Recipe Hippie
A free spirited approach towards home cooking
With Roasted Red Pepper Pizza Sauce! Is it a pizza, or is it a pie? OR is it an interesting take on a tart…I will never have these answers. The answers I do have are: YES, it tastes amazing, YES the crust is perfectly crunchy on the outside and airy on the inside, and YES …
If you are curious how I develop many of my recipes, here is a hint: Sometimes I go into different grocery stores, buy unique and unusual ingredients, and try to make a meal out of it! Insert how I made Pickled Indian Stew! I truly find cooking with bitter melon to be very exciting. It …
So we recently bought our first ‘grown up’ grill. Prior to our Weber, we were grilling in our backyard out of a tiny portable charcoal grill. You know, the kind that you bring with you camping. Now that I have a REAL grill, we have been grilling just about everything we can get our hands …
With Jamaican Beans And Rice One of my favorite meals to get when I go out to eat is Jamaican jerk shrimp. The unique mixture of spices brings me right to the crystal blue waters of the Caribbean. But you don’t need a plane ticket to have jerk shrimp at home! I had every single …
Okay, so I know what you’re thinking…rice porridge is a breakfast meal! Well, I respond with “Who’s going to stop me, the porridge police?!” We have pancakes and eggs for dinner, why not Kale & Curry White Rice Porridge?! To be honest with you, when I developed this recipe, I was attempting to make a …
This light and bright pasta salad combines grilled tomatoes and artichoke hearts with fresh raw arugula and basil for an elegant summer pasta salad. The lemon and olive oil act as a natural and healthy ‘sauce’ for the tiny pasta. This recipe can be served vegan, or you can add chicken, shrimp or beef for …
This recipe uses an instant pot pressure cooker to make the best pulled bbq chicken! I have long known that sweet potato and bbq chicken go together like Regis and Kelly…well, before the falling out. I think it all started for me when I tried a baked sweet potato stuffed with slow cooked pulled bbq …
“Purple rice, purple riicceee”- Prince voice. This rice is not dyed with food coloring. Purple rice uses the natural colors of red cabbage and red onion to color the white rice. One thing that natural food coloring does that artificial does not, is that it also flavors the food! This rice has a slight ‘cabbagey’ …
One Pot Chicken and Lentil Stew With Orange Yogurt Marinade : This one pot chicken and lentil stew recipe tastes light, healthy and tangy. Lentils are one legume that you should absolutely always have in your pantry. One cup of dried green lentils has 44 grams of protein and 68 grams of fiber! They are …
For a recipe that only uses 5 main ingredients, these zucchini boats filled with pasta, spinach, brie and chicken are AMAZING. The brie is tossed into the skillet with the spinach, chicken and pasta, and melts to coat each piece of pasta perfectly. Not sure what to do with your bag of frozen spinach? Tired …
This vegetarian creamy root vegetable casserole uses oat milk, cheddar and creamy mushroom soup to yield a cheesy, hearty dinner. All you need to prepare the vegetables is a peeler, a knife and a cutting board! Hand blending the cooked parsnips in oat milk makes an earthy and nutty base for the creamy mushroom soup. …
(And Ginger Peanut Sauce!) Perfectly seasoned cod fish is oven roasted in one pan with asparagus, and served over light and bright lemon garlic cauliflower rice. The cod is then topped with a creamy nutty Thai peanut sauce for the perfect medley of flavors and textures. This cod dinner recipe is sure to be a …
My fiance and I LOVE couscous. I think its the texture of the toasted pasta shaped like round rice grains. Its like pasta caviar! And couscous absorbs all of the flavors you cook it in. These tiny ptitim are cooked until light and flavorful, and are then tossed with chicken, blackberries, strawberries, blueberries and grapefruit. …
Summer is almost here! You know what that means: THE SUMMER BEERS ARE OUT! Being from New England, every new season means a new creative brew from the Boston based brewery, Harpoon. A few years ago they came out with ‘Wannamango’, a cleaver pun on a silly summer camp name. I was slightly skeptical at …
When I was in college, Ramen noodles were pretty much a food group in my apartment. The thing is, I never grew out of this stage. I regularly chow down on Ramen noodles when I’m craving salt or soup (which is often). As much of a craving crusher that Ramen soup is, I still always …
Okay, so this recipe is kind of going astray from my ‘pantry stable’ and frozen foods recipes…but how good does this look?! My local grocery store was carrying rack of lamb and I just had to show you guys what I do with it! This ‘Pistachio Parmesan Crusted Rack of Lamb With Mint Chimichurri’ recipe …
With Red Cabbage Slaw This recipe was inspired by the countless sriracha seared salmon’ recipes out there. I don’t usually have sriracha hanging around, but I do have Cholula sauce. The reason for this is my fiance likes to drown his eggs in it (men,insert eye role). And instead of honey, I used agave because …
This ‘Butternut Squash Boats with Sausage, Eggplant and Toasted Chick Peas’ recipe is another one that you are going to want to keep around your kitchen. The versatility of the ingredients allows you to use whatever you have available to make a many different variations. For example, you can substitute your protein for shredded chicken, …
This ‘Lemon Mustard Chicken With Turnip Puree’ recipe uses canned coconut milk in replace of perishable milk/cream for the turnip puree! Believe it or not, you actually don’t taste the coconut. Turnip is such a strong flavor, your guests won’t be able to tell whether you used dairy milk or plant milk! Coconut milk is …
Looking for a quick and easy family dinner? Look no further than my ‘One Pot Spanish Chicken And Rice’ recipe! It was honestly so easy, and you probably have all of the spices used sitting in your spice cabinet. As long as you have a variety of spices in your pantry, this recipe can be …
Many a-great inventions have come about due to a craving, and this ‘Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms With Avocado Shepard’s Pie’ recipe is no exception! I was desperately craving shepard’s pie, but I also had these portobello mushrooms and avocado that were going to go bad if I didn’t use them soon…(Picture a light bulb going off …
Baked Stuffed Frozen Shrimp With Canned Mushrooms: When I was growing up, having baked stuffed shrimp for dinner meant one thing and one thing only; it was Christmas at my grandmothers house. When I asked my mother for my grandmothers recipe a few years ago, the recipe she gave me was hand written and had …
This recipe is great for any level home cook. It is simplistic in nature, yet is ALWAYS a hit. This is one of those recipes that you want to keep in your back pocket for parties and special occasions: just double the recipe and transport your ricotta stuffed shells in a large square tupperware container. …
So, I have a confession to make…when I was growing up, I HATED spaghetti pie! What kid hates spaghetti pie?! It’s so fun and tasty! Well, lets just say the first time I had it I developed a stomach bug after and…you can imagine the rest. But this classic family dish made its way back …
