low-key cooking
Flexitarian Recipes
Plant-powered recipes that are simple, beautiful, and flavorful. Low-key cooking that highlights easy prep. Animal protein options.
featured recipe
Miso Pesto Minestrone
Classic minestrone soup is infused with umami from miso herb pesto. This modern addition is reminiscent of “soupe au pistou” where traditional pesto is stirred into a vegetable soup in the Provence region of France. The short cut pasta is kept separate until serving, to maintain the brothiness of the soup.
What are flexitarian recipes?
My recipes are not exclusively vegetarian or vegan, though many of them are. Here and there I include animal proteins, and often I incorporate dairy and/or eggs. But they are full of veggies (and fruit). This is what’s called eating in a “flexitarian” way. I hope you enjoy making my recipes that fit your way of eating!
grow some veggies!
(it’s never too early to start planning)
I bet you didn’t know you wanted a Kitchen Garden (a.k.a. Potager Garden). After years of dissatisfaction with planning and executing a successful vegetable garden, I landed on a design and a process that is fun, less stressful, and provides you with herbs, cut flowers and greens for weeks. Buy my plans for this year or next season, so you have time to mull things over!
There’s a Rainbow of Vegetables to Eat out There
click through the tabs below to preview vegetable recipes of all colors
why focus on vegetables?
farmer’s market haul? weekly CSA Box? Grocery store vegetable bargain?
I find vegetables the most inspiring cooking ingredients, and I am here to share that inspiration with you. Whether your local grocer has marked down the asparagus, you found some shishitos at the farmer’s market or you have no idea what the Mizuna in your CSA box is, this site is your resource to find a recipe and learn about your vegetable discoveries. Sign up below to keep in touch!
SOFA cooks the rainbow!
transform your meals
No more wondering how to prepare that purple potato that intrigued you at the market, or the daikon radish you pass by in the produce section. Take the chance and buy those unusual and colorful vegetables so you can eat the full rainbow of veggies out there. Each color has unique properties that help nourish us in different ways. That’s why you hear experts suggest we eat the rainbow to be well nourished!
Categories :
Easy & fun recipes that span the recipe types we cook daily, nothing too fancy or labor intensive, but always inspired and different!
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 enjoy healthy, nutritious food, and focus on vegetable recipes here. While I’m an experienced home cook and vegetable gardener (still not an expert), join me as I master recipes for fermenting, pickling, sprouting, and growing vegetables + share how-tos along the way! My curious and thorough nature will ensure I get to the bottom of these endeavors with thoughtful research and experience that yields helpful content.