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  • Quick and Easy Sourdough Naan Recipe

    This is my favorite kind of recipe — fast, forgiving, and a really good use for sourdough discard. No long fermentation. No waiting overnight. Just mix, rest the dough while you clean the kitchen or prep dinner, and cook them in a hot skillet. They come out soft, chewy, a little blistered, and honestly way…

  • Fresh Spring Pasta: Ramp Pesto & Grilled Chicken

    Every year when ramps show up, I immediately start looking for excuses to put them in everything. They have this really bold, garlicky flavor that makes even simple meals taste special, and this pasta has become one of my favorite spring dinners lately. The ramp pesto gets tossed with pasta, roasted broccoli, and grilled chicken…

  • Crispy Salmon Bowls with Radish-Herb Salad

    This bowl tastes exactly like the kind of fresh meal I start craving once the garden really wakes up. Radishes are usually one of the first big harvests around here in spring, and this crunchy herb salad is one of my favorite ways to use them. Paired with crispy salmon, rice, cucumber, and avocado, it…

  • Fresh Garden Pasta Recipe with Creamy Herb Sauce

    By May and early June, the garden starts giving just enough herbs and greens to make meals feel fresh again — kale, chard, spinach, chives, parsley, basil if you’re lucky. This pasta is one of my favorite ways to use all those little handfuls coming in from the garden. The combination of garlic, cream, parmesan,…

  • Lemony Herb-Dijon Potato Salad Recipe

    This is the kind of side dish that tastes like late spring to me. Fresh herbs are finally coming back, radishes are ready to pull, and green onions are everywhere (no, everywhere) in the garden. Instead of the heavier mayo-based potato salads, this one gets tossed in a lemony Dijon vinaigrette while the potatoes are…

  • Nourishing Spring Soup with Fresh Greens

    There’s a reason soup like this always finds its way back into my kitchen during spring in Northern Michigan. The weather can’t quite decide what it’s doing yet, the garden is slowly waking up, and hearty greens are finally ready to harvest again. This is the kind of recipe I make in May when kale…

  • Nourishing Crockpot Congee (Rice Porridge)

    There’s something incredibly comforting about a pot of congee slowly cooking away all day. It’s simple, nourishing, cozy, and endlessly adaptable depending on what you have on hand. I love making a big batch at the start of the week and reheating it for easy breakfasts, light lunches, or those nights when everyone wants something…

  • Pasta Primavera

    There’s something about the first real spring produce that makes me want to throw everything into a pan with butter, garlic, and pasta. This version of pasta primavera is simple, fresh, and very forgiving — the kind of meal that works whether you’re pulling vegetables from the garden, grabbing a few things at the farmers…

  • Juicy Summer Chicken Sandwiches with Avocado

    These grilled chicken sandwiches are one of our go-to meals once the weather warms up. The chicken gets marinated until it’s juicy and flavorful, then layered onto toasted sourdough with avocado, tomato, arugula, and all the fresh crunchy toppings. We almost always add homemade pickles from the fridge, and honestly, that’s what takes them over…

  • Smooth Restaurant-Style Refried Beans Recipe

    These easy refried beans are my go-to for taco night. They take less than 10 minutes, use simple pantry staples, and taste so good. Blending the beans before heating makes them extra smooth and creamy — almost like the restaurant-style beans you get at your favorite Mexican spot. Perfect alongside tacos, burrito bowls, quesadillas, or…