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 […]
Category Archives: Recipes
(Not)Coffee Mushroom Coffee Alternative
I’m one of those people who never got into the coffee habit. On a roadtrip I’ll have one, if I’m traveling somewhere special I’ll have one (or 50 of them—I’m looking at you, Melbourne), and if it’s in ice cream, yes please. But coffee isn’t something I have to have to start my day. You […]
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 […]
The Best Homemade Chocolate (Dairy-Free)
I love options in everything, especially when it comes to recipes since… 1.) I can’t follow a recipe to save my life 2.) My food mood is always changing and… 3.) I prefer to play with ingredients I have on hand. These reasons pretty much are the entire catalyst for my new book YumUniverse Pantry […]
Burrito-Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Rustic Salsa from “The First Mess Cookbook” [Giveaway!]
Laura Wright needs no introduction, really. You’ve likely seen her swoon-worthy photos and recipes from her website The First Mess or on Instagram (she also has a very inspiring Pinterest feed, too). Well, this past week, Laura’s first cookbook The First Mess released and what I will say now is: get this cookbook! It’s so stunning—the […]
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 […]
One Part Plant’s Coconut Date Pinwheels (Cookbook Giveaway!)
This is the second time I’m writing this post. But I’d probably write it up 100x for the gal it’s about. See, I woke up this morning ready to share what I wrote up a few days ago only to discover that my hosting provider deleted the original post while trying to sort out something […]
Easy Homemade Nutella
During party-time days in Chicago, my pals and I used to make a staple food we called “peanut butter tacos.” We’d throw a few tortillas over a gas flame for a few seconds on each side and then we’d slather on some peanut butter, a bit of jelly, roll it up, scarf it down, and repeat. These days, I […]