Blogging is so weird. I woke up this morning and knew that I had to write a post, because it’s Wednesday and I post on Wednesdays. ROUTINE! And my life existence could be summed up as coffee, spicy food, and predictable routines. Just how I like it. But I’m also puffy-eyed and foggy-brained Tired with a capital T, not to mention I’m feeling a little dried up in the food words department right at this 9:58am moment, and the reality is that I’m the boss of the blog and so I don’t actually HAVE to write a post....

Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup Recipe Eating corned beef and cabbage for New Year’s is supposedly associated with the fortune you hope for in the coming year, good luck, and prosperity. The green cabbage is said to be a reference to money. Even in you don’t believe in any of that, you can believe me when I say this slow cooker cabbage soup with corned beef is pure hearty comfort food....

There is so much to love about ANY Slow Cooker Recipe but I promise, these slow cooker pork chops will not disappoint! If you like pork recipes, you may also like Pork Chops with Creamy Mustard Sauce or Easy No-Fuss Pork Tenderloin. What I LOVE about this recipe: EASY. This is basically a dump it and forget it slow cooker pork chop recipe. No packet seasonings. This slow cooker recipe is as “from scratch” as you’d like to make it, and you’ll find that it tastes better and is still just as easy....

I’m a huge cinnamon fiend. The more the merrier. And I love snickerdoodles. Two favorites united, at long last, in one super soft cookie. I have a recipe for White Chocolate Snickerdoodle Cookies and Sugar-Doodle Vanilla Cookies, bringing white chocolate and lots of vanilla to the party. And there’s Chewy Sugar Sprinkles Cookies and Snickerdoodle Cookie Bars with Pink Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting, because you can’t go wrong with either sprinkles or frosting....

Easy Nutella Cookies Recipe Sometimes I think I have a new recipe idea only to realize I made something similar years ago. It happened to me with the idea for these cookies. Since I have a recipe for Soft and Chewy Nutella White Chocolate Chip Cookies that I love, I knew it would be perfect with just semi-sweet chocolate chips and no white chocolate. I also bumped up the amount of Nutella....

Valentine’s Day Heart Cookies Can you believe Valentine’s Day is right around the corner? If there’s one thing I love about Valentine’s Day, it’s the sugar. Boxes of chocolate, cute cookies, red velvet cakes, and more. Normally I am not one for cutout cookies for a few reasons. I hate rolling out dough, and after baking many cutout cookies are crisp or crunchy which isn’t my kind of cookie. These Valentine’s Day heart cookies are soft, chewy, dense, made in one bowl, and you don’t have to roll them out....

With cauliflower (as in the veg-e-ta-bel cauliflower) and quinoa and almonds and eggs and other non-meat stuff. I absolutely, for surely, deliciously did that. It is part veggie-burger, part rule-breaker. We are just straight up defying traditional food categories over here. comment icon 336 more comments Guess what? Even regular-burger-loving Bjork loved these little babes. Here’s what’s about to go down: a golden brown, cheesy, spicy cauliflower+quinoa burgera layer of Magic Green Sauce (🙏)a layer of cilantro lime slaw bcz crunchy is necessarya layer of creamy chipotle mayo compliments of Christmas gifting – one thing, though: do normal people get things like chipotle mayo for Christmas?...

comment icon 140 more comments This carrot soup is as bomb diggity as they come. It’s also 5-ingredient easy, Instant Pot ready (<- affiliate link), vegan, supes clean, cozy, and easily freezable and share-able, all of which makes it an awesome addition to our Feeding a Broken Heart series. The other day on Instagram, someone told me that she wanted to bring a recipe to her friend who is going through a hard time, but her friend needs a dairy free gluten free everything free recipe....

Here’s what that looks like for me: You can click here to download the POY Sugar Free January Plan. Why Are You Going Sugar Free? There are a few reasons: I feel better when I’m sugar free.I eat better. (Honestly, I eat REALLY yummy food when I’m going sugar free.)There are loads of major health benefits to consuming less sugar.Ultimate goal: I want to recalibrate my palate so I can really taste and appreciate food found in nature....

Unique Thanksgiving Side Dish Most Thanksgiving tables have sweet potato casseroles on them, but this isn’t your average sweet potato casserole. This casserole incorporates a fun twist on the classic that you’re going to love. The recipe is a spinoff of my Sweet Potato Casserole With Butter Pecan Topping, which has been a reader favorite for years. Rather than adding pecans, I added crushed Sea Salt Kettle chips. The potato chips add the perfect salty crunch to this otherwise sweeter side dish....

