Citrus Sunrise Muffins (with Protein)
Good Morning! We’ve been having beautiful days lately, full of sunshine and flip flops, with long, drawn-out endings involving watermelon, hoses, and swimming suits. The evenings bring long walks or […]
Category Archives: Quick Recipes
Baby Banana Cakes (Happy Birthday!)
My little boy turned one back in June. Oddly, I feel sad about this. I’m feeling similarly melancholy as my five year old gears up for kindergarten this fall. I […]
Burrito-Style Smoked Salmon Sushi
One of my favorite sensations is the hot bite of wasabi tingling my nose and making my eyes smart and water. The savory horseradish taste under the shot of intense […]
Lightly Spiced Oatmeal Smoothie
We’re deep into gardening season, and early summer brings some of my favorite crops. A few weeks ago, we went strawberry picking, which we can’t seem to resist even though […]
Avocado and Dill Sandwich
The summer after my freshman year in college, I worked as a waitress at an Italian restaurant. I hated it. I would get so nervous trying to keep my tables covered, making […]
Mango Salsa
Every spring, we go to a tulip festival at a local farm, just ten minutes out of town. The first time I saw it, I felt like I had stepped […]
Tostadas with Mexican Brown Rice
Sometimes the quickest meals are the tastiest. At least, that seems to be the consensus at my house. Does anyone else ever have a busy day and whip up a […]
Healthy Peanut-Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten Free, Vegan)
We’ve just ended a breathtaking bout of Spring weather. One of the Pacific Northwest’s top charms has to be the brevity of winter and the length of spring, which, in […]
Fig, Pine Nut, and Quinoa Salad
I hate jewelry commercials. Particularly around Valentines Day and Mothers Day, it seems I’m constantly bombarded with radio ads, insinuating that the size of the rock you give your wife/mother/girlfriend directly […]
Healthy Banana Muffins
Eat local. In general, I agree with the phrase . . . most of the time. I love the idea of supporting local farmers and the idea of eating foods […]
The Joyful Pantry 