zucchini rice bake in a cast iron skillet topped with fresh basil

Easy Pesto Zucchini Bake Recipe

This simple zucchini bake recipe highlights everyone’s favorite summer vegetable, combined with corn, rice, and basil pesto for a hearty and flavorful side or main dish. It’s perfect for busy weeknights or gatherings, and can easily be prepped in advance. Why You’ll Love This Zucchini Bake Recipe Although zucchini season usually runs from late spring […]

Vodka Sauce Chicken Parmesan Sliders with Mozzarella and Pesto Recipe

I started a slider series on Instagram in anticipation of Super Bowl Sunday and I am loving all the recipes!  They were so fun to make and even more fun to eat!  I love planning menus for entertaining and these sliders could not be more perfect for Super Bowl Sunday or any game day or […]

Skillet Pesto Chicken and Rice Recipe

It’s the perfect time to try a new one-pot meal!  September is like the New Year, in a way.  And I am back into a cooking routine, but I want to ease back into it.  This recipe is a twist on my favorite one-pot meal, Mediterranean Chicken with Rice.  There’s also another variation in my cookbook, Quicker […]

Broccoli Pesto Recipe

Pesto is in my plasma.  I’ve been eating copious amounts of pesto since I was a baby and it is by far my favorite condiment.  It wasn’t until I started teaching cooking classes that I experimented with pesto that didn’t have basil, or nuts, or cheese.  Pesto, after all, derives from the Italian verb pestare, […]

Hemp Seed Pesto Recipe

In the last few years, one of my nutrition goals has been to mix it up.  What does that mean?  It means that I am not eating the same ingredients/foods over and over again. I am diversifying in order to expose myself (and my family) to different nutrients and different types of fiber which can […]