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.
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 …
For as long as I can remember, fettuccine Alfredo has been a favorite dish of mine when dining out at Italian restaurants like the Olive Garden. Eventually, I found a copycat Olive Garden Alfredo sauce recipe to try making at home. I have been making this chicken Alfredo recipe for years now. And I adapted …
Inspiration for this pierogies and sausage recipe struck me when I came across fresh pierogies in the refrigerated foods section of my local supermarket. I hadn’t cooked with fresh pierogies before. Additionally, I recalled pierogies with sausage and onions that I had had from a local restaurant’s St. Patrick’s Day menu. I also recalled this …
Chicken Marsala is an Italian-American dish. It is named after the breaded protein and the Marsala wine used in the sauce. The chicken and sauce are typically served alongside or over mashed potatoes or pasta. I recommend serving over Mashed Potatoes for Two. Sometimes I don’t leave myself enough time to make this light and …