As with most food bloggers & writers, I love to bake and cook for loved ones. Whenever we have guests in town,

Hi friends! I have been down for the count with a killer ear infection + upper respiratory sickness. It's a ma

Hi friends! How was your weekend? Did you celebrate St. Paddy’s Day? I was flying cross-country all day Frid

This is the story about how I tried three times to create a naturally green recipe and totally failed... but c

Hello strangers! So, last week was probably the first full week that I did not post on this little corner of t

Does anyone else just all of a sudden get in the mood for baking sometimes? The measuring and mixing, pouring

Hey, hey! How was your weekend? Mine was a good one that was full of sports! My husband and I went to the Farm

Lately the weather in the San Diego area has been nuts. Rain, rain, and more rain for the past month! This is

It's interesting how sometimes we fall in and out of habits. For a few years, I was using my juicer all the ti

This dish takes a twist on a classic Greek salad with the addition of hearty farro!  After lots of holiday c

Hello, hello from the east coast! I flew in via a red eye this morning, and am looking forward to lots of holi

Have you gotten bit by the holiday baking bug? I definitely have! Last weekend I baked up a storm making trea

Earlier this week, I sent out a health coaching newsletter with tips to avoid holiday weight gain (you can sub

Happy Friday! I felt like this work week has gone by so fast - not quite as fast as last week's three day work

Happy Thanksgiving week! Throughout the entire year, but especially during the holiday season, one of my main

As a traveler, I'm not usually the person that seeks out the best shopping spots in a given area. I'm not hug

Hi friends! How was your weekend? Highlights of my days off were visiting Temecula wine country with my cousin

Energy bites are a favorite snack in my household. I've even turned my immediate family on the east coast onto

An oat-based banana bread with the addition of cinnamon sugar apples!

Hi friends! Today I've got a veggie-packed Meatless Monday dinner recipe to share with you... But before I div

Packed with apple, pumpkin, banana and cinnamon, and free of refined sugar, these healthy vegan muffins make f

Need a Hump Day pick-me-up? While I'm off exploring Ireland, I've got you covered with this vegan, gluten free

One great thing about having a food blog is that when I want to look up a favorite recipe or get meal planning

All of us have a few pretty useless talents up our sleeves, and one of mine is knowing the lyrics to about a m

Hi friends! How's the weather by you? It's feeling pretty hot in SoCal this week! I realize that hot is a rel

Hello,  hello! Let's sweeten up the start of this workweek with some cookies, shall we? It's no secret that I

With 4th of July coming up, I know that all of you American foodies are thinking of what to make for your get

Hi there! How has the weather been by you guys? For much of May and the start of June, we saw a lot of San

Happy Hump Day! How's your week going? I've gotten back into the swing of things in SoCal since getting back f

Hola! While I'm in Mexico eating what's sure to be an abundance of guacamole, today I'm sharing with you a rec

Hello, hello! I hope that you had a lovely weekend. Mine was pretty relaxing except for some power outage shen

Last year when I shared a recipe for cinnamon baked apple & peanut butter oatmeal, I proclaimed that it'd

Who's in the mood for some dessert? If you have a sweet tooth like me, you read that and thought it was a tric

It's Cinco de Mayo week! Let's celebrate with some Mexican food! Mexican themed dinners are probably the type

We all know that eating a healthy diet tends to most often be associated with looking good, but there's more t

Hi friends! How was your weekend? Highlights of mine were a date night to celebrate my hubby's admission into