Pasta Primavera

Pasta Primavera

This is very simple. More veggies than pasta. Lots of flavor! You can have this warm or leftover and cold like a pasta salad! Ingredients: 1cup uncooked penne 1 tbsp oil 2 tbsp minced garlic 2 shallots 1/3 bunch of asparagus. Cut into 1” pieces 

Honey Dijon Brussel Sprouts

Honey Dijon Brussel Sprouts

Serves 2 One of my favorite restaurants in NYC, Westville, has the best Brussel sprouts I have EVERY TASTED. In fact, sometimes I find myself dreaming of them. It’s almost necessary to get them at least a few times a year to satisfy my fix. 

Quick Black Bean Soup

Quick Black Bean Soup

Serves 2 When you’re working from home or it’s the weekend a quick lunch is def necessary. But if you don’t have canned soup available (which i HATE with a passion) making a pot of soup is just NOT on the agenda….who has that kind 

Really Quick Ramen

Really Quick Ramen

Ramen noodles in a cup are often filled with sodium. It doesn’t FEEL healthy to be eating powdered food rehydrated by water. So…here’s the next best thing Ingredients: 1 package of frozen ramen noodles (one pouch should be around 400kcal) 1, 16oz container of miso 

Pho and Glass Noodle Soup

Pho and Glass Noodle Soup

This is really similar to my “Really Quick Ramen” soup. It’s quick and doesn’t require you to make the soup taste just right! There are packages of low sodium broth for that! Plus it tastes much fresher! Ingredients: 2 bundles of glass noodles (about 130kcal 

Blender Coconut Carrot Ginger Soup

Blender Coconut Carrot Ginger Soup

I actually FEEL healthy when I eat this soup…..if that makes sense Serves 2 Ingredients: 4 large carrots, peeled and chopped 1 large sweet onion, chopped 1 piece of ginger, about 1 1/2 inches, peeled 1/4 can of coconut milk (actually cream of the coconut) 

General Tso Tofu

General Tso Tofu

Not hard to replicate this great tasting dish and transform it to be vegetarian! Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 block of firm tofu, squeezed dry (place towel on tofu and heavy object on that and let water soak out for 30 minutes). SLICE cornstarch Sauce ingredients: 

Veggie Egg Muffins

Veggie Egg Muffins

It starts with 9 eggs for 12 muffin tins. You add the rest ! I had leftover sweet potato my son didn’t eat and a lot of spinach from Costco thay wasn’t going to last the week! Voila, spinach sweet potato egg muffins! Ingredients: 9 

Eggplant Croquettes

Eggplant Croquettes

This was a recipe from a book I have by Yotam Ottolenghi. I love that he elevates vegetable dishes to an extreme level! Makes about 20-25 Ingredients: 4 medium sized eggplants 3 medium potatoes 5oz feta cheese 1, 1/2c breadcrumbs 1 egg 1/4 tsp salt