As 2017 has been starting, I've been seeking a lot of comfort and coziness. There's been enough excitement on all fronts, and I'm still holding on to the quiet days and pine forests of my winter ...
Summer
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Learning Recipe Structures: Eggplant Pesto Zoodles with Crumbled Tempeh
This is another post for my guest editor role for The Girl Who Knows, the place to build a business and life with soul. The Girl Who Knows is a great site for digging deeper into soulful living all ...