Eat, Recycle, Repeat

I don’t know if I love anything more than a wholesome potluck. Perhaps because it reminds me of the Midwest; perhaps because you only have to do a fraction of the dishes but are able to try many amazing things, or perhaps because I think it is wired in our DNA to enjoy a big [...]

Crockpot pot roast? Easy peasy! Leftover pot roast? A dream for the taste-buds. Leftover pot roast bedded in a salad full of crisp spring foliage? WIN. Did I just use the word foliage in place of salad? Yes. I’m the kind of person who likes to eat foliage. Call me a Brontosaurus. I think the [...]

Who doesn’t love a good shake? Be it a frozen treat, pickup line, dance move, or a really good throttle of your shampoo bottle to get the last bit of lather – I love shakes. Give me a chocolate milkshake and we’ll be friends for life. This recipe has been kid-tested, friend-approved. And my friends [...]

I’m wrapping up two weeks of hosting my mother and youngest brother on their first ever overseas trip. Like me, Japan was the first foreign country they have ever traveled too. I’ve been chef, tour guide, laundry maid, pseudo-translator, allergy-friendly checker, plan-maker, and general battleaxe, as Fred Mertz would say. We’ve been touring for a [...]

My mom and younger brother are visiting for the next few weeks, so I’m sure I’ll have some adventures to share quite soon.  In lieu of a traditional Easter Dinner, we’ll be traveling around Tokyo & Kyoto checking out cherry blossoms. In case you need a few meal ideas, here are some recipes I’d serve [...]

I wanted to come up with a fancy name for these, but then I figured it would just be better to tell you like it is, even if the name is long. My friend asked me how I came up with this dessert idea, and I told her the following. I had recieved an orange [...]

Lemons. Prosciutto. Sweet potato skins. Chocolate-covered coconut oranges. These things are rockin’ my world right now. They soon will be rocking yours. In the mean time, my friend came over today and we had a great time batch cooking. Taking a page out of my homie the Primalist’s weekly food prep, here is what we [...]

There is nothing so gratifying and uplifting as being shown that you are loved. For both of my grandmothers, providing a meal was their way of showing how much they cared about us. This tradition of showing love through cooking has passed down to me. When I cook for you, I want to feed you, [...]

I’ve come to the conclusion that people like your blog more when there is dessert. This is slightly sad for someone who spends most of their time avoiding sugar and whose normal dessert is half a roasted sweet potato. BUT, once a week I enjoy some chocolate pudding. Three ingredients, no fuss, pure, velvety, smooth [...]