A combination of robust herby pesto and creamy ricotta rolled up in slices of smoky, tender grilled eggplant. You can serve them as part of an antipasto selection, or as a side dish with Mediterranean-style grilled fish, chicken or skewers.

A look at some of the photography and styling from my cookbook, Simple & Delicious: Recipes From the Heart.

Kale Pesto Egg Salad - The addition of kale pesto in this egg salad is a wonderful, healthy twist to the traditional version!

Delicious baked Salmon with a crust of Almond and Pesto. Fish recipes are quite easy when you've got the right ingredients!

This Green Pizza with Pesto, Feta, Artichokes, and Broccoli is packed with delicious veggies, flavorful homemade pesto, and lots of ooey, gooey cheese!

Bow tie pasta, perfectly cooked, coated with delicious, very flavorful pesto sauce. Very good at room temperature or even cold - perfect for entertaining!

These here mushroom thingies are the new black. The new black, along with lots of bright greens, pops of white and earthy browns. So I guess you can erase what I just said. But not really because I wasn’t meaning it literally, even though two sentences ago made it sound like I was. So I …

My favorite thing about pizza is how it's a vehicle for almost any food. I use it for leftovers all the time. You might not believe some of the things I have thrown on a pizza: Indian food! I must admit, I never really considered putting sweet potatoes on pizza. That is, until I had a bunch laying around (along with some homemade kale pesto). It's earthy, hearty and kinda sweet. I think you are going to like it too. This recipe originally appeared on KQED's Bay Area Bites.

I was all set to write an amazing breakfast post for you this week — it’s breakfast week at The Kitchn you know — and then I got the call from the producers of the Martha Stewart show asking me to come make a three-course meal from my book, Good Food to Share. It would be in front of a studio audience with Martha by my side. Gulp.

This is what you eat when you feel like being fancy but not. Fancy. Because it’s not fancy. It’s faux fancy. It’s fauncy. The thing is, I could alwaysalwaysalwaysalways eat Mexican food. But guess what, this isn’t really that Mexicany! Besides the use of cilantro and tortillas, it’s not really Mexican at all. It’s faux …

These cheesy Italian ricotta dumplings are tender and chewy, and covered in emerald green pesto they're everything that a cozy dinner should be.

Vegan Avocado Pesto. It's beyond delicious. Combine it with Zucchini Pasta and you have a healthy, nutritious, delicious dinner! A favorite for sure.

I think my children could live on breadsticks, and these Parmesan Garlic Breadsticks are our absolute favorite. Whether dipped in warm marinara sauce or a bowl of hot soup, we just can’t seem to get enough! And I love that these breadsticks are so easy to make. They use just a few simple ingredients and …

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For a casual springtime meal with a twist, boil up some eggs and dinner will be done presto. —Tenley Haraldson, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin