Miso Sweet Potato, Kale, and Tofu Stir Fry

Miso Sweet Potato, Kale, and Tofu Stir Fry

Everyone seems to be into fermented foods these days, and I am no different. I love anything umami or pickled and fermented foods tend to be foods with these complex flavor profiles. What are fermented foods? Fermented foods are basically food products made/altered by microbes (often bacteria or yeast). The fermentation process has been used [...]

Apple Crumble

Apple Crumble

This apple crumble recipes is tasty, requires very few ingredients , can be eaten as dessert or breakfast, and is ridiculously easy to make. Added plus that it's mostly sweetened by good apples.

Acorn Squash Stuffed with Wild Rice Risotto

Acorn Squash Stuffed with Wild Rice Risotto

Looking for a creative and tasty alternative to the typical Thanksgiving day fare?ย ย I've got you covered with these scrumptious Acorn Squash Stuffed with Wild Rice Risotto to brighten up your dinner table.

Salad Dressing Chic: 4 healthy tasty recipes from my closet… I mean kitchen

Salad Dressing Chic: 4 healthy tasty recipes from my closet… I mean kitchen

Is it strange that I get as excited about a nice bottle of olive oil as I do about an expensive pair of shoes? Learn how to dress your salad in four healthy ways.

Teaming Up in the Kitchen: Mattโ€™s Sweet Potato Fries

Teaming Up in the Kitchen: Mattโ€™s Sweet Potato Fries

Cooking and creating together for healthy fries and a healthy relationship.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Peanut Butter...
Chocolate...
Banana...
Now imagine these in cookie form.

On the Subject of Sweeteners

On the Subject of Sweeteners

  "How do your take your coffee?" Black with 3 Splendas. With all this talk about the dangers of sugar consumption, there is a lot of discussion about sugar substitutions. ย People often think that replacing sugar with a sugar substitute is a get out of jail free card, an easy healthy solution with no consequences. [...]

Buckwheat Soba Veggie Stir Fry topped with Wild Salmon

Buckwheat Soba Veggie Stir Fry  topped with Wild Salmon

My roommate and I spend a lot of our evenings cooking up large tasty dinners for each other and whatever starvingย friend we've adopted this week. ย There's nothing more soothing after a stressful day than a big bowl of noodles and vegetables. I'd been craving an Asian noodle dish to replace our usual Italian dishes, and [...]

Work Week Lunch: Zucchini Lasagnaย 

Work Week Lunch: Zucchini Lasagnaย 

I was on the phone the other day with Laura Till, future doctor, food safety advisor, and college roommate extraordinaire. She was hosting a dinner for her USC coop and was calling me for advice on vegetarian dishes to serve twenty people. I helped her run through her ideas for the evening and gave her [...]

Semi-Sweet Potato Latkes

Semi-Sweet Potato Latkes

Happy ย fifth day of Hanukkah! I would have liked to have had this recipe ready on the first day of Hanukkah, but sadly a stream of holiday parties and work got in the way. ย As I am now home in sunny San Diego for the holidays, I can finally relax and write. One of the [...]