My Ultimate Avocado Toast (Also, Hi!)
Hi, remember me? I left this space rather unceremoniously back in 2014, over 3 years ago (eek!). To summarize how I was feeling at the time, I put a lot of unnecessary pressure on myself surrounding the bog. I compared my photos, recipes, and voice to other bloggers, which isn’t very fair or productive. I was…
Whole Grain Pizza Dough
This is my favorite pizza dough. You can always buy pre-made pizza dough in a bag at the grocery store, but it just doesn’t taste as good. Plus your friends will be impressed when you serve them pizza on homemade crust! They don’t know how easy it is. Shhhhh. Don’t tell. The first time I…
Healthy Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Lemon Tahini Sauce
I don’t want to get too political or anything… but I am one happy girl today. OK, now back to food. Until recently, I didn’t think I liked sweet potatoes. I think I’d mostly seen them in a casserole dish (there’s your first mistake) covered with marshmallows and tasting as sugary as candy. That’s just…
Tuesday Book Review: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
I love books. As a kid, I fantasized about Laura and Mary Ingalls suddenly turning up in the Boston suburbs. In college, I got a talking-to at work for reading on the job (I think it was Harry Potter). And now, I’m the girl who reads Dickens on the elliptical. Welcome to my nerdy life!…
Asian Orange Ginger Dressing
Sometimes a girl just needs a salad for dinner. Like after Halloween. Or eating this cake. Those aren’t Nate’s favorite nights, I have to say. This orange and ginger dressing is more exciting than your standard salad dressing, though. Even Nate gives it the thumbs-up (and then asks about dessert). I like to make it to…
Lemon Rosemary Olive Oil Cake with Candied Lemons
Happy Friday! I’m so excited to share this cake today. Mostly because it’s just SO pretty. (Apparently candied lemons will do that to just about anything. Even a cake that rose slightly higher on the sides than in the middle!) But I’m also excited to share it because it tastes good! I am typically a frosting…
Autumn Harvest Quinoa
There’s been a lot of quinoa around here recently… in my defense, it’s in the URL and everything. When I made this stuffed acorn squash a few weeks ago, I got a little bit obsessed with the quinoa stuffing. I wanted to make it again, without all that filling squash, so that I could eat…
The Weekend: Viva Las Vegas!
I just got back from Vegas last night! And although I don’t necessarily feel ready to take on the week, I’m happy to report that I neither drank too much nor lost any money the whole weekend. The same can’t be said for all the co-workers I went with – not calling anyone out though…
White Bean and Kale Stuffed Peppers
I think it’s finally fall. The boots and sweaters are out, and we got our first snowfall yesterday. That means I plan on turning on my oven as often as I possibly can – starting with Wednesday’s cookies and continuing with these quinoa-stuffed peppers. Maybe stuffed peppers are a little bit 80s, and I’m OK…
