Happy Hearted Kitchen » snacks

I bought a butternut squash at a farm stand yesterday. Yikes, I guess it’s september already. I also bought a basket full of plums and pounds of field tomatoes for slow roasting. It’s such a ...

https://www.happyheartedkitchen.com/mains/roasted-eggplant-sandwich-mina-harissa

One of my favorites things about a good dinner party is l’apéro.  It’s something that they do really well in France and my french family can sit around for hours before moving à table. It...

https://www.happyheartedkitchen.com/appetizers/pumpkin-seed-dip

“I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with the roughest courage. When they are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work, but the solidest thing we know.” ― Ralph Waldo Eme...

https://www.happyheartedkitchen.com/appetizers/roasted-broccoli-pesto

Hi guys. Just a quick and simple recipe while the sun is still shining and the farmer’s markets are still bursting with all of these ingredients. It’s been a busy week over here, prepping for...

https://www.happyheartedkitchen.com/appetizers/eggplant-harissa-tomato-sauce

It was a strange feeling coming home after a few days back east with my family. I guess it’s always that way when you leave your new home for the first time. I was only gone for three nights bu...

https://www.happyheartedkitchen.com/appetizers/peach-tomato-gazpacho

“I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with b...

https://www.happyheartedkitchen.com/appetizers/easy-grilled-flatbreads

Hello from the mountains! We made it. We’re here. We’re back. So many words can be used to describe how we’re feeling; excited, anxious, in awe, at ease, grounded, ambitious, motivated, ins...

https://www.happyheartedkitchen.com/mains/asparagus-brown-rice-sushi-rolls-sesame-ginger-sauce

I’ve never been big on new year’s resolutions. I don’t like the idea of starting the year off in the negative, of trying to fix something in the wrong or simply setting ourselves up for fut...

https://www.happyheartedkitchen.com/breakfast/weekend-reset

“I think the beauty of twinkle lights is the perfect metaphor for joy. Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments – often ordinary moments. Sometimes we miss out on the bursts of joy be...

https://www.happyheartedkitchen.com/baked-goods/spelt-and-olive-oil-foccacia-with-braised-fennel-pine-nuts-rosemary-zaatar

“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place, I told him, like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place...

https://www.happyheartedkitchen.com/appetizers/white-bean-dip-flax-seed-crackers