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I adore this unique spin on pesto pasta salad, with peas in the pesto for a spring-y spin that also packs a surprising bit of protein. This particular pea pesto boasts peas (of course), parsley, fresh mint, toasted pine nuts, and a good squeeze of lemon. Tossed with a nice curly pasta, the pesto clings to every nook and cranny and makes for one seriously yummy pasta salad. Bonus: it’s vegan – and, if you use brown rice pasta, which I love in this, it’s gluten-free too.

All in a very odd-shaped bathroom that’s rather large for a powder bath but super awkwardly laid out, and with no windows, to boot. Along with the dark tile, I also decided to embrace the naturally dark, windowless situation by also going super dark on the walls. Originally, we were going to go with lighter walls and a rustic wood vanity, but every wood vanity I came across was super expensive – $1000+! The vanity we ended up buying was from Lowes, and while it’s not the highest quality vanity around, it does have some nice soft-close doors and a cute curve along the front that gives it some personality.

My mom (hi Mom! ) used to make Irish Soda Bread every Saint Patrick’s Day. I’ve yet to create a vegetarian Reuben (and I’m not sure I could duplicate that one successfully if I tried), but Vegan Irish Soda Bread? My go-to was this Irish Soda Bread recipe, based off of Ina Garten’s recipe, which is prettttty dang perfect. Which I guess makes sense because the most traditional Irish Soda Bread is actually made of a very simple list of ingredients – baking soda, flour, buttermilk, and salt.

Oh hello! Here is where I write all about this delicious recipe and do my best to convince you to make it. The thing is, I’m feeling a bit fresh out of words