This post is sponsored by Pacific Foods, a brand I’ve loved and used for many years! Thank you for supporting the brands that keep The Kitchen Paper up and running! Soup is something that, until a few years ago, I thought had to be really complicated. I’m not sure why/where I learned that, but I’ve…
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Spicy Sausage, Spinach, & Kale Baked Pasta
This post is sponsored by La Terra Fina. Thank you for supporting the brands that keep The Kitchen Paper alive! Baked pasta has forever been, and I think forever will be, one of my favorite comfort foods. My mom used to make homemade baked mac n’ cheese when I was a kid, and it was…
Loaded Sweet Potato Bowls
This post is sponsored by Dr. Praeger’s. Thank you for supporting the brands who keep The Kitchen Paper alive! Hi friends! I’m still in Hawaii enjoying the sun and warmth, but we’re coming back to Portland soon — and I hear it is cold and wet. SOB. I’m not ready for it. At least we’ll be…
Coconut-Lime Chicken with Mini Peppers
Have you downloaded Drop yet? It’s a wonderful recipe app where you can find this recipe, and a bunch of others from me — some you haven’t seen before! Head to getDrop.com download it to check it out! We’re back in gardening business, folks! I hope. We’re trying, that’s for sure! Last year I applied…
Everyday Garlicky Kale
I use a lot of veggies here on The Kitchen Paper. I also ramble on and on about how great they are, how awesome it is to have a Mom with a massive garden, how grateful I am to live in an area with co-ops and organic grocery stores and all things veg-positive. I’m super…
Stone Fruit & Heirloom Tomato Mozzarella Basil Salad
Uuuh yes yes yes yes! Summer in a bowl! CAN YOU TELL I AM EXCITED!? Sorry for yelling. But srsly, this is DEE-LICIOUS. Welcome to part three of the picnic extravaganza! Check out the basil hummus and summer corn quinoa salad if you missed those earlier this week! {Also, let’s give my assistant, Marc, a…
Green Curry Kabocha Squash Soup with Black Sesame
Hi friends! Hi hi hi hi hi! I’m here, I swear. And I have updates! By updates I mean life updates which, if you want the super nutshell version is: I’m still coding. I’m further along in coding school. I haven’t died yet. THAT’S IT! But really: last week was the final week of the…
Simple Asparagus & Eggs on Toast Breakfast
Despite the moaning and groaning I do upon having to get out of bed in the mornings, I’ve been really enjoying mornings lately. Mostly, the routine of cooking something tasty to eat along with my coffee while I snuggle in something warm, looking out at the foggy, cool mornings we’ve had lately. I LOVE them….
Roasted Tomatillo and White Bean Soup
Does anyone else feel like no matter how much you sweep, you immediately need to sweep again? I swear I swept my apartment at least 4 times yesterday… and it’s not like I’m flinging dough and particulates all over the dang place — but it accumulates so quickly! I am by no means a neat…
2-Minute Berry Breakfast Quinoa
Coming atcha MONDAY with an easy-peasy, belly-loving, yum-yum breakfast goodness recipe: QUINOA! We’ll get to that. How was your weekend!? Tell me what you did! I had a pretty mellow weekend, meeting up with friends and family for various meals, checking out a super cute craft fair (where I wanted to buy ALL THE THINGS),…
Smoked Salmon Blueberry Crostini
Adios, Portland! I’ll see you in a month! Today, after struggling to pack for legitimately cold weather (the high in Iceland yesterday was 46. OMG.), I’m off! But first, a ridiculously hot destination: Denver. It’s supposed to be 97 degrees today and I am definitely loaded with sweaters and leggings and NOT summer clothing. So,…
20 Minute Chicken Fajita Polenta Bowls
I’ve officially been car-free for 2.5 weeks now! That’s three full work-weeks, for me! While I’d like to claim it’s been 100% successful and awesome, I have to admit that it’s only been 99% successful and 99% awesome. There have been some … incidents. OK nothing serious, BUT: thank goodness I haven’t been late to…
Quick Guacamole
I really wanted to name this “instant guacamole” but … well, as much as I truly believe this is about the quickest way you could POSSIBLY make guacamole, I can’t in good conscience say “instant” if it takes more than 1 (maaaaybe 2) seconds. This takes like 100 seconds. So, instant times 100. TECHNICALITIES ASIDE:…
Brown Sugar Salmon with Asparagus Strawberry Topping
I’m not sure if it’s the quality of TV I’ve been watching, or if it’s something entirely different, but I have been CRACKING UP — out loud — alone in my apartment… and I’m very aware of it. At first I didn’t notice much, but then I started realizing: did I used to do this?…
Almond Berry Baked Oatmeal
You guys! I feel like we have so much to catch up on! Now that I’M BACK and being a real human being with you all (oh haaay!), I want to return to over-sharing like WHOA. If you follow me on snapchat (@thekitchenpaper) you may already be sick of my over-sharing my little heart out….
Single Serving Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
We’re gonna get serious for a moment here. I’ve been putting off writing this post for quite a while now. This blog has been ridiculously impersonal lately because I’ve been going through a really challenging time in my life. I struggle to write anything real on these pages, as I try so hard to bury…