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Fall Bowl

Once again, I took a photo of a Nugget salad in the prepared foods case and copied it on my own. This dish is the epitome of Fall and would probably be an excellent thing to bring to Thanksgiving. I went through a little love affair with the kabocha squash recently, but I think butternut is back in my number one spot.  It’s so versatile!  It’s good in even dish.  It’s sweet but doesn’t distract from other flavors and work in almost every cuisine. Toss the cubes (generously) in olive oil and roast for 30-35… Read more >

Lentil salad with chicken and Brussels

THIS GORGEOUS BEAUTY! Sorry to shout. Lemme try again. This gorgeous beauty looks so fancy schmancy but it has only THREE ingreds (plus a dressing).  That’s it!  Do you want this on your dinner table?  Allow me to answer.  You do. First make the dressing.  It’s a tahini based dressing with a lemony kick. It’s made with pantry staples so you’ll likely have everything on hand already. Lemon Tahini Dressing Ingredients: 5 tbsp lemon juice 1/4 cup tahini 2 tbsp water 1 tsp garlic infused olive oil 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 tsp… Read more >

Healing with veggies and copper

Sunday prep day?  NOT SO MUCH. This week was allllll kinds of off because of the aforementioned food poisoning. Luckily I had no room in my diet for produce until Tuesday…which is when I finally got to the grocery store to restock. Heyooooo. I spent a solid 45 minutes washing and cutting and storing – shredding kale, chopped carrots and celery, and roasting – before bolting off to school pickups.  I am still super proud of squeezing in two stores in before doing all that jazz.  I was h u s t l i n… Read more >

A high and low

This weekend had such a high and such a low.  I’ll get to it in a sec.  First look at this gorgeous new piece of art!!  We went to my friend’s show earlier this month and fell in love. And so now it lives in our house.  Yay! Lulaaaaaaa’s.  Noms. It was 80s day at stroller strides 🙂  V rocks any look she tries. Ok!  Let’s get to the good stuff. I went sailing for a girlfriend’s birthday and it was soooo fun! Do I look like I belong on the water?  I am Moanaaaaaa…. Read more >

Ottolenghi’s different cookbooks

Ever since I got Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem from the library I’ve been craving these flavors.  Ok, maybe the cravings preceded the book rental…I suppose I’ve been on the tahini train for a few months now. The kids demanded I buy this cauliflower when we ran into the store for one thing last week.  It was so beautiful I said yes right away and then thought up ways to use it. The color doesn’t even come through in the pictures as vividly as it did in person.  It was nature’s beauty ON DISPLAY. I decided to roast… Read more >