Creamy White Bean & Orzo Soup with Pesto

Perfect for cold nights. This soup comes together in under half an hour, making it ideal for busy weeknights and/or stress-free casual entertaining.  And you only need a few key ingredients for this recipe – garlic + onions for the base (I pretty much never cook without these two), vegetable broth (extra points if yours…

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Cheesy Cauliflower Soup with Kale Pesto

Ultra creamy and so easy. This one-pot recipe delivers all the comforting flavors of a traditional creamy soup without the gut-busting consequences. Better yet, it involves only a handful of ingredients, is virtually impossible to mess up, and happens to look quite gorgeous for soup. A weeknight staple. But it’s the toppings that elevate each…

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Pesto Pizza with Arugula, Artichokes & White Beans

Pizza is the ultimate comfort food. For this recipe, I decided to try the oh-so-popular Trader Joe’s frozen cauliflower pizza crust and I was not disappointed! I’ve made cauliflower pizza dough from scratch several times but it’s a bit more tedious than I felt necessary at the end of a super busy week. If you’re…

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Roasted Butternut Squash Pesto Pasta

It’s October. By this time, I have typically made stews or a soups, whipped up at least a batch or two of apple baked goods. But this year, it’s been very slow because the weather lately has been summer like (no complaints here). I feel as though this is the perfect transitional dish to close…

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I’ve been waiting to share…

It’s been a big month, friends! Two things that I am so excited to share with you: I have a new website!  With free eBooks, easy to search recipes, a list of revised services PLUS you can now sign up for my cooking classes online which brings me to my next piece of news… I…

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Pesto – my favorite recipe

Oh, how I am enjoying summer. It just tastes SO GOOD. Now. Say hello to my new favorite pesto. I’m loving this to the point of eating it by the spoonful and dipping any (and every) vegetable into it. This pesto has little bits of crunchy pistachios, bright and flavorful notes of basil, creamy avocado,…

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Pesto Pizza (vegan)

Can you say crowd pleaser? Combining two of my favorite meals (pizza + salad) into one fabulous dish just delights me. I must admit, I had never really considered putting salad on pizza. That is, until I had a bunch of arugula laying around (along with some butternut squash). I tried it on a whim…

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