Happy 2013 everyone! I'm now back in San Diego. I had a wonderful time in Jersey but was also happy to get home. My entire trip, I was surrounded by people who caught a cold or the flu. I felt great throughout the holidays and thought I was somehow beating catching the sickness, but the very last day before I flew back to the West coast, I started to feel crappy. Traveling probably didn't help, and the past 2 days I've had a full-blown upper respiratory thing going on - congested sinuses, scratchy throat and all. I despise being sick and am doing all I can to recover ASAP. At the moment I'm eating a bowl of berries and drinking green tea: Wish me luck in kicking it! My time in Jersey was full of family, friends, lots of laughter, and good food & drinks. What else could a girl ask for? ... [Read More]
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Balsamic Portobello & Mozzarella Pizza
As some of you may guessed by now, I'm a big fan of pizza. But not just any old pizza, delicious pizza. If I'm going to indulge in pizza, which I do probably every other week, it's got to be good. The best way to ensure that the pizza I'm eating isn't full of grease and extra calories is to make it myself - hence, homemade pizza night happens pretty often around here. The "classic" pie in this house is one loaded with veggies (most often zucchini, tomato, and spinach), mozzarella, and marinara (like the one I posted about here), but I do veer away from that sometimes to experiment with other combos -- such as this goat cheese & arugula pesto pizza. And then there's my most recent pizza creation... Balsamic Portobello Mozzarella Pizza Makes 8 slices 1 whole wheat pizza ... [Read More]
Grilled Portobello with Arugula and Tomato
The first time I checked out model Chrissy Teigen's food blog, So Delushious, my immediate reaction was to call my mother to complain that life isn't fair. Yes, I know that some people are blessed with fast metabolisms and can eat whatever they want without gaining weight. But to see the first two recipes on the blog of a supermodel being oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies and cake batter popcorn? Now that's just rubbing it in.. Although she seems to love to talk about things like duck fat and bacon (her blog's tagline reads ''Personal ramblings from a girl who loves bacon and can't be fat"), which clearly is not up my alley, I've checked it out a few times since then. The main reason? Her fiancee is John Legend, who happens to be one of my favorite singers ever. I've seen him in ... [Read More]