Carrot Cake Granola {Leftovers Club}
If you’ve been wondering why I never shared the recipe for the delicious carrot cake granola I served as the...
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Syria: Ma’amoul
Ma’amoul are semolina shortbread cookies popular across the Middle East. They are filled with either dates or nuts – commonly...
An Unbelievable 10 Years in Washington D.C.
It’s damn near impossible for me to believe that today marks my 10 year anniversary in Washington D.C. On the...
This is What’s Up Doc: Vegan Carrot Soup with Toasted Chickpeas and Tahini Crema
I am definitely a sucker for soup with fancy condiments. In fact, writing this post just reminded me that it’s...
A Taste of the Places We Cannot Visit: Vegan Gumbo with Andouille Red Bean Meatballs
Since my book club was supposed to be in New Orleans this past weekend, it seemed like a good destination for the next stop on our #STAYHOME culinary journey. It’s...
A Taste of the Places We Cannot Visit: Vegan Empanadas
About two months ago, Courtney and I were closely watching a cruise ship of the coast of Tokyo, hopeful the novel coronavirus would be contained and not cause community spread...
A Taste of the Places We Cannot Visit: Vegan Okonomiyaki
As we rung in the new year just a few short months ago, I was telling people 2020 would be the year of travel. I had Japan, Mexico and India...
Virtual Surprise Parties Call for Raw Chocolate Molten Lava Cake
How do you decide what kind of cake to make for someone’s birthday when they’re not actually going to get to eat it? In world of social distancing, this is...
Homemade Vegan Corn Dogs, Virtual Happy Hours and Other Things I Thought I’d Never Do.
So much has happened in the 5 weeks since I last wrote. We watched as a virus spread on the other side of the world, yet still expected we’d be...
Lemon Poppy Seed Protein Bites (Think: Vegan RX Bar)
One of the things we had to reassess when we switched to plant-based eating at the beginning of the month was our protein powder. My previous favorites have all been...
Reflections: One Month on Keto
The Food. I actually liked the food quite a bit, though I didn’t like having to measure every ounce and gram. It made food prep rather monotonous. Breakfasts were various...
Keto Buffalo Chicken Salad
I confessed in my last post that I’m finishing up a month on the Keto diet. I say “confessed” because as someone with a degree in nutrition education, I’m a...
The Quick & Messy: January 23
What I’m Eating: Keto! Why? Because I have absolutely no shame about being a New Year’s cliche, I started a month of keto at the beginning of January (spoiler alert:...
Roasted Sweet Potatoes With Chipotle Honey Butter
I’m totally obsessed with this recipe. I made it or Thanksgiving, adapted from Bon Appétit. And then I made it again for a holiday potluck this week. And there’s a...
7 Recipes to Make with Stone Ground Georgia Grits
I spent most of this week in rural Burke County, Georgia where we went to visit the district’s amazing Farm To School program (we weren’t their first visitor from Washington!),...
Belize: Chicken Escabeche
Fun fact: I went to Belize as part of a high school science class. I think it was my sophomore year. I’m pretty sure it was biology. I could probably...