Affordable & Approachable Food
Summer is cat-walking itself in and I am not impressed. As much as I love a mild, sun-tanning session, I don’t really appreciate the scorching, 100-degree weather.
But, my noon-time protein chocolate peanut butter smoothie came through and I am feeling good.…
My favorite treat? Something that’s made with affordable, approachable, and delicious ingredients: chocolate oat bran muffins.
This morning, I woke up to a brisk 50-degree air wrapped around the inside of my home. Woo! It was frosty. It gave me the excuse to crank up the oven to warm up my apartment while sliding grab-and-go breakfast out of its belly. …
A good meal doesn’t have to take hours of prep time and a million ingredients – just go back to your childhood and think about some of the staples.
One of those kid-friendly meals was probably a basic, but delicious peanut butter and jelly sandwich.…
When I want to up my fiber intake, while still having fun – I make a pile of thick, fluffy oat bran pancakes that keeps me satisfied until, like, dinnertime.
Seriously, the pancake stack alone has a whopping 21 grams of fiber.…
Light, easy, no-fuss homemade dairy-free hot chocolate with a touch of cinnamon spice to make everything about this recipe nice.
The California heatwaves are starting to say their goodbyes as we welcome 50-degree evenings. It’s a sign that cooler temperatures are ahead and the magic of winter has finally approached. …
Drumroll, please. We’re trying out Trader Joe’s pumpkin butter today…in a pumpkin smoothie.
Smoothies for fall? I mean, why not. Also, if you live in a city that’s summer all year long (ahem, I am looking at you Miami), but still want to hop on that pumpkin train, a cool and creamy plant-based pumpkin smoothie just makes sense. …
I am a bit picky about my snacks, but hands down, roasted chickpeas tossed in cinnamon and honey is one of my favorites – especially when the winter chill rolls in.
No matter the season, my kitchen pantry is always stocked with both dry and canned legumes, including chickpeas – which comes in handy for this sweet treat, or for a stew, sandwich, or lunch wrap.…
Chocolate chia seed pudding is smooth, rich, and convenient. No cooking with this recipe and we can pack them into cute mason jars for on-the-go breakfast.
The best perk: no need to have these little breakfast deserts to chill overnight – an hour is fine enough.…
Sometimes in the morning I just want to literally roll out of bed and shoot out my arm to grab a frosty glass of chocolate peanut butter smoothie.
As you can imagine, I still have to make the effort of whipping up the smoothie together, but it’s much easier than chopping, cooking, steaming, and watching a pan of breakfast items trying to come together, while incoherently rambling on about how mornings suck (sometimes).…
I took a look into my fridge and I have enough stuff to make a smoothie: frozen ripe bananas, peaches, spinach. That’s it. And some water. And thus…the simple green smoothie was born.
It’s starting to get hot again outside and I have a feeling that cooking in a hot kitchen is going to get miserable FAST.…
