Flexitarian Recipes
simple, beautiful, flavorful recipes. cooking that highlights easy prep. mostly plant based.
real recipes, developed, tested, photographed and shared by a real person, that’s me. ~ Kathy
Fall Recipes
a note from my kitchen
Hey there, before you get going exploring my recipes, I want to clarify that I’m an experienced home cook, not a trained chef. My recipes come from a lifetime of cooking for family and friends in a real home kitchen. I’m super proud of them, but certainly cannot claim they come from experience in a restaurant kitchen.
I get inspired by cookbooks, ingredients, or simply thinking of what someone might enjoy, then turn the idea into something simple and low-stress. Every recipe is tested and refined until it’s clear and reliable. I like trying new things, but avoid ingredients that are hard to find, expensive, or complicated. Most are made to serve four, but the servings can be adjusted in the recipe card at the bottom of the posts.
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Flexitarian Meal Plans
try a meal plan
each pdf includes:
- A grocery list organized by department w/quan./subs.
- The cost of the meal and ingredients (w/quan. used)
- Pantry essentials and how much are needed
- Meal prep details w/timing (on avge 1 hr active prep)
- Parts of meal you can make ahead and those prep details w/timing (1-1.5 total w/cooking).
- Equipment and serving dishes needed.
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Smoky Harissa Glazed Cauliflower Steaks with Rapini and White Bean Puree
A comforting vegan meal or accompaniment to other protein is created by pan searing cauliflower steaks brushed with a smoky harissa glaze. The tender cauliflower steaks are served over a garlicky puree of white beans and rapini (a.k.a. broccoli rabe).
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Kitchen Garden Plan
grow some veggies to support flexitarian eating!
I’ve planned out 3 aesthetically pleasing, easy to execute garden plans for you inside this 9-page easy to follow PDF.
Garden plan includes:
- Designs for 3 small gardens w/color layouts
- Plant any or all the designs-all include veg/flower/herbs
- Designs include a mix of using seeds and seedlings
- Shopping lists, costs, reference photos
- Designed to yield starting end of June through Aug/Sept.
- How-to instructions and timeline.
- BONUSES: can dry herbs, edible blooms, continuous harvest, aesthetics, ease overall and throughout process.
This plan is meant to be fun!
Hi, I’m Kathy.
A Question Asker, Maker, + Creative
“Sofa Dinners” came to me as a way to communicate that I share a vision for cooking without pretension. I’ve always loved reading cookbooks for inspiration, cooking creatively, taking photos, and writing, and here I share recipes to inspire home cooks.
“I’ve been ‘getting my hands dirty’ in the kitchen to create food that is my version of yummy forever, it seems.”