You guys! We are so excited to bring you this week’s new recipe for Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup, not only because it’s fantastic but because it just so happens that this recipe is perfect for the new year, healthy resolutions we’ve all got going. It’s vegetarian (and easily made vegan) and can be Whole 30 compliant with a simple modification. Oh, and did we mention it’s made in the Instant Pot or the stovetop AND we made a video of the recipe just for you? Yup, we did. Read on for all of this week’s fun.
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Pineapple Mango Chia Pudding
The New Year is here and with it, comes a whole lot of focus on health and wellness. If you’ve been following along on Instagram or Facebook (or even here on the blog!), you might have noticed that Lane is currently in the middle of her first Whole30 experience. She’s absolutely crushing it and has been making some amazing food to help her along the way. While I’m not doing this Whole30 with her, I’ve always tried to keep a good balance of fresh, unprocessed foods in my diet. Our Pineapple Mango Chia Pudding cups are easy, vegan, and (if you choose the right almond milk) Whole30 compliant! They are a great, make ahead option for a healthy breakfast that tastes great. 
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Salt and Vinegar Roasted Chickpeas
Despite my love of baking, when it comes to snacks, I am generally a salty/crunchy kind of snack girl. Donuts, cookies, cake? I can take them or leave them most days. But set out a bowl of chips and salsa or a piping hot batch of french fries and I am ALL OVER IT. Lately, I’ve been loving these Salt and Vinegar Roasted Chickpeas.
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Curried Cauliflower Quinoa Salad
Hey friends! The end of summer has been a little crazy here at With Two Spoons so we are taking the week off from our kitchens and revisiting some of our favorite recipes of days past. I’ve been loving this Curried Cauliflower Quinoa Salad for easy, portable lunches these days. If you haven’t tried it before, read on and give it a try the next time you’re in the mood for a great, flavor packed lunch or side dish.
(Originally posted April 2017)
I’ve always been a voracious reader (and eater, truth be told) and when e-readers first came out, I swore up and down that nothing – nothing! – would ever replace a physical book in my mind. I loved the feel of them in my hand, the smell of the paper, and seeing them stacked up on my bookshelves. Well, fast forward a few short years later and my kindle is one of my very favorite things. I love having so many books at my fingertips and not having to carry so many heavy books when I travel. The one thing it hasn’t replaced? My cookbooks. I will confess that I probably have a bit of a cookbook addiction. I love them. I read them like novels, pouring over the beautiful photos and stuffing bits of colorful post-it notes onto the pages of recipes I want to try. Growing up, my grandmother had the most impressive collection of cookbooks I’ve ever seen and I’m fairly certain my love of cookbooks comes straight from her. Some of the best books her in collection? Small town church cookbooks. Those little gems are filled with home cooking treasures and I love to read them for inspiration from fellow home cooks. This week’s recipe for Curried Cauliflower Quinoa Salad was inspired by a recipe for curried cauliflower I found in just such a cookbook. …
Simple Pico de Gallo
Pico de gallo is one of my all-time favorite summer recipes. Now, I use the word recipe pretty loosely because it’s definitely a simple combination of foods, tossed together, and endlessly customizable. That being said, traditional pico de gallo is a fresh salsa (and is also sometimes called salsa fresca) typically made with tomato, onion, cilantro, jalapeño, lime, and salt. It is always coarsely chopped, never blended, and it’s uses are endless. 
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Healthy Vegan Lettuce Wraps
Looking for something for Meatless Monday? Looking to decrease the amount of meat you eat? Just looking for a really good (and easy) recipe? These Vegan Lettuce Wraps will check all of the boxes. With all of the flavors of the original PF Chang’s lettuce wraps, these have healthy written all over them. And who doesn’t want that?
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Good Food Reads: Quinoa Recipes
Quinoa. Keen-wa. High protein, gluten free, versatile. We love quinoa and think you should too! This edition of Good Food Reads: Quinoa Recipes will give you 20+ of the best and most diverse quinoa recipes! Looking for some new powerfood recipes to add to your meal planning? Look no further than our ODE TO QUINOA!
Many fabulous bloggers have been kind enough to share their quinoa recipes with us, and are allowing us to share their recipes with you (along with their drool worthy photography!). We’re excited to show you what we have planned for our quinoa!
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Good Food Reads: Holiday Cookies
Tis the season for joy and cheer! Whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukah or Kwanza or something entirely different, cookies are a great and fun way to get everyone into the kitchen! Not to mention, such a great gift to brighten someone else’s day! From the traditional to the unusual, here are the recipes that we want to be trying! Make a plate of these and bring them to your neighbors, your coworkers, your friends!
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Instant Pot Thai Butternut Squash Soup
This Instant Pot Thai Butternut Squash Soup is a unique twist on an old favorite-made fast using the Instant Pot!
Winter is here in Minneapolis. Oh sure, it’s not TECHNICALLY winter (which I’m reminded of frequently by my rule following 6 year old), but Thanksgiving is over, the cold has moved in, and it’s dark hours and hours before we go to bed. (Notice I don’t say before I’m READY to go to bed…). With the cold comes the need for soup. Warm, comforting, fill-you-up soup. Like this Instant Pot Thai Butternut Squash Soup. …
Good Food Reads: Cookbooks
Cookbooks. My obsession. I read them like novels. I buy them, I carry them around, I gaze lovingly at the photos. I once carted a copy of “Deep Run Roots” in my airplane carry-on bag all the way to the Dominican Republic-and then proceeded to read it by the pool. And according to Amazon it weighs 6 pounds. SIX POUNDS! I cart bags of cookbooks to my cabin and back. I have multiple shelves, whole bookshelves, devoted to cookbooks. So I am just letting you know my addiction to cookbooks knows no bounds. (My husband just shakes his head and deeply sighs.)
And on that note, in this edition of Good Food Reads: Cookbooks, I thought I would share some of my current favorites (and trust me, it was NOT easy to choose. Not easy at all).
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