Recipes

Note: A few recipes are embedded in posts, so be sure to scroll down and you will see the recipe.
Main Meals
Recipes labeled (V) are vegetarian. Recipes labeled with (GF) have a gluten-free option.

Pasta & Pizza
Baked Pasta with Vegetarian Sausage (Kid-Friendly!) (V)

4 Veggie Pizzas (Cheese, Mediterranean, Stuffed, and Pear) (V)

Crack Ramen - Chili-Lime Ramen with Marinated Salad (V)

Eggplant "Canelloni" (V)

Not Keith's Pasta (Pasta with Tomatoes, Kalamata Olives, and Goat Cheese) (V)
Smoked Salmon Pizzettes
Tomato Sauce with Sausage and Spinach

Salads & Soups

Curry Butternut Squash Soup (V)

North Central High (Black Quinoa) Salad (V)

Greek Orzo Summer Salad (V)

Bulgur Wheat Summer Salad (can be made vegetarian)

Houston Crunch Salad (can be made vegetarian)
Tomato and White Bean Stew with Sausage (V option)
Bun Ga Nuong: Rice Vermicelli Salad with Grilled Chicken (V if you omit the chicken)
Watermelon Mojito Salad
Tom Ka Gai (Thai-inspired Coconut Curry Soup)

Other Delicious Meals
Chipotle Black Beans (and black bean tacos) (V)
Roasted Chili, Fig and Goat Cheese Quesadillas (V)
Versatile Peanut Sauce (V)
Fish Tacos
Lemon-Rosemary Chicken 
"Back to Madrid" Sandwich - salmon, brie and fig
Sheltering Sky Chicken: Moroccan-Style Chicken with Prunes (V and GF options)
Roast Chicken
Tomato Curry Enchilada Sauce (V)
Salmon En Croute (Salmon and Spinach Hot Pockets)

Slow Cooker
Slow Cooker Black Beans (V)
Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken
Slow Cooker Turkey Roast (scroll down to the subheading "Buffet")

Breakfast
Wee Britain Fry Up (V)
World's Best Oatmeal (V)
Eggy Greens and Beans on Toast (V)
Overnight Oats, 2 Ways (V) - Cherry Vanilla Almond and Funky Monkey

Side Dishes
Easy Saffron Rice (v)


All of the recipes below are vegetarian.
Beverages and Entertaining
Non-alcoholic
Tea with Miss Sookie - iced tea recipe
Strawberry-Basil Granita
Shamrock Shimmy Smoothie


Cocktails
Cranberry Sauced Martini (and yes, to any purists out there, I know this is actually a sour, and that real martinis are made with gin)
Honey Lemon Drop
"Mad Women" Cocktails (Betty Draper's Mint Gimlet, Joan's Lavender Lemon Drop, and Peggy Olson's Whiskey on the Rocks)
Blood Orange Martini
Rosemary Gimlet
Golden Summer Sangria
Winter Sangria (Scroll down to the subheading "The Drink Station")

Snacks
Easy Hummus
Garam Masala Cashews

Baking
Auntie's PB & J Cookies
Pumpkin Chocolate-Chip Muffins
Each Peach Crisp
Pan de Polvo/Russian Tea Cakes
Cocoa Power Protein Donuts