2-Ingredient Avocado Zen Bowl

The easier it is to eat clean, the more likely you'll do it right? At least that's the case for me! Since starting my wedding slim-down, I find myself obsessing over super quick recipes with just a few healthy ingredients. Unless I'm making Funfetti Lemon Bars but you get it...

Insanely-Tasty Magic Salad For Flat Bellies!

Don't you wish there was a reset button for your stomach? As someone who "accidentally" eats a whole pizza once every few weeks, I sure do! That's how I started making this salad. I don't believe in deprivation. I do believe in the power of healthy, clean eating, especially after you over do it a tad. Get your "Pin It!" button ready, this flat-stomach salad is about to change everything...

The Easiest Ribs You'll Ever Make, Guaranteed!

Most brainpower and stomach-space is spent on burgers and dogs on July 4th and rightfully so! But if you're prepared for some big, messy fun I have just the recipe for you. Grab a bib and a handful of wet naps. This is how you frickin' master the easiest rib recipe ever!

Easiest 5-Ingredient Quiche Lorraine Your Life Needs!

Today is the day we give thanks to France for bringing the cheesiest, most savory, bacon-studded pie into this world for us all to love and enjoy. Happy National Quiche Lorraine Day, everybody! To celebrate, I'm sharing my quickie recipe for the dish-of-honor here and on fab Freutcake. The players: egg-y custard, crisp bacon and shredded Gruyere cheese. Unzip your pants and let's get started...

No-Cook Blender Spring Pea Soup with Goat Cheese!

This is the time of year everyone starts bragging about how much of their food is coming straight from the farmers' market—blah, blah, blah! Listen, I buy as much as I can from the farmers' market, too. But let's boycott the boasting and admit there are some things that are better (and smarter) to go-grocery for. This Easy Spring Pea Soup, proudly made with frozen peas, is a kick ass weeknight meal you have to try...

5-Ingredient Salmon & Yogurt Sauce

I write a 5-ingredient recipe column for my fave gal Leah over on Freutcake! I was totally jazzed when she asked me to focus on a fast, healthy dinner recipe for spring because this Salmon & Yogurt Sauce recipe is a go-to in our house. Get ready for some (easy) clean eatin'!

5-Ingredient Mini Smoked Salmon Pizzas—Fast Weeknight Dinner!

Gah! Happy belated New Year to you all. I hope you had an absolutely lovely holiday season—spending time with your family, eating too many cookies, smooching at midnight, all the good stuff! Now let's get back in the kitchen.

Fastest Fall Dinner Ever: 5-Ingredient Spicy Pumpkin Soup with Chorizo!

During a shoot this week, our camera man told me about how his lovely girl friends makes big pots of soup for him once fall hits. It's her creative solution for having a partner with long, unpredictable work hours. Soup's the perfect solution! It's cozy, make-ahead and easy to reheat when one (or both) of you get home from work late. I'm curious: What's your meal schedule like? Do you and your S.O eat together? Dine in shifts? I'd love to know!

5-Ingredient Chicken Milanese with Crunchy Snap Peas—Fancy Chicken Cutlets, Y'all!

Over on Freutcake today you'll find one of my favorite chicken dinners ever! How do you feel about breaded chicken cutlets? Because I feel real good about 'em.

The Best No-Cook Tomato Sauce Ever, You Can Make It In Just 3 Minutes!

Hi there, lazy girl! Can we talk dinner for a second? I've been in a bit of a food rut lately, coming home from work with absolutely zero desire to cook. What about you? No judgment. I'm right there with you.

Easy Weeknight Crab Cakes: My Chesapeake-Style Crab Cake Sandwiches with Lemony Mayo!

Ever feel burger-ed out? No, me neither. But if you're in the mood for a summer meal that's a little lighter—maybe something that makes you feel like you could be seaside, drinking a cold beer with perfect beachy waves in your hair even though it's a boring Wednesday night—give these easy crab cake sandwiches a try!

Simple Supper: Mediterranean Lamb Meatballs with Goat Cheese & Cucumbers!

Everyone close to me knows I'm looney-tunes-in-love with lamb. Racks, legs, steaks, patties—doesn't matter—can't get enough! That's why my little brain gets fuzzy when folks say they "hate" lamb. Seriously!? You know I love you but I don't have to like you right now...

Easiest Ever Cheesy Asparagus Risotto—My Latest On Refinery29!

Ladies, we’re no strangers to dinner a la microwave right? I was home alone the other night and zapped up a surprisingly delicious tray of "gourmet" meatballs and I've got to say, I didn't hate it! 

Easy Veggie Fonduta—The Best Way To, Like, Just Eat Cheese For Dinner!

Bleck! What an icky Monday, huh? It's a total wash here in NYC and no matter where you live it's a Monday so that's pretty blahhh, too, right? All I can suggest is tempting yourself to get through the day with the promise of cheese-for-dinner. That's my plan! 

5-Minute Homemade(ish) Wonton Soup—My Latest on Refinery29!

My mother blames my wonton soup addiction on her pregnancy—she slurped quart container, after quart container of the stuff over the months (even in the heat of summer). Unfortunately, no other wonton soup compares to my childhood favorite. You can still get it! There's a little takeout place in the King Kullen shopping center of my hometown...

Simple Supper: One-Pan Salmon Dinner—No Smell, No Clean Up!

Okay, friends. Question: What's your main weeknight dinner hangup–the thing that makes you dread going home and cooking for yourself after work Monday to Friday? 

5-Ingredient Roasted Broccoli Soup—My Latest on Freutcake (YUM)!

If you pop over to Leah Bergman's fabulous blog, Freutcake, this morning you'll find the full story behind my favorite cold-weather, weeknight food: Creamy broccoli soup that's super flavorful (and surprisingly good for you). 

Simple Supper: Cheesy Bacon-Leek Quiche—My Latest On Refinery29!

Growing up I thought quiche was a health food. Why not! It (for the most part) is a meat-less alternative to a steak dinner, right? Obviously I now realize that piecrust and gooey cheese will only pad my wiggly bits but I really don't care: I love quiche!

Easiest Ever Chicken Noodle Soup For One—My Latest On Refinery29!

This Chicken Noodle Soup is pretty special. Refinery29 asked me to come up with the easiest chicken soup recipe ever and here's what I did: Warm sliced carrots and celery in chicken broth, then stir in shredded rotisserie chicken, lemon juice and noodles for a quickie one-serving meal. You can even cook the noodles right in the broth if you're feeling extra-slothy (just add a little more water). 

Simple Supper: Easy Chicken Cutlets with Tomato-Caper Dressing!

When I was growing up, my favorite thing to eat was mom's Lemon-Butter Chicken. She's famous for it! Now that I'm on my own (and coming up with new recipes is, like, my actual job) I've expanded my poultry horizons. That's why I decided to share my recipe for Chicken Cutlets with Tomato-Caper Dressing with Refinery29.