Recipes for Real Life
Welcome to our vegetarian option recipe collection. The vegetarian option tag means that the recipe card is not vegetarian. Instead, the Ingredient Alternatives section of the recipe blog post includes a recommendation to make the recipe vegetarian. Many of our recipes are vegetarian from the start. For those recipes, see our vegetarian page.
In my cuisine research for this homemade chili post, I learned that chili has a Tex-Mex origin. And that chili in Texas is traditionally made without beans. I am delighted by this new-to-me info. Let me share why. I have avoided beans for as long as I can remember. Which meant I avoided chili. I …
I think of Pecorino Romano Pasta with Chicken as a lighter version of our Chicken Alfredo Recipe. I also consider it an Americanized version of Cacio e Pepe. First posted as Creamy Pecorino Pasta, I have been making this recipe again and again for over 10 years. And in that time, it has morphed a …
I was lucky enough, I suppose, to document my first experience with pesto. It was on a homemade sandwich—the Grilled Pesto Chicken Panini. And I loved it. As the post shares, I couldn’t wait to use it again. As it turns out, I didn’t use or write about it again. Until now. I was re-introduced …
Disclaimer: I do not have vegetarian dietary restrictions. Neither does anyone I regularly cook for. However, we do have dear friends with vegetarian nutritional needs and preferences. Below is more information about what you can expect from our recipes tagged as vegetarian or vegetarian option. Vegetarian The Merriam-Webster Dictionary primarily defines a vegetarian simply as …
Sushi is one of my favorite foods. This includes sushi rolls, maki rolls, chef rolls, and nigiri. Occasionally I want a small, quick sushi fix I can make at home. Simply put, I want to make homemade sushi but I don’t aspire to be a sushi chef, acquire the necessary tools, or source fresh, raw …