Recipes

The bistec de palomilla is made from Lion’s Mane mushroomsPhoto by Ashley Wilson Husband-and-wife team Reid and Sophia Trapani share a love of Latin cuisine, an appreciation for plant-based eating, and a desire to open people’s minds to a vegan lifestyle. The two launched catering company-turned-pop-up Happy Seed in 2018, serving Cuban-inspired vegan fare. They were overwhelmed with the response. After numerous delays, their first brick-and-mortar restaurant, La Semilla, is finally open. With a name that means “the seed” in Spanish, La Semilla is an expansion of Happy Seed, serving a dinner menu that features the pop-up’s greatest hits alongside...

Growing up in a Lithuanian family, there was a small group of foods that I had to love to survive, since they constantly appeared on the dinner table: potatoes, cabbage, mushrooms, herring, and beets. Fortunately for me, I loved them all, despite my Mom’s desire to boil everything to death. One of the many uses for beets, besides a cold summer soup and a hot winter soup, was pickling. Pickled beets are an excellent side dish for any hearty meat dish. (I love ’em with kielbasa!)  Store-bought pickled beets pack way too much sugar in every jar, so it was...

If you’re looking for a quick, easy, and budget friendly dinner idea this recipe is for you. This delicious sheet pan dinner is made with smoked beef sausage, carrots, and potatoes. It’s a family meal that’s under $10! This post may include affiliate links Hey cousins! I’m back with another recipe, and I know that this recipe is one that you will certainly love for several reason. Reason number one- This smoked sausage, carrots, and potato sheet pan dinner is extremely easy to make. This dinner idea only calls for a few ingredients, and more than likely you already have...

Another night, another sheet pan meal!  Smoked sausage is low carb and what better sausage to devour than Conecuh Hickory Smoked Sausage made right here in Alabama!As always, adjust your ingredient amounts up or down depending on how many diners you plan on feeding.1 pound of Conecuh sausage sliced into 3-4" lengths1 large yellow onion, cut into chunks and lightly separated1 large green bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1" wide pieces8 - 10 white mushrooms, sliced into thirdsOlive oilCreole SeasoningPreheat oven to 375 degrees F.  Place sausage lengths onto a rimmed baking sheet and place in oven while you...

The term “frozen food” has had an unfair reputation for years. A frozen dinner was thought of as cheap, low on flavor, and something you ate while watching TV (i.e. “TV dinners”). But that just isn’t true anymore. In recent years the frozen food industry has made major leaps and advancements in quality and flavor. There are many higher-end frozen or prepared meal delivery services that have only gotten more and more popular. One in particular that has been getting a lot of attention is Mosaic Foods, mainly because all of its meals are plant-based–which is very difficult to find...