This lightened up cheddar and broccoli soup from my @thedefineddish cookbook, surpassed my expectations! It’s a lighter version of everyone’s favorite by using sweet potato and cauliflower and then I used @violife_foods cheddar “cheese” and coconut milk as substitutes for cream and regular cheese and you couldn’t notice a difference. My husband even commented on how creamy it was. ••• ••• #seemyplate #defineddish #broccoliandcheese #soupseason #veganish

Tonight’s dinner was Cajun Shrimp & Sausage Pasta from @whatsgabycookin newest cookbook. I was intrigued by @traderjoes “worlds largest fusilli” when shopping there recently and I LOVED them. They gave the perfect mix of what you love from a short noodle, but what you need in a longer noodle for a recipe like this. I substituted sausage with two different types of vegan sauasge, which my husband didn’t even notice. I also made too much pasta (shocking) and so we could have used a little more of the sauce, but that didn’t stop either of us from having seconds. Even with seconds we had another to save for future leftovers. ••• ••• #seemyplate #whatsgabycooking #cajunpasta #veganish #traderjoes

This weeks salad from my @mandysalads cookbook is the Shanghai Salad with a Mock Chicken. The mock chicken is with tofu and I really enjoy it in this salad but I can’t consider it similar to chicken, it’s just a good replacement. Either way, I’m trying to remain better and make vegan substitutes where I can this year so I’d still make this again! ••• ••• #seemyplate #veganlunch #salad #lunch #mealprep

Meatless Monday with @prepandrally Veggie Burgers with Chili-Lime Crema and leftover broccoli from last weeks dinner! This recipe made enough for me to save some burgers that I popped in the freezer and will eat for lunch in the coming weeks. ••• ••• #seemyplate #veggieburger #meatlessmonday

Tonight’s pizza was still a white one but I changed up the cheese from mozzarella to a cheese my parents brought home for me from Germany, with some bacon and truffle oil over it. I had been meaning to use the cheese and it was perfect alongside the bacon on pizza. ••• ••• #seemyplate #sundaypizza #homemadepizza

We went to @theparksidesocial for dinner tonight and was our second time going there. The thing I love about this menu is that it changes seasonally, so while we’ve been here before, it was like we were at a new restaurant with all new menu options! ••• ••• #seemyplate #parksidesocial #veronanj #njeats #tgif

This weeks lunches from @mandysalads cookbook is the lumberjack salad with homemade caesar. I had to stop myself from having seconds too many times or I wouldn’t have had enough to make it through the week! ••• ••• #seemyplate #mandysalads #lunchideas #mealprep

One of my Christmas presents this year was @whatsgabycookin newest cookbook, so I did alot of meal planning with it this week. Tonight’s dinner was a garlic-ginger crispy chicken stir fry. It’s a one pan dish so clean up was easy. The recipe also calls to have rice added but I was trying to be lighter with it, so we ate it without and was so flavorful I didn’t miss the rice at all. ••• ••• #seemyplate #whatsgabycooking #stirfry

Firdt pizza Sunday of 2023. 🍕🥗 ••• #seemyplate #pizzasunday #homemadepizza

New year, same lunches. This is the third week in a row (minus vacation) that I’ve made this @traderjoes lentils plus veggies and baked salmon lunch and I still can’t get enough of it. It’s so simple but for some reason I’m obsessed with it. ••• ••• #seemyplate #mealprep #traderjoes #lunchideas #vegetarianrecipes

We spent the last few days of 2022 at an all inclusive resort in Cabo and I made sure to take advantage of all of the spicy cocktails and fish tacos that were made available. Going home with a tan and heartburn. 😂🌴🍹☀️••• ••• #seemyplate #cabo #cabosanlucas #allinclusive #travel #vacation

Christmas Eve dinner at my sisters. 🎄••• ••• #seemyplate #christmasevedinner #christmaseve