Heather Hands
Carrot Cake with White Chocolate Cream Cheese ...

Carrot cake is a quintessential dessert of spring. This recipe is moist slightly sweet, and perfectly spiced. It is paired with a rich and velvety cream cheese frosting.

Carrot Cake with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing
Heather Hands
Avocado and Asparagus Tartines with Basil Pesto

Asparagus is so beautiful this time of year, so I wanted to create a recipe around it. I made some basil and pumpkin seed pesto, and drizzled it on toasted bread with asparagus, avocado, and shaved Parmesan.

Avocado and Asparagus Tartines with Basil Pesto
Heather Hands
Pancakes with Concord Grape Syrup

Because his family is a true-to-the-bone pancake family, I really wanted him to share with me the secrets to making a good pancake, thin and delicate, perfectly browned on the outside, soft on the inside. He gave me a recipe, one that he has memorized. A set of very specific instructions, the right temp, the right amount of time for frying. I followed it to a tee, and sure enough, the pancakes came out the way I had always dreamed they would.

Pancakes with Concord Grape Syrup

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Winter Vegetable Breakfast Skillet

Winter Vegetable Breakfast Skillet

I wanted to create something wholesome and healthy for Ashley, and breakfast skillets are a great way to incorporate lots of delicious things into one meal. This winter vegetable skillet has potatoes, Brussel sprouts, mushrooms, orange peppers, eggs, cheese, and avocado. It is so easy to prepare, and is so insanely delicious!

Broccoli Rabe and Maple Glazed Salmon Bibimbap

Broccoli Rabe and Maple Glazed Salmon Bibimbap

Bibimbap is probably one of the most well known Korean dishes. There are many variations of the dish, but I prefer mine with marinated salmon and veggies. To this dish, I added some steamed then fried broccoli rabe in soy sauce and olive oil and then sprinkled with sesame seeds, some fresh carrots, red pepper, avocado and green onions for garnish.

Savory Corn and Cheddar Waffles with Avocado

Savory Corn and Cheddar Waffles with Avocado

Sebastian is especially into these savory corn and cheddar waffles. They are fun and kid-friendly, but I also really like eating them myself, so it's a win-win for all of us. I usually make a large batch and then store them in the fridge and reheat over the course of a few days.

Smoky BBQ Veggie Burgers from 'Minimalist Baker's Everyday Cooking'

Smoky BBQ Veggie Burgers from 'Minimalist Baker's Everyday Cooking'

After flipping through and highlighting the recipes that I need to make immediately (which is basically all of them), I knew that I wanted to share with you guys her Smoky BBQ veggie burger recipe. These burgers aren't your typical heavy bean-y veggie burger.

Fried Potato and Scrambled Egg Breakfast Tacos with Tacolicious' Famous Orange Sauce

Fried Potato and Scrambled Egg Breakfast Tacos with Tacolicious' Famous Orange Sauce

The easy part of this recipe was coming up with the taco fillings. Lucky for me, I am a creature of habit, and my breakfast tacos always contain the same ingredients. The hard part was trying to come up with a recipe that replicated the tangy spicy orange sauce that was served on top.

Blood Orange and Avocado Salad with a Citrus Tahini Dressing and Salty Pistachios

Blood Orange and Avocado Salad with a Citrus Tahini Dressing and Salty Pistachios

This salad is a compilation of some of the most vibrant and colorful produce available in the dreary month of February. I figure we might as well take advantage of things that are doing and looking their best right now while we gear up and prepare ourselves for summer berries!

Sweet Potato, Black Bean, and Corn Salad with a Maple Lime Dressing

Sweet Potato, Black Bean, and Corn Salad with a Maple Lime Dressing

Now, this salad. I think half the reason I like it so much is that of the dressing, which is everything to me right now. It's light, sweet, fruity, with a touch of tang. I had originally created it for a taco salad, but now I eat it on everything.

The Ultimate Veggie Sandwich + EXCITING NEWS!!!

The Ultimate Veggie Sandwich + EXCITING NEWS!!!

I am pregnant!!!! I still feel so weird to say it out loud, even at 4 1/2 months. I've been pretty reluctant to tell people the news, after suffering a miscarriage last September. I am still in shock and disbelief that there is a tiny person living inside of me. I still get nervous at every doctor's appointment when they look for the heartbeat.

Loaded Cheesy Curly Fries

Loaded Cheesy Curly Fries

Speaking of high school flash backs, curly fries anyone? I am a sucker for french fries, all shapes and sizes. Especially if you curl them and load them with spices, bake them until slightly crispy but still soft in the center, load them with tomatoes, avocado, cheese, sour cream, hot sauce.

Spring Salad with White Beans, Avocado, and Radishes + Saveur Nomination

Spring Salad with White Beans, Avocado, and Radishes + Saveur Nomination

In the mean time, I will leave you with my favorite spring salad. It's fresh and colorful and the perfect pop of color for this time of year. I got this crazy awesome mandolin at Christmas, and it slices the radishes into such perfectly beautiful thin strips.

Cheddar Waffles with a Creamy Tomato Sauce

Cheddar Waffles with a Creamy Tomato Sauce

Now that I have a personal waffle iron all to myself, it's been waffles for dinner everyday since Saturday! I've been working on this aged cheddar waffle recipe, one that I first discovered at a small cafe Lady Marmalade​​​​​​​ in Victoria BC.

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