sauce with exotic notes from mango and lemon, then sprinkle it freshly toasted pine nuts and edible flowers! Falalalalalalala Perfect as a salad, a side dish or as a main meal in a veggie ...
Warm Farro Panzanella Salad Recipe
A warm farro panzanella salad recipe featuring fall and winter flavors: roasted butternut squash, shiitake mushrooms, whole-grain farro and cannellini beans tossed together with a fragrant vegan basil pesto, tomatoes, herbs and day old bread. The absolute best! Panzanella is traditionally an Italian summery bread salad from Tuscany consisting of sliced tomatoes, basil and stale or grilled bread rubbed with garlic and tossed with olive oil and vinegar. Today I wanted to get creative ...
Brown Rice Porcini Mushroom Risotto Recipe
Risotto ai Funghi - a vegan plant based porcini mushroom risotto recipe made with healthy whole grain brown rice, leeks and thyme. Finish with nutritional yeast If you are after a parmesan cheesy taste, or stir in a cup of steamed green peas or asparagus to make a meal of things. Easy, earthy, hearty and delicious - I can’t believe it's not butter you guys! Gluten free and made start to finish on the stove top, so no cranking up the oven required today. A short grain brown rice ...
Broccoli Sweet Potato Cakes Recipe
Savory roasted broccoli and sweet potato cakes from scratch, loaded with flavor, smokiness and nutrition. This is a thing! These gluten free, savory sweet potato patties are the best way to use up leftovers you guys. As a matter of fact what you are seeing here is two of my favorite plant based recipes had a vegan baby. Hahaha, I know, my brain works in mysterious ways. As you might have heard we have embraced a plant based lifestyle at full speed and these are real nuggets of ...
Easy Oven Roasted Broccoli Recipe
A healthy, quick and easy recipe for vegan oven roasted broccoli with a nice crunch from the addition of gluten free Panko bread crumbs and brightened up with a good squeeze of fresh lemon. One of the best vegetables for roasting, broccoli tastes incredibly delicious when prepared correctly! I would have never believed I'd come to absolutely love it. I took a minimalistic approach here, added subtle but perfect layers of flavors with simple seasonings: sea salt, garlic and onion ...