Category Archives: vegetarian
Vegetarian Alfredo Lasagna
When I first saw the idea for an alfredo lasagna, I knew that it was something I must try. I mean, who doesn’t love lasagna? And with alfredo sauce? Sounds amazing! I came across this delicious looking Veggies Alfredo Lasagna from Pinch of Yum and decided it would be the one I would try. The […]
Strawberry Balsamic Black Pepper Jam
In California right now you are seeing strawberries everywhere; in the stores, fruit stands, and fields. It is the perfect time to buy strawberries.
Pasta a la Marta
Have I mentioned before that I am a host mom to a foreign exchange student from Italy, Marta. Marta is a very nice, really sweet young lady and we are delighted to have her in our home. We had been bugging her to fix us an authentic Italian dinner and finally convinced her to do […]
Roasted Vegetables
Have you ever eaten a parsnip before? In my 52 years I don’t think I had, but I have been seeing them all over pinterest and so I broke down and picked up 2. Parsnips look like white carrots for the most part, perhaps taste like that too. I prepared my parsnips for this recipe […]
Black Bean Soup
I can think of absolutely nothing to preface this soup recipe. So I just want to tell you, that this black bean soup is delicious. I got the recipe from Food.com and tweaked it to my liking. If you want to make the soup vegetarian, use vegetable broth instead of chicken. I don’t think their is much of […]
Vegetarian Eggrolls
If you follow us on facebook you know that last weekend I sold some yummy pops at a boutique at Heritage Schools, where Nate and I work. So as I was trying to decide what kind of cake pops to make, was going to make cheesecake pops… so we bought a huge think of like […]
Cheesy Baked Potato Soup
Last night there was a relief society (a group of women from our church) activity that I attended. It was a crock pot recipe sharing activity. Because we’re still eating vegetarian this week I figured I had better make something so that I would have something to eat when I went. And I think it turned […]
Eggplant Parmesan
I briefly mentioned that Nate and I are eating vegetarian for the next few days. You can read a little about why we are doing this here. But to sum it up we want to see if it actually makes us feel better. And no, we would never completely cut meats out of our diet […]
Applesauce
One of the best things about fall is apples getting ripe on the trees. Surprisingly I don’t love very many apple desserts, but fresh apple juice, and fresh cider are one of my favorite things. If you follow me on instagram (username: aspensmama) you know that a couple weeks ago we made homemade apple cider. […]
How To: Sun Dried Tomatoes
Last week we had a bowl full of tomatoes sitting on our kitchen counter for over a week. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to make more of this yummy sauce or something else. If you know me you can guess what I decided. Option two, try something new. I’m one of pinterest biggest advocates […]
Idaho Sunrise: Baked Egg in a Baked Potato
One small but significant memory from my childhood is when I was in kindergarten. I don’t know how they do kindergarten now, but back in the day when I was a young one we had kindergarten classes for a half day. You could either have classes in the mornings or the afternoons. I was on […]
Mexican Stuffed Squash
My birthday is 3 weeks from today. I will be turning 24. Which means in 1 year I will be turning 25. I’ve seen a few people do it, and so I have decided to make a list of 25 things I want to do before I turn 25. I have started my list over […]
Cheesy Grilled Squash
Before we left to go up to Seattle our garden was growing well. We hadn’t really gotten any produce from it (minus the 8 minuscule strawberries we got), but both types of our squash plants (zucchini and yellow) had a lot of blossoms blooming and probably 2 or 3 baby squash on most of the plants. We […]
Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
4 cups thinly sliced potatoes (we used our mandolin) 3 TBS butter 3 TBS flour 1 1/2 cups milk 1 tsp salt 1 large dashe cayenne pepper 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese, separated
Easy Fruit Salad
A couple weeks ago we had a really fun activity for church. And since we are new in the area I told Nate that we had to go so that we could get to know some more people in our area. So the activity was called a progressive dinner. But basically we split up and […]
Creamy Parmesan Tomato Basil Soup (from a can!)
I guess this weather is making so that I am in the mood to post another soup recipe. I didn’t actually have this soup this week, it is one of my favorites (but now that I’m writing this post I might have to make it tonight after work – because it is so good and […]
