Recipe: Black Bean and Rice Skillet

one of our current favorites for a quick dinner. 

heat a little olive oil in a cast iron skillet. add half an onion, finely chopped. cook until softened.  to the onion, add two cups of cooked brown rice, some fresh lime juice, chipotle powder,  one cup of black beans, and a splash of water. stir and cook on medium heat until heated through.

add a handful of spinach. when the spinach is slightly wilted make a small well in the rice and crack an egg into it. generously sprinkle with goat cheese and cover. cook for a few minutes, until the egg white is fully cooked, but the egg yolk is still soft.

sprinkle with fresh cilantro and avocado. 

enjoy!

original recipe can be found here

Trip to Europe...Part 2

bern, switzerland

continuing to sift through the four thousand photos i came home with! missing this trip so much already! (part 1 here)

no place like france!

after eating croissants there all others are now ruined forever!

amazing hike that ended in exploring ruins of an 11th century castle!

Trip to Europe...Part 1

this past june i had an amazing opportunity to travel to europe with my family. i can't even begin to describe this trip! although i have been to europe before this trip really did exceed my expectations. i told my husband that had he been able to come too (medschool ruins everything!) i would have probably not come back! we stumbled upon towns and villages that i thought only existed in disney movies, hiked up to ruins of thousand-year-old castles, walked through vineyards, and ate croissants for every meal!

village of riquewihr in alsace, france

can never get enough of the cobblestone streets!

most adorable boulangerie with the best cafe au lait...kaysersberg, france

my favorite village of all time...kaysersberg, france

our lunch...a baguette fresh from the oven (literally watched it bake!)

riquewihr, france...not real life!

Recipe: Overflowing vegetable tart

this tart is a compilation of different recipes with an addition of things that we had at home. how this whole thing started i am not even sure, but we had potatoes, leeks, and zucchini at home and i have been having an ongoing love-affair with goat cheese so i decided to combine everything into one dish. at our house we also eat tomatoes with just about everything and the little colorful heirloom ones were perfect here. 

the finished tart was more delicious than i ever imagined! there is still left over dough in the freezer anxiously waiting to be made into another one of these. :)

Recipe: Lemon Souffle

I've always had a weakness for lemony desserts. Lemons bars, tarts, poppy seed muffins, love them all! But that delicious tart, lemon flavor is even more perfect when paired with the soft, airy texture of a souffle. I also  love that there are no complicated ingredients and they bake in just 15 minutes! Recipe here

I ate more of these in one day than I care to admit! 

Pizzelle Ice Cream Sandwiches

this is not really a recipe post, but an easy, quick way to assemble a delicious dessert. 

i love love love pizzelle cookies and usually just eat them plain or with a glass of milk. i decided to try them out on ice cream sandwiches and not only did they turn out delicious, but were also so so pretty! 

Recipe: Popovers

my first attempt at popovers. 

looking up the recipe, i was surprised by how few ingredients there were and how quick they were to make. although they didn't quite "pop" as much as i would have liked they still had that yummy soft, eggy center and slightly crunchy exterior. perfect with berried or covered in cinnamon and sugar.

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