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Roasted Asparagus Spring Rolls with Hoisin Sauce

A vegetarian twist on the Vietnamese spring rolls. These spring rolls are filled with roasted asparagus, Granny Smith apples, and fresh veggies. Refreshing and crunchy with a hint of spicy and sour, it’s perfect for a quick and healthy meal.

For this recipe, I decided to go back to my roots and make Vietnamese spring rolls with a slight twist. If you’re familiar with Vietnamese food, spring rolls dipped in a peanut/hoisin sauce often appear as appetizers. If you’ve ever ordered them at Vietnamese restaurants, you’ve probably noticed that it’s pretty pricy for two rolls. But spring rolls are cheap and easy to make as long as you have rice paper and hoisin sauce, both of which you can find at an Asian market.

Chocolate Covered Cake Pops

Yellow cake mixed with cream cheese frosting covered in milk chocolate. Every bite is filled with delicious cake, frosting, and chocolate. These are perfect as a gift or a quick snack.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Rigatoni with Spicy Vodka Tomato Cream Sauce

Rigatoni pasta covered in a delicious creamy vodka tomato sauce with a hint of spiciness from the crushed red peppers. A quick and easy meal that’s perfect for a night in.

With Valentine’s Day coming up later this week, I know people are looking for inspirations and ideas. This recipe is perfect for a last minute change in plans. It takes only half an hour to prepare, make, and serve, but it looks and tastes amazing. You won’t regret trying it.

Spicy Garlic Mozzarella Breadsticks

Melted mozzarella cheese and warm creamy garlic sauce over breadsticks, a perfect side to almost any dish.

I know, I know, these breadsticks look a little plain in the photos. But believe me, they are soo tasty. Creamy white garlic sauce and melted mozzarella cheese on bread? What could be a better comfort food? These breadsticks are super easy to make and they’re perfect as snacks or as a side to many dishes.

Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies

Warm mini cookies filled with melted chocolate chips and crunchy toffee bits in every bite.

I love chocolate chip cookies especially ones that are fresh from the oven with that slight crunch on the outer edges. But I know everyone likes their cookies a little different. Some might like their cookies soft and chewy, or maybe puffy and cake-like. You just have to try different recipes until you find the one. And what’s even better than cookies with chocolate chips that melt in your mouth? Chocolate chip cookies filled with sweet crunchy toffee bits, of course. And that’s the recipe I want to share today. It’s perfect for cookie cravings. And just in time for Valentine’s Day dessert or goodie bags.

Minty Lemon Cranberry Apple Ginger Ale Soda

Slightly minty and bubbly with a hint of lemon ginger ale soda that is perfect for Valentine’s Day.

This will be the first of a few Valentine’s Day related posts for those who are looking for something quick and easy yet special for the 14^th of this month =). This beverage recipe is so simple that it’ll take you less than 5 minutes to make. Yet it looks amazing with the bright red color, perfect for Valentine’s Day.

Spring Salad, Mushrooms, and Grape Tomato Pizza with a Spicy White Garlic Sauce

Warm cheesy and slightly garlicky pizza on a French bread crust topped with fresh salad, mushrooms, and grape tomatoes. A quick and easy recipe that is both delicious and relatively healthy for lunch or dinner.

I’ve been craving pizza. Not the typical pepperoni or combo pizza. I wanted one with fresh ingredients; maybe arugula, or farm egg, or butternut squash. But to go to a pizza parlor that specializes in these fresh ingredients means that the pizzas will be relatively expensive. So what better way to satisfy my craving than to make my own? I have most of these ingredients in my kitchen. All I really need is the crust.

Mushrooms Stuffed with Butternut Squash

Mushrooms stuffed with sweet creamy butternut squash and topped with Italian bread crumbs for an extra crunch, perfect with a salad or as a side.

I love mushrooms, as you can probably tell from all my previous recipes. It works well with so many things that oftentimes I just add them in a recipe without thinking. This time, I decided that I wanted to try stuffing mushrooms with butternut squash. Why? I had a butternut squash sitting around for awhile, and I wanted to try something different. It turned out really well. Butternut squash is healthy and filling. It’s filled with Vitamin A, potassium, and fiber, which are all important for our health. What’s even better is that butternut squash is low in fat.

Egg in an Avocado Topped with Turkey Bacon

Warm egg oozing from the hollow of a softened avocado topped with crispy turkey bacon, served with a citrusy kale and grape tomato salad for a quick and easy appetizer or a light meal.

I love avocado. But it’s rare for an avocado to be the main ingredient in a recipe; unless, of course, you’re making guacamole or an avocado smoothie. Don’t even get me started on those. If you haven’t tried an avocado smoothie yet, I really recommend running out and trying it. Maybe I’ll even post a recipe for it later.

Margherita Pasta

Garlicky pasta combined with refreshing chiffonade basil and sweet juicy grape tomatoes. A quick and easy yet delicious and healthy recipe that is perfect after a long day.

Have I mentioned that I love pasta? There’s so much you can do with it, and sometimes just switching up the ingredients can have the most amazing results. In this case, I decided that I wanted to do something with grape tomatoes. They were on sale at Grocery Outlet so I bought boxes of them. In the next few posts, you’ll see recipes featuring grape tomatoes, either as part of the main meal or as a side. Either way, they’re delicious and their bright red color will make your food look tasty too.

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