I’m planning to do a (photo heavy) post recapping Thanksgiving later but I needed to first get this out there. Pie!! More specifically. Chocolate Pecan Pie!! My mom is a dessert queen. She’s known for her amazing cheesecakes and pies. My dad wants her to sell them, they’re that good. So it’s not abnormal for the Thanksgiving checklist to include four desserts. Occupying the top spots no less. Everyone loves a checklist right? Pre-baked beauty. The OG recipe. Chocolate Pecan Pie [adapted from Bon Appétit] Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (6 oz)… Read more >
Elise
December 2, 2013
bon appetit, chocolate, dessert, nutsrecipe
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For all the recipes I find in cookbooks, magazines, and blogs, I don’t make very many! I’d say they serve as inspiration mostly. My taste preferences usually then guide me in tweaking things to make them how I want them. But in the past few months I’ve been drawing blanks in my kitchen (I crave nothing and because of this I cannot for the life of me create menus in advance). So basically I have been (a) remaking my faves over and over (and over) again; and (b) (finally) making things I’ve starred from these… Read more >
Elise
November 15, 2013
butternut squash, cauliflower, chocolate, crab, dessert, eggs, fish, nuts, quinoa, salmon
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Soooo, I’m on a roll with the creamy vitamix recipes. Cashews > Dairy Guess who’s not a big a fan of the vitamix? Poor little guy gets freaked when the motor starts going. 🙁 He’s fine when I hold him next to the blender, but unless he’s in his mommy’s protective hold, he cries at the scary noise. Anyway, let’s get to the recipe because it was rich and thick and made Kyle do his omg-I-love-this-so-much-I’m-going-to-do-dirty-things-to-my-spoon face. I definitely licked the pot before cleaning it (after licking both my bowl and the ladle). The recipe… Read more >
Elise
November 13, 2013
broccoli, cornmeal, goat cheese, nuts, pumpkin, soup, yogurtrecipe
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I’m officially a foodie now. I own a vitamix. Birthday present from Kyle. He knows me so well. So this may sound weird but I was kinda scared to use it. And for a solid week it sat untouched because I was too intimidated. I didn’t want to initiate it into my kitchen arsenal with a lame recipe or anything so-so. It had to be epic. Why? Who knows. It’s all in my head. In the end, I chose a cheesy pumpkin sauce. Because blending nuts to creamy dreamy bliss (in seconds!!) was too fun… Read more >
Elise
November 12, 2013
nooch, nuts, pumpkinrecipe
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I’ve been aggressively snacking between meals and all the nibbles are going undocumented. This bothers me because I want to have a better handle on my eats. I get frustrated because I don’t always have time to eat well so (excuses excuses) I just grab the easiest and fastest thing and shove it down my gullet between diaper changes, laundry, and all that jazz (the joys of motherhood I guess). But I want to be accountable for what I’m putting in my body. I used to take photos of everything I ate and that not… Read more >
Elise
September 23, 2013
avocado, chocolate, eggs, figs, justin's nutbutter, Kombucha, nutbutter, nutmilk, nuts, pancakes, peanut butter, potatoes, salmon, spinach salad, sunflower, sushi, the essential baking co
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