"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating." - Luciano Pavarotti As someone who loves to spend time whipping up healthy, delicious food in the kitchen, I own a number of cookbooks that I constantly flip through for recipe ideas and inspiration. And I'm always on the lookout for new ones to check out. Recently, my friends at BenBella Books sent me a copy of Jazzy Vegetarian Classics, a book that came out a few months ago. The cookbook features vegan recipes from Laura Theodore -- a host, writer, and producer on Public Television show Jazzy Vegetarian. Laura states her mission to simply be: making the world a better place, one recipe at a time, and describes her recipes to be, "based on fruits, ... [Read More]
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A Day of Detoxing
3 apples, 3 stalks of celery, 4 cups of kale, 2 Persian cucumbers, 3 large carrots, 1 cup of lentils, 2 cups of spinach, 1 cup of diced tomatoes, juice from 1/2 lemon. That's the awesome list of fruits and vegetables that I put into my body today. When I woke up this morning, I decided on a whim that this lovely Thursday would be a detoxifying day for me. Maybe it was because I felt like I needed a good dose of vegetables and fruits today, or maybe I just felt like a super healthy, self-love kinda day. My workout of the day was an hour of yoga, working out all of my tight spots and giving my achy muscles some low-impact movement. I juiced for breakfast and lunch, and surprisingly, wasn't really even feeling like I was starving for a real meal with some chewing involved until ... [Read More]
Getting My Kitchen Mojo Back: Lentil Tomato & Spinach Soup {vegan}
Hi there! Hope that you've been enjoying your weekend. Mine has been nice and relaxing. Usually when I get back from traveling, especially with jet lag and all, I feel like I need a good week to recover. This feeling of getting back into a groove has started to take shape, but it won't last... because I have a work trip to Seattle this week! I'll only be gone a couple of days though. With prepping for my Amsterdam work trip and getting ready for vacation, being gone a couple of weeks, and now getting myself organized back at home (hello tons of work to catch up on, piles of laundry, a needy puppy and a dirty house!), I feel that I haven't been at all creative in the kitchen in probably about a month. With nothing on my schedule this weekend, I was happy to have time to get my kitchen ... [Read More]
Drunken Noodle Soup
Happy Friday everyone! I don't know about you all, but I'm super excited for the weekend. Got some fun things planned! In blog news, I updated the recipe page today. Go check it out! You may also notice that some new fonts and colors are making an appearance on my site. I'm fooling around with things to try to find a new look that I like. It might just take me 27 hours to figure out, but I'm learning and experimenting with it! Yesterday morning I had the second part of my root canal done. I'm not going to lie, I hated every minute of it, but I'm glad that it's over with. I noticed after the first part was done a few weeks ago that I'm now able to eat on the left side of my mouth without shooting pain, so it seems to be successful. WOO! As expected, my mouth was really sore ... [Read More]