Falafel and Egg Breakfast Sandwich

I have a serious affection for a good, loaded breakfast sandwich. What's not to love about all the delicious breakfast things stacked between two pieces of delicious bread? But what exactly constitutes breakfast things is open to interpretation and variation.





I was thinking about fun Mother's Day breakfast options and considered a sausage patty or even a great burger topped with a runny

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Milk Chocolate Chip Tahini Cookies

When you love peanut butter as much as I do, you have a favorite peanut butter cookie recipe. And, in my case, my ultimate favorite is from my friend Jennie, who writes the blog, One Sweet Mess. So, when I was working on my recipe for tahini cookies, my other favorite thing (I have a lot of favorite things), I started out with her base.





What's great about her recipe is that it has the

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Honey Tahini Overnight Oats

Let's just say that it's a good thing I don't live with anybody who expects a hot breakfast because they would be very disappointed. Most days, I'm happy I've found time to pour milk into my cereal instead of just grabbing handfuls of it dry as I rush around. Needless to say, hot oatmeal is not a thing that happens around here without significant pre-planning. Overnight oats, though, are in

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Tamari Roasted Vegetable Platter

One of my favorite ways to serve side dish vegetables to company is just to grill or roast a big platter of them and put them in the middle of the table for people to help themselves. I also think it's a fun appetizer with cocktails instead of the more expected cheese and dips.





Even though I love vegetables in all their forms, I always look for ways to amp up the flavor somehow. Spices,

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Pear Dutch Babies with Honey Labneh Cream

Let's talk about how much there is to love about Dutch baby pancakes. The puff, the flavorings and, my personal favorite, the fact that they cook in the oven and I don't have to stand over a griddle flipping batches of pancakes.





The key to getting that huge puff is to make sure all your ingredients are at room temperature, your pans are screaming hot and your batter is very well combined.

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Spinach and Feta Turnovers (Bourekas)

Puff pastry and frozen spinach are a couple of items that can usually be found in the back of my freezer somewhere. They're both useful to have around for all kinds of recipe options but, sadly, my freezer is underutilized. I keep nuts and vodka in there but tend to forget to look to it for food ideas. That needs to change.





Last week, when I was reaching in to grab the peanuts I used in

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Crunchy Peanut Butter Pretzel Balls

Oh, has it been a minute since I expressed my undying love of peanut butter? Rest assured my obsession has not waned. And while I fully admit that my preferred method of eating peanut butter is with a spoon, right out of the jar, sometimes I feel compelled to actually make stuff with it.





I recently saw peanut butter treat balls of some kind on a grocery store shelf but the ingredient list

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Quick Pickled Vegetables

At any given time, I've either had no pickles in my fridge or I've had an overly large array of them in various shapes and styles. Why? Because I never know which one I will like. Too sweet, too sour, too soft, too crunchy. And so they accumulate until I get frustrated and get rid of all of them leaving me with no pickles when I feel like having a pickle.





Clearly the solution to this

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Cheesy Meatball Casserole

Another week and another make-ahead dinner prepped, portioned and stored in the fridge for use during the week. I'm so weirdly proud of myself when I actually do these.





This week's Italian style casserole is so simple and so tasty that it's just crazy not to make it at least once a month. Pasta, sauce and juicy little meatballs baked with cheese. How good does that sound? I serve it with

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