5-Day Meal Plan Recap + Grocery List

A 5-day easy, healthy, vegetarian meal plan, plus grocery list. Perfect for weeknights and busy schedules. Vegan and gluten free options.

As promised, here’s a recap of the 5-day meal plan that I posted this past week. First things first, why did I all of a sudden meal plan for 5 days (and never before? ha ha). Well, I’ve had the idea for some time, but like many things, it hit the back burner. With the launch of our new meal journal, I thought: “Welp, now’s the time!” There’s a concept that I touch on in our cookbook… I call it “cooking backward” and it differs from many other meal planning approaches. You see, I’m not a person who plans, organizes,…

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Spring Brunch Recipes

healthy, fresh entertaining options for Easter Sunday or your next spring brunch!

entertaining / spring / brunch

Happy second day of spring! I don’t know where you live, but it’s been absolutely gorgeous around here lately so I’m going to brag about it a little bit. The sun is shining, colorful vegetables are showing up at the markets, and mint (a.k.a the only thing my black thumb can “grow”), is spreading like a weed in our yard. I’m not sure what our Easter brunch plans are yet, but I’m already looking forward to the weekend. If you’re starting to plan your holiday meal, here are a some of my favorite fresh & bright brunch recipe ideas to get you started! pictured…

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Favorite Spring Cookbooks

spring / cookbooks

I don’t even know where to start on this year’s recently-released spring cookbooks – gorgeous, stunning, beautiful, endearing, witty, and drool worthy are not words that even begin to describe them. Because I didn’t know how to choose just one at a time to start writing about, here’s a list of a few of my favorites – I’m sure I’ve missed some (let me know if you have any spring favorites!). Pictured above: Seven Spoons, by Tara O’Brady Can’t wait to make: Chocolate Olive Oil Zucchini Bread and her Esquites and Yellow Tomato Gazpacho My New Roots, by Sarah Britton…

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Spring-y Swiss Chard Recipes

spring / recipe roundup

Happy Sunday – thanks for all of your sweet comments the other day about our book announcement! I’ve been hitting the farmers markets pretty hard lately working on spring recipes – something that always grabs my attention while I’m there is chard. Here are a few of my favorite swiss chard recipes, and also a few from around the web that look SO delicious… a few of these are definitely easter brunch worthy: Swiss Chard Penne Pasta Bake Rainbow Chard & Wheatberries Pickled Chard Stems Pickled Chard Quinoa Bowls Rainbow Chard Soup, from Kitchen Konfidence Garlicky Swiss Chard and Chickpeas, from Foodiecrush Swiss Chard…

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Cinco de Mayo recipes

spring / mexican / recipe roundup

Happy (almost) Cinco De Mayo! Here in Austin, we never need an excuse to eat Mexican food – but if you do, here are just a few of our favorites: (pictured above) Spicy Serrano Corn Salsa / Jalapeño Margaritas Veggie Cevice Tacos / Tequila Lime Fish Tacos Mexican Street Corn Salad / Chilaquiles Poblano “Crema” Enchiladas / Spicy Black Bean Soup I’m off to go pour the margaritas!

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