mint to be #giveaway #NielsenMasseyInspires

Swirled white chocolate peppermint bark. For whatever silly reason, it seems like peppermint is really only featured during the holidays, and that's a shame!

sugar rush

Though one of the main purposes of my blog is to keep a record of recipes I love so I can come back to them repeatedly, there are some I never make again. I also rarely re-post recipes, with some notable exceptions.

fine dining at home

Mexican vanilla crème brûlée. My husband and I used to go out to eat quite a bit, but that has slowed stopped since Eva came along. I don't miss it as much as I would've expected.

i don't think you're ready for this jelly

Mint jelly and cucumber ginger jelly. Some slightly crazy things have been coming out of my kitchen lately!

relish the bite

Cucumber relish.The cucumber extravaganza continues!

my bread and butter

Bread and butter pickles. Cucumber overload!

grumpy gardener

Squash casserole. Fried squash is excellent, but if you want an easier, cheesier way to eat your yellow squash, I recommend a squash casserole!

nurture from the inside out #NatureMadePrenatalDHA

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I've always tried to be conscious about what I eat (except for a phase in college...), but I became very serious about my diet when I got pregnant.

pucker up

Lemon coconut impossible pie. I make impossible pie as my personal dessert treat at least once a month.

last hurrah

Cheesy meatball casserole. I made a huge batch of meatballs right before Eva was born as part of my stock-the-freezer project, and I finally used the last of them this week.

simply the best

Roasted cauliflower with parmesan and thyme. Cauliflower stinks up our house just about as badly as Brussels sprouts, but I continue to make it. That must mean I like it a lot.

fleet flitterers

Brown butter cream cheese frosting. We always tend to celebrate Easter in conjunction with my birthday, and that's fine. I'd be making a cake either way!

eat your greens

Kale and ricotta stuffed shells. I'm thrilled to report that my daughter is eating pretty adventurously, especially considering that her mother is a pretty picky eater.

not-so-desperate times

Vinegar pie. I can't and don't want to imagine living in a time when desserts are scarce.

long time coming

Zucchini with basil and mint. I've been meaning to make this dish for the longest time!

foxy lady

Coconut ricotta cake. Ricotta cheese is some pretty fantastic stuff.

new and different! #giveaway

Banana ginger jam. I like banana bread as much as the next person. In fact, I've been known to buys bananas solely for that purpose rather than wait for some to go uneaten.

pretty in pea

Pea soup with coriander. Peas go with mint just about as well as chocolate goes with peanut butter. That's a fact.

slurpy surprise

Sesame soba noodles with chicken. I didn't expect to like soba noodles. My one and only experience with buckwheat (pancakes) was a disaster (hockey pucks).

adulting is hard

Brown and peanut butter cereal treats. I loved crispy rice treats as a kid and, hilariously, even more as a college student.

sorry, not sorry

Butternut squash soup. Five years ago, I would've been very distraught about posting so many boring (but delicious!) soups.

luck be a legume

Black-eyed pea and ham soup. Boy, am I on a slow cooker soup kick! There's just something so appealing about taking care of supper before everyone else gets up in the morning.

dating myself

Coconut date balls. When did I stop being a hip young person?*

*Spoiler alert: I was never hip.

hamming it up

Ham and bean soup. My oven is fixed, but I'm still digging the slow cooker soups!

the upside down

Apple upside-down cake. Stranger Things fan girl, right here!

lickety split

Split pea soup. Ham hocks are pretty awesome.

neato coquito

Coquito. Oh. Em. Gee.