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
I’m an experienced home cook, not a trained chef or restaurant professional.
If you’re hoping for restaurant-quality results or formal culinary techniques, this isn’t the place for that. What you’ll find here instead are recipes developed by someone who has spent a lifetime cooking for family and friends in a real home kitchen.
My approach is simple and personal. I get inspired by cookbooks, a particular ingredient, a cuisine, or just the thought of what someone I care about might enjoy, then I turn that idea into something straightforward and low-stress. Every recipe I share has been cooked, adjusted, and refined until it feels clear, reliable, and easy to make again.
I love creativity and trying new things, but I stay away from ingredients that are hard to find, overly expensive, or needlessly complicated.
I hope this gives you a good sense of what to expect, and that the recipes feel like the kind of cooking you’ll actually enjoy doing at home.
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Plant Based
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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.”