Hi, and welcome! I’m thrilled that you are here. My name is Mary Younkin, and I’ve been sharing recipes online since 2011. I created my first site, Barefeet in the Kitchen, to share recipes with friends and family and I quickly discovered that sharing recipes online is a whole lot of fun.
In a nutshell? I just plain love food. If you love food as well, we’re likely to get along just fine. I love dark chocolate, giant salads, medium-rare steaks, chips and salsa, homemade ice cream, simple fare, gourmet meals, fun treats, and healthy options. If you can name it, I’m probably eating it.
You know what else I really love? Vegetables. Though that has not always been the case! Learning how to properly cook vegetables AND make them interesting has been a dinner-time game changer. So, that’s why I decided to start a site all about vegetables. Because vegetables don’t have to be boring!
On this website, you’ll find everything from simple side dishes and hearty main dishes, to awesome breakfasts, snacks and appetizers, as well as an abundance of vegetarian options. There are even recipes that pair vegetables with tasty meats for one-stop meal planning. Every recipe here features at least one vegetable, though most feature many more.
I believe that recipes were meant to be shared, altered, passed around, and remade time and time again. I love hearing when you’ve made a recipe and how you might have made it your own as well.
Sharing a meal with friends and family never fails to make me smile, and I love hearing when you make these recipes. So, tag me on Instagram @bestvegetablerecipes if you share your dish. Or, come back and leave a comment here!
Cookbooks by Mary Younkin
If you had told me as a kid that I would grow up to write cookbooks (plural!), I would have laughed. Even a decade after holding the first one in my hands, I’m still amazed and grateful to be the author of three different cookbooks.
The Weeknight Dinner Cookbook is dedicated to my passion for creating family-friendly meals that are easy enough to make on a busy weeknight.
I filled The Weekday Lunches and Breakfasts Cookbook with quick, delicious recipes for every meal of the day. And, The Weeknight Dessert Cookbook is a collection of my favorite dessert recipes that have all been streamlined to be fast and simple, while still producing show-stopping results.
All three cookbooks are available on Amazon or in your local bookstores.
I can be reached through email at mary@vegetablerecipes.com. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.
All photographs on this blog are taken by Mary Younkin unless otherwise noted.
