If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I’m obsessed with my yard and flower garden. I’m working towards maaaaybe (fingers and toes crossed) getting on the garden tour next year. Yep, I’m that lady now. This year, I decided not to grow veggies due to the fact that we have a tenacious groundhog […]
Category Archives: Easy Recipes
Raspberry Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Every month from here on out for 2019, I’ll be making and sharing a new recipe video for my Good Food Cooking Club. GFCC encourages home cooks to make at least one new recipe per month—a totally doable challenge that will taste good and feel good. It’s free to join GFCC, and you can participate […]
Pretty Citrus Juice
A few years ago, I started making blood orange juice when I hosted brunches and breakfasts. It’s a real show-stopper that makes your guests feel special, and loved. It’s also great for cocktail parties. All you need is a juicer of some kind: a vintage workhorse like mine, a hand-held, a masticating, or yeah, your […]
Mixed Berry Cobbler
I hosted my very first Good Food Cooking Club at home last weekend and I’m happy to say, it exceeded expectations. Since the first menu dropped on January 1, I’ve had a blast getting to know everyone who has been “at the table”—they’ve been super enthusiastic and very creative with the menu: turning muffins into […]
Saffron Brown Basmati Rice
I’ve been on a bonafide saffron kick since summer. I want to put it in everything from tea to cookies to bread to breakfast cereal. And since I keep a batch of this simple Saffron Brown Basmati Rice in the fridge each week, I thought I’d share it with you so you can join me in my […]
Rosewater and Saffron Oats with Toasted Almonds and Coconut
We all hear often enough that saying “no” and defining boundaries in our day-to-day is the best way to stave off overwhelm. And it works if you can trade the FOMO for peace of mind. Saying “no, thank you” to projects, events, and even to urges to load too much dairy-free, gluten-free Mac & Cheese […]
Smoked Paprika Almonds
When I was a kiddo—the eldest of many grandchildren and naturally the leader of all things adventure and trouble—my grandfather would fire up the grill on summer days and I’m convinced it wasn’t just to char some hotdogs for us. It was to make our memories of running around barefoot in “Maud & Daud’s” yard even more […]
Pine Nut Pesto (Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free)
When I’m cooking at home, I tend to do a lot of pantry-to-plate cooking—grabbing what I have on hand and making it work. One of my favorite condis to keep on hand is a tasty Pine Nut Pesto. I use it to make wraps, to season rice and roasted veggies, and to add color and oomph […]
Fermented Golden Beets
The 8-year-old-I-hate-all-veggies-and-will-sit-at-the-dinner-table-all-night-long-in-defiance girl inside me is so rolling her eyes over the fact that I’m writing up a post about beets. And not just any beets, fermented beets! But she better learn to respect her elders because they know what time it is. I can’t believe I ever had a time in my life where […]
Cardamom Pepita Milk (Dairy-Free)
I’m finally getting my recipe developing groove back after the debacle with my host provider a few weeks ago. Turns out when I got back from NY, I realized that they deleted a bunch of already written and posted content (gah!) and too many drafted recipes to count—which means months of measurements, photos, testing hours, and […]