Pumpkin Chili

I think it’s decided that fall is officially my favorite season of the year. Sure, I love summer and travel and the beach and all that good stuff, but let’s be real: I’m a pale white girl that searches for shade all summer long in hopes to not become a giant freckle one day. But […]

Eating Dessert Without Guilt

{smore brownies} Some of you loyal readers already know this, but this blog started out as a baking blog. I baked my little heart out, decorated all the cakes and cookies I could get my hands on, and had a lot of fun doing it. It was the perfect creative escape from my day job […]

Roasted Tomato Marinara Sauce

For the past few years, I’ve had a huge desire to start canning my own food. Call me an old soul. The jars are already customized with my last name so it just seems necessary, right? Plus, I like knowing exactly what’s in my food and that I’m eating produce that was sourced locally during […]

Prosciutto Melon & Snack Time Thoughts

During the Q&A at almost every single workshop I’ve held, people want to know how often they should be snacking. They’ve heard they should eat six small meals a day, or that they should just have three big meals a day without snacks, or that they should only eat snacks after they’ve worked out. The […]

White Fish en Papillote

My first memory of eating delicious white fish was when I was 8 years old at a family reunion in Alaska. My mom’s cousin made the best beer-battered halibut I’ve ever tasted. At that time, I didn’t care much for any type of fish, let alone halibut, so it was quite a feat to get […]

Healthy Chocolate Milk Shake

Call me crazy, but lately I haven’t been craving smoothies for breakfast. It’s a normal breakfast cycle…I eat the same thing everyday for a few months, and then one day, out of nowhere, I just can’t anymore. Currently, I’m on a cereal kick – corn flakes, millet flakes, a mix of seeds, and some fresh […]