Spring

Spring Veggie and Farro Soup

May 23, 2018 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

One of our favorite easy vegetarian soup recipes, spring veggies with farro! This recipe is easily made vegan AND gluten free, and the herby, lemony broth is absolutely delicious. I love this as part of a weekly meal prep session; it keeps really well in the fridge for lunches.

Because apparently we are a sick house and I only want to eat broth-based things ever.

Our week of healing is going well, thanks to incredible amounts of support from our friends and family and narcotics for Jay. I, on the other hand, have gotten some kind of cold-on-top-of-a-cold and can't stop craving salty brothy things to make my throat feel better and my nose unclog slightly.

Doing a surgery recovery with a toddler while sick and doing regular work has been a struggle; we feel like we.just.can't.quite. catch up on sleep and housework, but we're getting there, one day at a time.

The good news is that the Porta Potty was picked up from our FRONT YARD where it has been for nearly 6 months, so small victories, you know?

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Quick Pasta Primavera

May 17, 2018 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

Talk about eating seasonally. The last salad I showed, this pasta, and a soup I have coming up have all the same flavor base ingredients, and we change up the dish based on our desires. Need lighter? Go for the salad. Dinner with friends? Pasta for sure. Late season cold? The soup's on its way, I promise.

The flavors in question are garlic + green veggies + fresh herbs + lemon. In this case we add cheese and spaghetti for a super quick and flavorful pasta. There isn't a huge amount of sauce, just enough to coat the pasta and veggies and make everything nice and silky.

I made this a few weeks ago for two of my best friends; we managed a kid- and husband-free dinner and it was SO much fun. We also accidentally talked until almost eleven which is way too tired for us at this stage in our lives (they're both pregnant), but I blame that on the pasta too. It lends itself to slow twirly bites between sarcasm and giggles and definitely begs for seconds.

It's full of green veggies and is vegetarian, so seconds are practically mandatory.

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Springtime Pasta with Peas

April 27, 2015 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

A quick and easy weeknight dinner, pasta with peas and white wine garlic cream sauce! This dish is completely customizable, feel free to use any green veggies you have on hand!

So, you might have noticed that on this website we have a severe lack of recipes with little green peas.

Because I'm allergic to them and also I don't like them.

BUT, last weekend I went away for work, and before I left I wanted to make Jay some food. I wanted to make him something that he doesn't get often, and I've been seeing recipes using fresh peas all over the place recently since it's an ingredient that is in season. SO, I made a big batch of this super flavorful, simple pasta. It takes MAYBE 20 minutes to make, and has crazy flavor.

And if you hate peas? No worries. You can skip them altogether or sub another green veg like chopped zucchini, asparagus tips, even some spinach stirred in right at the end! The point is to use any veggies that you have and love, and go from there.

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