I help moms suffering from years of gut issues, stress, and feeling tired to finally understand their symptoms, eat the foods they haven’t been able to eat in years, and feel as energetic as they did before having kids and busy careers
Chicken is one of my family’s favorite foods and they would eat it plain all day long. But I get sick of the same old. This is when I go to the pantry and hastily try to pull a few ingredients and mix them together Read more…
Radishes are one of the quintessential spring veggies. They love the cold, they’re crunchy and crisp, have a bit of a bite coming off the chill of winter, and they are aaaaa-mazing with butter and salt on some bread (no, that’s not a spring characteristic, Read more…
The flavor of lemons and almonds blend well together. This cake incorporates both, in a light and airy dessert that is a subtly sweet finish to a wonderful meal. This cake originally hails from Italy. Since this cake does not contain flour, it is a great Read more…
Charoset is a traditional Passover food used during the seder. It represents the mortar the Jews used to cement the pyramids together during their enslavement. There are many recipes out there for charoset, and I was tired of the version endemic to Ashkenazi Jews in Read more…
Meyer lemons smell like spring time and look like the sun. They give me warm fuzzies. A cross between a lemon and a tangerine, they’re a golden yellow and taste less sour than their yellow cousins. They’re often readily available during the late winter, a Read more…
During the early fall growing up in NJ, I remember a raised garden bed at my parents’ house that was full of tall stalks dotted with bright yellow sunflowers reaching towards the sky. Later in the fall my sister and I would have a blast Read more…
Sometimes I need something quick and easy for dinner, that is a flexible enough recipe that I can just wing it without an extra trip to the store or a lengthy grocery list. Or any grocery list, for that matter. During those times, I go with Read more…
In the midst of a damp, dreary, and cold afternoon, I decided I needed a little burst of sunshine. While it has been getting cooler in TX, a freeze hasn’t yet set in, and surprisingly I still have quite a bit of basil growing outside. Read more…
Tahini is simply a paste made from sesame seeds, preferably raw. It is common in middle eastern cooking.
For me, fall signals pumpkins. But not in a “pumpkin spice” kinda way. When I think pumpkin, I think “winter squash.” I love seeing what’s available at the market this time of year. The colors always amaze me: blues, greens, yellows, oranges, browns. Butternut, acorn, Read more…