Baked Butternut Squash Risotto

Luxurious baked risotto with cubes of roasted butternut squash and Parmesan cheese. No need to stand at the stove babysitting your risotto! This baked version cooks up just as creamy if not creamier than it’s stove-top counterpart. Pinky swear. [Read more...]

Roasted Brown Butter Butternut Squash, Apples and Brussels Sprouts

Roasted Lemon Brown Butter Butternut Squash, Apples and Brussels Sprouts

A medley of fall vegetables roasted and seasoned with the nutty flavor of brown butter and all the brightness of lemon zest.

In the mix are the sweet, tart and pungent flavors of butternut squash, brussels sprouts, apples, onions and garlic. My favorite flavors of the season. [Read more...]

French Onion Butternut Squash Soup with Gruyère

French onion soup gets a seasonal twist with roasted butternut squash and lots of stringy, Swiss Gruyere cheese broiled on top.

A cozy, heart-warming soup you’ll want to snuggle up with. [Read more...]

Chicken, Butternut Squash and Swiss Cheese Pocket Pies

Chicken, Butternut Squash & Swiss Cheese Pocket Pies

Behold these beauties with their golden brown crust and savory middles. Flaky pie crust surrounds a stuffing of chicken, butternut squash, baby spinach and Swiss cheese.

My version of chicken pot pie. A modern reinvention. [Read more...]

Spicy Butternut Squash and Chickpea Soup

My 4 year streak of not catching a cold is over. My immune system turned on me. Just like that. One day I’m basking in the glory of good health and the next I’m coughing my brains out.

Desperately needing soup, I dragged my sick self to the kitchen and whipped this up. While chicken soup is a known cure-all, I needed something fast without fuss and chicken was not a part of that equation. [Read more...]