Pumpkin & Pomegranate

I am not certain how much longer I can label my dishes with “Mexican” or “Indian-inspired”, etc. because it is really really boring. i toyed with calling this “Frida’s Quinoa Salad” but then I figured people would think that Frida Kahlo was making quinoa salad. She was a wonderful cook, but I highly doubt she had [...]

last week I got a glorious package in the mail from Pom Wonderful. Eight beautiful little bottles full of garnet colored pomegranate juice. Being the pom lover I practically did a jig when I saw the box on my porch. I was overjoyed when I was contacted about the gift box a couple of weeks [...]

A few months ago there was an episode of No Reservations on the Azores. I had never even heard of the Azores and found it fascinating. I also haven’t been able to get their kale soup out of my mind, so when Matt mentioned a sore throat and that he would like soup for dinner [...]

Yesterday I was feeling in the mood to bake something. I haven’t baked anything in a while and since I decided to opt out of my 7pm yoga class because the sun was so glorious (and I needed to get to bed earlier than I have been) I had time to make these cookies. I [...]

I made my own coconut butter last night! Long gone at my days of wishing I could just pay for a $9 jar of white glory! Here’s the thing though. 2 cups of flaked coconut turns into about 3/4 cup coconut butter so honestly $9 isn’t all that bad of a price. I didn’t take [...]

I mentioned in a previous post that I am supposed to eat seaweed everyday. I love seaweed salad, but they usually have sugar in them. So do many of the roasted nori snacks, and I don’t find just plain seaweed to be all that palatable. I was at Whole Foods last Saturday and came across [...]

I have been experimenting again. I loved my last batch of nut butter so much I had to add even more goodness. For those of you who aren’t into twitter (or who don’t follow me) I made a batch of Brazil nut- cashed butter last week and it was divine. I used 8oz of each [...]

Yes it’s a little late for Fat Tuesday, but those who do not fast for Lent don’t really care. Then again it is MEATLESS jambalaya, so I be the Pope would approve anyway! Meatless doesn’t mean flavorless. Grain free doesn’t mean you are giving something up. This stuff was mighty tasty. The only thing I [...]

This is not a blog to boast about what a wonderful Valentine’s Day I had (though it was the best I have ever had), it is more a reminder to me of why I eat the way I do, and hey if you want to feel better yourself you might just test it out for [...]

I need to start off this post with a little edit of the previous posting. I was over hasty when I said I quit my part time gig. I spoke with the owner of Healeo this weekend (he hadn’t gotten my message about not being able to make it work) and we discussed it. We [...]