Happy Christmas Eve!! Are you ready? Presents wrapped? Dinner prepped? Cookies baked for Santa? My goodness, I feel overwhelmed just by asking those questions!! I’m pretty excited to be sitting here on Christmas Eve with a nice cup of tea and my to-do list completed, although it wasn’t easy to get to this point. […]
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beef, tomato and pearl pasta soup

cherry plum jam
When I was in high school I was jolted out of sleep almost every morning by the sound of the fire alarm going off in our kitchen. My dad liked to eat toast for breakfast. He would quietly sneak into the kitchen to turn on the broiler and set a piece of bread on the […]

bahn mi lettuce cups
A couple of months ago I went through my daily routine which included dropping Avery off at preschool and dropping Whitney at child watch at the gym as I headed towards my workout class. As happens every day that we do this routine, I set out Whitney’s bottle in case she gets hungry while I’m […]
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




