I didn’t add rum to this, but you could. Rum makes life more interesting. But even without the rum, just blend this up and pretend you’re on vacation. [print_this] Taste of the Tropics Smoothie 1 medium banana (previously frozen is ideal but not essential) 1/3 c pineapple (I used canned, crushed pineapple but fresh would be great) 1/4 c yogurt (I used peach passion fruit) 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (or almond extract) 1/4 c milk (nut milk, vanilla flavored nut milk, milk, cream, or peach mango milk <– I used that) 1/3 c additional fruit (optional, such strawberries, mango, peaches, plums, nectarines, papaya, honeydew, cantaloupe, etc....

comment icon 191 more comments Like most recipes in my life, this one starts and ends with the sauce. That velvety rich, fragrant, warming Thai yellow curry sauce with hints of coconut sweetness, flecks of green cilantro, delicate little strings of fresh ginger, punchy turmeric-yellow color, and a decent kick of Thai chile heat. It’s just barely thick enough to be like a creamy curry gravy but still saucy enough to make its way in and around every grain of rice....

Credit: Williams Sonoma Let’s Get Organized! Because I am ALWAYS in the kitchen and really enjoy being there, there’s no question that I need the best kitchen organizers. I don’t want to waste time digging around cabinets and I prefer having everything I need within easy reach. Whether you’re on the hunt for the best kitchen cabinet organizer, drawer organizer, or you’re searching for the best way to sort your pantry, I’m here to help....

Looking for more soup recipes? Try Chicken and Dumplings, Clam Chowder, or Beef Noodle Soup! Why I love this recipe: Modeled after my favorite Turkey Chili recipe from my hometown Deer Valley Ski resort. I love the depth of flavor from the additions of ancho chili powder, poblano peppers (mild heat) and masa harina (which adds great flavor and body to the chili). Nothing tastes better than this chili on a cold day....

comment icon 161 more comments That is what we are bringing today for the last post in our Feeding a Broken Heart series. And it’s totally appropriate that this is a post for Wild Rice Burgers, because a) wild rice burgers are other-worldly delicious: HOW TO MAKE OUR WILD RICE BURGERS: and b) because our good friends invited us over a few nights ago and served up the Minnesota good-friend-good-neighbor vibes by making us – yes, you know it – wild rice burgers....

I have always made this combination of whole wheat pasta, tomato sauce, and broccoli as a fast and healthy dinner…But for some reason, I never really pursued a creamy tomato sauce. Lazy much? Tonight I was feeling inspired to make my sauce a little thicker, creamier, and more satisfying. And that’s why ricotta is my new best friend. I’ve used half and half before to creamify my tomato sauce. Let’s just say the sound of the half and half glugging into my pasta sauce does not necessarily make me feel healthy....

Simple Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe I’ve always loved peanut butter cups, especially the filling. So I set out to make cookies that taste like the inside of a peanut butter cup. There are no actual peanut butter cups used in the cookies (scraping chocolate from dozens of cups just for the filling wouldn’t exactly be practical), and to make them I used my Reese’s Pieces Soft Peanut Butter Cookie dough as the base....

comment icon 263 more comments Swedish meatballs, as described by Wiki, are just meatballs with a brown gravy. This is not news to me. We live in Minnesota. I grew up eating Swedish meatballs. Bjork love-love-loves them (yes, his name is Bjork) and he hardcore campaigns for a gravy-loaded meatball splurge every time we’re at IKEA. So to that Wiki description, I say: yes. I also say: define meatballs, exactly....

Time to get some fresh air and enjoy the fall weather And yes, it does get chilly here in the winter. We don’t walk around with swimsuits on while rollerskating along the beach, Three’s Company style, which I think is everyone’s mental image and impression of SoCal. I plan to go for a few nice runs Do some at-home yoga I have little desire to go to in-studio yoga classes the past few years because at home yoga is on my own timetable, and I can do my own flow and what I want to work on....

As in the food that normal people want to get rid of. I like to eat it. And sometimes cold. comment icon 58 more comments Is lasagna the best to eat cold or is it the best to eat cold? It’s just the best to eat cold. Flavorful, sticky, ricotta-cheesy. And those noodles. Thick, doughy, soft whole wheat noodles sticking together all up on each other. With wavy edges, because somehow they taste even better with when they have style like that....