People put quiche on such a pedestal; putting fancy ingredients (I can't afford fancy mushrooms, sorry) or meats I don't regularly buy (I'm looking at you, ham). It's something you only have for ...
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Wakame Cucumber Salad
I didn't realize until I was writing this recipe out just how much I cook and love Japanese food and flavors. Until a few years ago, all I knew about Japanese food was just sushi and miso soup. My ...
Cardamom Yogurt Mousse with Passion Fruit
Sometimes you make something and it takes days for it to leave your mind. Your mind wanders to it at random moments of the day, you recall the taste in your mouth like it was seconds, not days ago. ...
Roasted Peaches with Vanilla Gelato
I have been itching to do this recipe for weeks. I've been in peach heaven this summer, getting delicious varieties from the farmer's market AND my CSA. It's almost too much to handle. But I'll ...
Baked Thai Meatballs with Miso Sauce
Last weekend, a friend was incredibly nice and invited N and I out to the cabin in Big Bear she and her boyfriend were staying at. N and I went to Big Bear once last year, but we were going out there ...
Roasted Eggplant Dip
Sometimes I'm so focused on making the most veggie-packed dinners that sometimes I forget about the in-between. The snacks, the breakfasts, the appetizers. I lovingly blame it on N. The meal N and I ...
Raw Chocolate Protein Squares
Two weeks ago, the unimaginable happened. I killed my food processor. It wasn't the best, it was four years old and what I could afford at the time (which was nothing to write home about). Since then, ...
Spicy Gochujang Mushroom Soup with Soba
This week, I got sick. Sick at the worst time (because illness never really is convenient, is it?). I had just come back from a girls' trip with my mom, had to go back to work, and lots of deadlines ...