Inspiring Summer Eats Here’s a roundup of what I have been eating the past couple of months. These meals are budget-friendly, simple (yet delicious) and many don’t require your oven (some no cooking at all).  I rarely follow recipes (and I never do on busy summer days) so that’s why this is more of a food journal to spark ideas rather than a formal recipe. We all live different lives, with different priorities and unique […]

If I ever added up the amount of money I spend on pints of ice cream I would DIE right then and there.  Which is why I never even start keeping track 😉 The geniuses at Nadamoo can take all my money! Last summer I tried to lessen my dairy-free ice cream spending by making these fruity ice cream bars, and then these chocolate & cookie-studded ones. But this year I wanted to create the […]

I’ve been craving cookies HARDCORE lately. So much so that I cleaned out my freezer supply to the point that panic set in. A cookie-less freezer is no freezer of mine! But I’ve had a lot on my plate and haven’t felt overly ambitious to create any recipe that required new ingredients or more than a few minutes of my time. I was doing some recipe testing for someone using tahini, so I’ve been staring […]

Super Nutritious Eggs & Toast Forget everything you’ve learned that eggs and bread are “bad” for you for a moment. Also, forget about the idea of following a formal recipe, because recipes are over-rated. (Unless it’s a baked good, then measurements are necessary 😉 Now let me introduce you to my favorite embarrassingly easy, yet completely satisfying comfort food meal.  It’s perfect for those moments when you can’t decide what you want to eat, or […]

The taste, or heck, even the thought of a margarita on the rocks automatically makes me happier and a lot more care-free.  Something about the sweet-sour-salty combo and the fact that it’s a summertime drink makes the margarita the perfect cocktail, in my opinion. However, the aftermath of a couple of shots of tequila and too much sweet and sour mix never leave me feeling as good as those first few sips. Let’s solve that […]

I get so much satisfaction from grinding my own grains rather than buying flour. It’s part of my philosophy of eating as many unprocessed, whole-foods as possible. I like simple food, so I won’t sacrifice quality or freshness, hence, whole foods FTW. Something else I won’t sacrifice . . . pancakes and waffles and muffins, and allll the carbs for breakfast a few times a month 😉 I like to include several sweet homemade breakfasts […]