The Sweet Life: Recipes

Spicy Harissa Maitake Mushrooms

Spicy Harissa Maitake Mushrooms

These spicy mushrooms are one of my favorite fresh-from-the-farmers-market side dishes to make. I pan sear the mushrooms in a large cast iron skillet until they are a beautiful deep...

Spicy Harissa Maitake Mushrooms

These spicy mushrooms are one of my favorite fresh-from-the-farmers-market side dishes to make. I pan sear the mushrooms in a large cast iron skillet until they are a beautiful deep...

Orange and Fennel Salad with Dukkah

Orange and Fennel Salad with Dukkah

This salad is a tantalizing bright and quick dish to whip up in minutes and impress anyone in your family or crew. The different oranges create some interest and the fennel...

Orange and Fennel Salad with Dukkah

This salad is a tantalizing bright and quick dish to whip up in minutes and impress anyone in your family or crew. The different oranges create some interest and the fennel...

Bean Salad w/ Mint and Green Garlic

Bean Salad w/ Mint and Green Garlic

This fresh and zesty picnic or barbecue favorite is a summer time treat. It travels well, it's fairly customizable depending on what you have on hand and it'll have people...

Bean Salad w/ Mint and Green Garlic

This fresh and zesty picnic or barbecue favorite is a summer time treat. It travels well, it's fairly customizable depending on what you have on hand and it'll have people...

Carrot Top Chimichurri

Carrot Top Chimichurri

Talk about using the whole vegetable! In spring, you can often find carrots with bright green tender carrot tops and they don’t have to go to waste. Before storing the...

Carrot Top Chimichurri

Talk about using the whole vegetable! In spring, you can often find carrots with bright green tender carrot tops and they don’t have to go to waste. Before storing the...

Apple and Pecan Haroseth

Apple and Pecan Haroseth

This traditional Ashkenazi haroseth is a delightful component of the Passover Seder and features diced apples, toasted pecans, a dash of cinnamon, and champagne vinegar to symbolize the mortar used by the...

Apple and Pecan Haroseth

This traditional Ashkenazi haroseth is a delightful component of the Passover Seder and features diced apples, toasted pecans, a dash of cinnamon, and champagne vinegar to symbolize the mortar used by the...

Jammy Berries - Chia Berry Compote

Jammy Berries - Chia Berry Compote

In the wintertime, flavorful delicious berries are hard to come by. We've solved that problem here by making an organic vegan berry compote. Using frozen fruit which is packed at...

Jammy Berries - Chia Berry Compote

In the wintertime, flavorful delicious berries are hard to come by. We've solved that problem here by making an organic vegan berry compote. Using frozen fruit which is packed at...

Creamy Rustic Tomato Soup, Gluten-free and Vegan

Creamy Rustic Tomato Soup, Gluten-free and Vegan

Material Kitchen recently posted Zaynab Issa's Tomato Soup and I knew instantly I had to try it. Tomato soup is my secret favorite soup. Don't tell the others. Normally, I throw an...

Creamy Rustic Tomato Soup, Gluten-free and Vegan

Material Kitchen recently posted Zaynab Issa's Tomato Soup and I knew instantly I had to try it. Tomato soup is my secret favorite soup. Don't tell the others. Normally, I throw an...

One-Pot Sicilian Caponata

One-Pot Sicilian Caponata

Caponata is a little bit of heaven on earth. (In our opinion, of course.) The buttery eggplant, the tomatoes and olives and garlic, stewed in a little sweet vinegary-ness…absolutely divine....

One-Pot Sicilian Caponata

Caponata is a little bit of heaven on earth. (In our opinion, of course.) The buttery eggplant, the tomatoes and olives and garlic, stewed in a little sweet vinegary-ness…absolutely divine....

Zesty Orange Cabbage Slaw with Horseradish

Zesty Orange Cabbage Slaw with Horseradish

If in doubt, make slaw. This is a motto in my kitchen because frankly, so many of my go-to dishes are enhanced by a good slaw. I put slaw on grain bowls,...

Zesty Orange Cabbage Slaw with Horseradish

If in doubt, make slaw. This is a motto in my kitchen because frankly, so many of my go-to dishes are enhanced by a good slaw. I put slaw on grain bowls,...

Caramelized Onion Tarte Tatin

Caramelized Onion Tarte Tatin

Want to pretend you’re living in a cozy French cottage for an evening? Our suggestion is to put on an Edith Piaf playlist and make this utterly rich caramelized onion Tarte Tatin. The...

Caramelized Onion Tarte Tatin

Want to pretend you’re living in a cozy French cottage for an evening? Our suggestion is to put on an Edith Piaf playlist and make this utterly rich caramelized onion Tarte Tatin. The...