Table of Contents
Who Are We to Write a Cookbook: An Introduction 8
How to Use This Cookbook: The Basics 12
Recipes
Which Came First? Eggs 14
How to Cook All of the Eggs 16
Put an Egg on It Personal Pizza 18
Veggie-Loaded Frittata 20
Egg in the Hole 21
Egg Salad That's Easy on the Eyes 22
Not Your Average Breakfast BEC 25
Easy Eggs Benny 26
4 p.m. Hangover Hash 27
All-Day Breakfast Tacos 28
Don't Be A Chicken 30
A Guide to Making Chicken Not Bland 32
Fallback Chicken Parm 36
A Veg-Heavy Chicken Dish 37
Deconstructed Chicken Pot Pie 39
Damn Good Buffalo Chicken Dip 40
Rotisserie Chicken Caesar Wrap 41
Curry Chicken Salad 42
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps 44
Pasta It's Okay, You Can Eat It 46
The Ultimate Guide to Pairing Noodles with Sauce 48
Penne alla Leftover Vodka 50
Chicken and Pesto Pasta 52
Scrappy Cream Cheese Pasta 53
Baby's First Lasagna 54
Empty Peanut Butter Jar Noodles 56
Instant Ramen for Adults 59
Toasted Ramen Avocado Slaw 60
Beef Chili Ramen 61
Literal Pasta Salad 62
Embrace The Fish 64
How to Make Seafood Taste Less Fishy 66
A Comprehensive Salmon Dinner 68
Feisty Fish Tacos 70
Loaded Shrimp Nachos 71
Weeknight Shrimp Curry 73
Your Basic Tuna Salad 74
Tuna Pasta Salad 2.0 75
Shrimp Scampi with Zoodles 76
Powered By Potatoes 78
Mash Potatoes Like a Boss 80
A11 the Ways to Cook Potatoes 83
Healthier Loaded Sweet Potato 84
BBQ Chicken Sweet Potato Meets Avocado Whip 86
Potato Skins for the Win 87
Buddha Bowl or Bust 89
Badass Brown Butter Gnocchi 90
All You Need Is Toast 92
The Guide to Toast You Never Knew You Needed 94
Cinnamon Toast, 4 Ways 95
French Toast for Every Season 97
A Seedy Toast You Can Trust 98
Mediterranean Toast 99
Desperate Times Pizza Toast 99
No-Bread Sweet Potato Toast 101
Big-Batch Bruschetta 102
Non-basic Avocado Toast 104
Grains Forever 106
How to Cook All of the Grains 108
Good-for-You Mexican Rice Bow 110
BEC Oatmeal 112
Taco Quinoa Salad 113
Mushroom-Quinoa Stuffed Peppers 115
Balsamic Chicken Sausage Grain Bowl 116
Easy Fried Rice 117
Somewhat Wild Steak and Rice 119
Hot Farro and Cheddar Side Dish 120
Veggies On Veggies 122
The 3 Most Basic Ways to Cook Veggies 124
Homemade Ranch for Your Naked Veggies 127
Beet Hummus from Scratch 127
Sorta Sweet Soy-Glazed Green Beans 129
Stir-Fry: The Ultimate Vehicle for Veggies 130
Roasted Zucchini Boats 132
Mac 'n' Cheese Meets Veggie Scraps 134
10-Minute Vegetable Soup 135
A Green Smoothie That Doesn't Taste Like Grass 136
A Casual Kale Salad 138
Stop Throwing Away Your Bananas 140
How to Take Care of Your Bananas 142
Straight-Up Banana Ice Cream 144
2-Ingredient Flourless Pancakes 145
No-Banana-Left-Behind Bread 146
Chocolate-Hazelnut Banana Rolls 148
Make-Ahead Meals That'll Upgrade Your Life 150
Goodbye, Hanger Trail Mix 152
Portable Veggie Egg Muffins 152
Go-To Turkey Chili 153
Balls of Energy 155
Minestrone Soup for Days 156
Green Enchiladas and Chill 158
The Group Dinner Conundrum 160
Bacon-Wrapped Dates 162
Disappearing Spinach-Artichoke Dip 163
Spicy Parmesan Twists 164
My Big Fat Greek Salad 165
Honey-Sriracha Brussels Sprouts 166
Party Kebabs 168
Laid-Back Neapolitan Ice Cream Pie 171
Date Night For The Hopeless Romantic 172
Roll Your Own Sushi 174
Make Baby Dumplings 179
Woo Them with Steak 181
Chocolate Cake for Two 182
Fake It Till You Make It 184
How to Be a Confident Human at a Nice Restaurant 186
Carbonara That Brings the Heat 189
Roast Chicken Power Move 190
How Not to Be Afraid of Seafood 192
A Really Legit Shrimp Boil 195
How to Pair Wine and Cheese 196
Unpretentious Ratatouille 198
Big-Batch Drinks For All Your People 200
Suns Out, Margs Out 202
Summer Beer 203
Fireball Sangria 204
Peppermint Schnapps Hot Cocoa 205
Over The Top, And We're Into It 206
Epic PB&J Chocolate Cup 208
Party in Your Mouth Pineapple Bowls 211
The Most Extra Donut Cake Ever 212
Smiley Fries for a Bad Day 214
No-Sharing-Required Mason Jar Banana Split 216
Tater Tot Waffle Grilled Cheese *Mic Drop* 218
Acknowledgments 220
Index 221
