Hello everybody!! Let’s get right to it today – I’ve brought drinks to celebrate the weekend!! And not just any drink, but a cold, refreshing, and delicious pineapple mint caipirinha!! A caipir-do-what? A caipirinha! Pronounced kipe-a-renya (bonus points if you can roll your r!), a caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is traditionally […]
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pineapple mint caipirinha

dark chocolate and raspberry brownies
Raspberry brownies!!! Uh-uh-huh-uh-uh!! (imagine that’s me doing the happy dance with a raspberry brownie in my hand!!) So I made these like so very long ago. Waaaaay before school started and sometime early this past summer. But then I had to make them another two times because before I could get a picture taken of the […]

pineapple slaw with creamy poppy seed dressing
Pineapples make me think of vacation and whether that’s on a tropical island with a mai tai in my hand or on my balcony…uh, with a mai tai in my hand, they are dreamy. So while the weather is trying to figure out if it’s done with winter and I’m trying to make an […]
eat your veggies – vegan & vegetarian goodness

crispy sugar snap peas with dukkah, mint and sea salt

grilled artichokes with lemon-basil aioli

roasted asparagus with capers and lemon
let’s get started – appetizers and hors d’oeuvres

grilled okra with chipotle dipping sauce

pumpkin gougeres with rosemary and sea salt

miso tofu ranch dip




















