Creamy, chunky blue cheese dressing packed with umami. A perfect dip with raw vegetables or spread for a sandwich.

Ripe strawberries stuffed with fresh goat cheese and cream cheese flecked with rosemary and lemon zest. Gluten free, grain free.

Bacon and egg salad – two of my mom’s favorite foods in one delicious dish for Mother’s Day

Watermelon radish chips

A hearty one-pot meal – beef stew with beans

Chickpeas with grilled portobello mushrooms and feta – a hearty vegetarian lunchbox salad

Zucchini pie with bacon

Whole wheat zucchini muffins – a healthy and delicious treat

Berry cherry jam for the three jam-loving dads in my life – Happy Father’s Day!

Yogurt cake with a vein of tart purple plums

Watermelon agua fresca with lime – two ingredients, perfectly refreshing

Cherry clafoutis, the classic French dessert – lightened up a bit

Easy lemon bar cookies – tart and sweet

Green finger food for St. Patrick’s Day – mini twice-baked potatoes with pesto

Pear almond cake with yogurt – simple, delicious, a little ugly

Poached quince, flavored with vanilla bean and lemon

Pumpkin chili with beef – warm and hearty, perfect for fall.

Sweet, spicy pumpkin muffins studded with chocolate chips – a perfect fall lunchbox treat!

A perfect pasta for one: Spaghetti with Meyer lemon and creamy goat cheese

A single-crust cherry pie baked galette-style – our new Father’s Day tradition!

Green garlic bacon quiche baked in a miniature sourdough bread bowl

Sweet-sour cherries float in a creamy thickened cherry juice in this traditional Hungarian summer soup (my mother-in-law’s family recipe!)