Vegetarian

Waking up this Sunday morning I had a taste for both pancakes and muffins.  So I decided to make banana pumpkin pancake muffins! How do you get muffin tops? The secret to getting a muffin top is baking the muffins at 425 for the first five minutes.  I used to bake the muffins at 425 the whole time, but I found that the muffins weren’t...

Brussels Sprouts with Crispy Pancetta and Apple Cider Gastrique will be the hit on your holiday table! Last weekend I had the privilege to have a delicious dinner with a new friend in . . . IDAHO! One of my instagram followers husband reached out to me several weeks ago and invited me to visit the weekend of his wife’s birthday. Without hesitation I said...

While I am usually team savory for breakfast, I would have to say my favorite breakfast food is pancakes.  Here is the Top 10 Pancake Recipes on my blog. In no particular order: Cottage Cheese Blueberry Pancakes Pinky swear that you won’t be able to taste the cottage cheese.  It adds protein to these pancakes which make them super filling.  You can find the recipe...

Pumpkin Pie Parfait This pumpkin pie parfait will be the perfect addition to your fall or holiday meal.  It’s light, fluffy, not too sweet and delicious! This recipe was adapted from Bell of the Kitchen – you can find her original recipe here.  As a recipe developer, I always make sure to credit where I got my inspiration from. What ingredients do I need to...

Can’t stop, won’t stop with the delicata squash recipes!  This creamy delicata squash soup is so creamy and delicious – you’ll love it! How do you make delicata squash creamy? My air fryer did most of the work.  After it cooked for 20 minutes, I was easily able to cut the squash and scoop the seeds out.  Then I added the broth and the squash...

Yep!  Another delicata squash recipe!  Delicata Squash Brownies – a great way to sneak in veggies in your diet. You all know that I have a love affair with delicata squash.  I try to tell the world what a great vegetable it is, and well, I mostly get this 🤮 But I will prevail and make enough delicata squash recipes where you won’t be able...

Delicata Squash Recipes It’s delicata squash season!!  I am so excited.  Not sure where my love of delicata came from, but I look forward to it’s short availability every year.  Below is a round up of my favorite delicata squash recipes. What is delicata squash? They call delicata squash the “lazy man’s squash” because you don’t have to cut the skin off – it’s completely...

Sneaking vegetables into your diet is easy with this pumpkin pancake recipe! Recently I met with a nutritionist.  First, she wanted me to track my grams of sugar each day, which was around 20 grams per day (a little higher if I ate more fruit).  Secondly she suggested that I eat more vegetables.  I know I am not alone in this problem, so I’ve been...

Black Bean Chili with Sweet Potatoes This black bean chili with sweet potatoes will be your go to chili recipe for Meatless Monday.  As of December 2024, the new Weight Watchers plan changed, so now this chili is ZERO points!  Better yet, I added one pound of 90/10 beef to this chili and its still ZERO POINTS!  Winning. How to make this vegan? Use sweet...

Homemade Spaghettios This bowl of homemade spaghettios brings me right back to my childhood. Specifically Sunday mornings after church.  I would heat the can of spaghettios, toast white bread and butter it, and scoop the bread into the spaghettios with each bite. Can you make homemade spaghettios with fresh tomatoes? Yep!  I frequent The Waypoint Farm at my local farmers market and scored these amazing...