Cherry and Plum Tart
Early in the morning the clouds hang heavy and low, edges tinted slightly with the rising sun. The light is a faded blue-gray color and everywhere dew clings to the grass and leaves like tiny pieces...
View ArticleSteamed Fingerling Potatoes with Ginger Basil Sauce
The last few days have been hot and humid. I could certainly deal without the humidity, but the bits of storms passing through have been wonderful. Waking to a brilliant red sky, rain pitter-pattering...
View ArticleAlmond Butter Chia Pudding
It’s been a crazy week. Honestly, all of July was a tad insane. Since beginning the rehearsals for the children’s play back in June I feel as though I haven’t had much of a break. I was scheduled to...
View ArticleChickpea, Cucumber and Tomato Salad
I still can’t believe it’s August already. Well, I guess I can as July was spent in this strange haze of almost-stress, which in some ways is worse than being outright stressed out because half the...
View ArticleMoroccan Quinoa with Green Beans
Today’s post is just a quick one before I’m disconnecting myself for plenty of summertime relaxation. More and more I’m finding that I need added time for relaxing and renewing. It makes blogging...
View ArticleVanilla Blueberry Smoothie
Hello all! It’s just another quick post today, but I’m so excited to bring you this recipe! I made this incredibly delicious blueberry smoothie a while ago for ALOHA. Chances are you’ve already heard...
View ArticleCoconut Cake and a Birthday
I’m not sure I’ve exactly realized that it’s my birthday yet. It probably has something to do with how I’ve barely grasped the fact that we’re already in August. Anyway, I certainly don’t feel like I...
View ArticleLate Summer Lentil Bowl
For a couple of weeks I sort of lost my appetite. I was hungry but I couldn’t figure out what I was hungry for – or when I thought I had it turned out to be not quite what my body was looking for. I...
View ArticleBuckwheat Amaranth Flatbread with Beet Spread
Our weather lately has been a strange mix of summer and fall, and on a whole it has been a rather cool and rainy August (of course, interspersed with a few days that are nearly too warm to handle). I...
View ArticleSunflower Seed Ice Cream Sandwiches
I know that recently I’ve been talking a lot about gratitude and self-love. I’ve been keeping a gratitude journal for a few years now and the practice has completely changed the way I see life....
View ArticleChickpea Almond Butter Fudge
Here’s another quick post and another recipe created for ALOHA. I’ve been in a strange mental/emotional place for the last week or so and I haven’t put nearly as much time and energy into blog posts...
View ArticleQuinoa Plum Porridge
The last few blog posts have been really short and sort of bland, and unfortunately today’s is the same. Not that I’m sure it matters, since there’s a recipe for delicious porridge at the end of it…...
View ArticleCreamy Beet and Sweet Potato Soup
In my last post I was rambling about some blogging doubts and more about this weird mental space I’ve been in for… most of the summer, I think, now that I look back on it. As a whole this year has...
View ArticleVanilla Cardamom Muffins with Squash Frosting
It’s finally autumn – my favorite season! Autumn always seems to bring a sense of renewal. To me it’s always a perfect combination of slowing down to recharge and finding a new spark of inspiration....
View ArticleApple, Fig and Walnut Pudding Cake
It’s hard to believe it has been over a month since my last blog post. For a while I’d been feeling rather disconnected from this space and rather stressed by life in general. In my last post I talked...
View ArticleRed Lentil Soup and Coconut Flour Muffins
These photos have been sitting on my computer for days. I’d intended to get this post up four or five days ago. I still feel a bit as though I’m taking a break – or need a break. Originally I thought...
View ArticleCaramelized Onion Rice with Roasted Butternut Squash
Love life more. These are the words that have been circling around in my head for several months now. They serve as a good reminder. It’s not that I feel I don’t love my life enough already. The words...
View ArticleCoconut Superfood Bars
Is it too early to get Christmas-y? We don’t have any snow (it snowed for Thanksgiving but has unfortunately all melted since) and I’ve been madly decorating our house in an attempt to make it feel at...
View ArticleCreamy Turmeric Millet with Roasted Veggies
I was so thrilled with Claire of Vidya Living asked me to create a recipe for her blog. I’ve done several of her seasonal cleanses and the content on her site has been such a huge inspiration to me in...
View ArticleMolasses Cookies
Winter solstice marks the return of the light. The death cycle comes to an end and shifts to a time of rebirth. As the year draws to a close we find ourselves reflecting on all we’ve come through and...
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