I know, I know. It’s Valentine’s Day, and I’m posting a recipe for spicy almond (butter) sauce. “How unromantic” you might think. Well, not for me! This recipe is perhaps the most exciting recipe of the year (not calendar: the entire last year!!) for me. I really might be in love with this almond sauce….
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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…
Chimichurri Steak Kale Salad
This year has two themes for me, food-wise: peanut sauce and chimichurri. They’re both so addicting and versatile! I shared a bowl with peanut sauce last week, so I guess this week we’ll get to chimichurri! This salad is pretty straightforward — veggies, crunch, sweet fruit, and STEAK! Chimichurri serves as a great topping for steak,…
Rice Noodle Salad with Beets, Carrots, and Herbs
I really want to call this post “what Mary eats for lunch” and “how to prepare a week worth of lunches in less than an hour” or “bomb-diggity Asian-ish salad with ALL THE VEG IN THE LAND.” That third one would obviously be the best for SEO reasons (duh). But seriously, people have been asking…
Green Enchilada Sauce
My love for all things green runs reaaaaaal deep. Like, REAL deep. Super deep. It’s been my favorite color for at least 22 years now (I remember very consciously deciding, around age 5), and I’m sticking to it. Chile verde! Spinach! Green smoothies! GUAC! They all have my love. Trees! Shrubs! ANYTHING WITH CHLOROPHYL! Yeah,…
Vegan Bowl with Sauerkraut, Pistachios, and Jalapeño Garlic Tahini Sauce
Veg-bowl train: coming in hot! This is another one of those recipes that I could make into the LONGEST TITLE EVERRRR. I guess that’s why I’m sticking with “vegan bowl” as my general “this is healthy and has a $&*@ ton of veggeis in it” name. Beets! Carrots! Kale! Whatever you want! HEALTHY STUFF GUYS,…
Ginger Cardamom Rhubarb Compote
Time for a little love note! I’m feeling overwhelmingly grateful for you guys today — which is maybe a bit odd, since I haven’t met most of you… but here it goes: Thanks for being here. Thanks for leaving me comments that literally make me laugh out loud, and for sending me kind words when…
Pecan Basil Pesto
Now that the 4th of July has passed, EVERYONE in the USA can claim it’s summer. You know those people who are like “Oooh but I live way North, so it’s not summer till after the 4th!” — you know the type. NOW they have to admit it’s summer — and if you look at…
Mixed Berry Croissant Pudding with Whiskey Butter Sauce
Only one day left on the trail! We’ve been hiking for five days now, and finish on the West coast of England tomorrow, after hiking through sheep field after sheep field and cow pasture after cow pasture and going through kissing gate after kissing gate — I feel like I have a pretty solid grasp…
Classic Spaghetti and Meatballs
Buckle your seat belts, kids: we’re taking this post alllll over the place. Mostly: I’m gonna tie a real-life experience to horror movies to blood spatter to MEATBALLS. Stay with me. Last week, I legitimately thought I’d walked into a stereotypical horror movie scenario: CAT EDITION. First, watch this cat video. So ridiculous. Get’s me…
Creamy Pesto Pasta
If you like this pasta, check out Creamy Garlic Butter Pasta or Spicy Sausage, Spinach, & Kale Baked Pasta! SUMMER! BASIL! PESTO! Are we there yet? Um, nearly. Can you tell I’m excited about it? Give me a few days of 75 degree weather and I’m plunging straight into July. YAH SUMMER! Seriously though. I am…
Creamy Garlic Butter Pasta
I pretty much always want comfort food. As much as I love eating vegetables and healthy stuff, it’s much more common for me to really want something comforting — bean & cheese quesadilla, mashed potatoes, burgers, and pasta. Mashed potatoes and burgers usually require too much effort (especially when I’m like I NEED COMFORT FOOD…
Paprika Chicken & Spinach with White Wine Butter Thyme Sauce
If you like this recipe, take a look at: Indian Butter Chicken Coconut-Lime Chicken Kale Bell Pepper Chicken with White Wine and Garlic Brie, Basil, and Kale Stuffed Baked Chicken Let’s all go ahead and give me a big pat on the back, because last week I went for like TEN DAYS without watching any…
Lemongrass Lentil Cakes with Goji Tahini Sauce
Hi friends! Let’s play a game! It’s called “help Mary feel like she’s in the land of Christmas.” I’m imagining myself in your place at home, probably surrounded by warm eggnog and plates of Christmas cookies. That sounds really awesome right now. I’d probably have slippers on, and the fire going, and perhaps even a…
Creamy Tomato Pasta with Lemon Shrimp
Food blogging in the winter presents some challenges. Especially when you live up North, where daylight approaches dangerously low levels before the winter solstice. In December, when sunrise was after eight o’clock and sunset was before five o’clock, I had to scramble to get my photographing done in the light. That means cooking dinner at…
Hush Puppies with Creamy Honey Orange Dipping Sauce
Since our oven is (still) broken, I’ve taken to frying all of our food. Healthy alternative, right? Ha. If you’ll remember back to my lime cake doughnuts, I’m not a very experienced fryer. I need a better (read: stationary) thermometer, and right equipment to not burn myself and splatter oil everywhere, and in general could…