It's not breaking news that I love giving food gifts. For me, nothing expresses my love for someone by spending time in the kitchen to make them something that's delicious that they can enjoy that …
Pickled Roasted Beets
I love giving gifts. I love finding out what a person likes over time, filing it away in brain, and flipping through those things and getting or making the perfect thing for someone. This holiday …
Roasted Fall Vegetables with Yogurt Dressing
Tis the season for roasting all the things, especially vegetables. As the vegetables change out in my farmer's market, I could't be happier to see some of my favorite comforting vegetables return. …
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Massaged Kale Tuna Salad with Pickled Fennel
This Saturday marks the start of month three of my Nutritional Therapist studies with the Nutritional Therapy Association. I have learned a lot in the past two months, and I can't help but see so many …
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Greens and Beans Tortilla Casserole
In the busyness of this season, I've been turning to my trusty baking dishes to keep things going. In making one meal with an 8x8" or 13x9" pan, I've just made a handful of lunch and dinners for N and …
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Roasted Eggplant and Mushrooms with Spinach
I am a people pleaser. Always have been. I knew it, but it was just easier to stick to default, the comfort of what I had known. I was helping some people, right? Making them happy, right? That was …
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Roasted Radishes with Tahini
It's time to give ourselves more permission to do simple things. Easy things. …
Vegan Protein Cookies
This is my second year joining Andrew Wilder of Eating Rules in his October Unprocessed Challenge. Each October, Andrew challenges you to get more informed about what you're eating, and, if couldn't …
Roasted Beet Carrot Soup
A lot has been happening in the last few weeks. Fall officially began, a heatwave rolled up in Southern California and won't let go, and I started a nutrition program to become a Nutritional Therapy …
Vegetarian Tortilla Pie
Dishes and recipes come into our kitchens for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes we see a recipe that just catches our eye, or we're looking recreate something from a restaurant, a memory, or from a …
Spicy Roasted Eggplant
While challenges in life generally stress me the hell out, I’m endlessly fascinated with food challenges. Caroline Rector, the minimalist fashion blogger at Unfancy, often talks about how she’s …
Lentil Vegetarian Meatballs
It’s become a big game for me. How can I take this dish and make it meatless? How can I make it taste great, be filling, and have no meat in it? That meat eaters will happily gobble up and never even …
