This is just a little preview of one of my favorite shots that I photographed with food stylist Liesl Maggiore and art director Scott Hyers for this month’s Vegetarian Times, on shelves now! We had a fun day and it shows in the shots, can’t beat that! It’s always inspiring to brainstorm and conceptualize ideas…
Eggplant Ratatouille Rolls!
I’ve become a bit obsessed with eggplant these days. Eggplant and mushrooms are enough to make me a mostly vegetarian because they are so dang meaty and amazing. This dish has both so you feel like you’ve eaten something heavy and sinful but, truly, this is packed full of healthy veggies and general awesome-ness. Full…
Bananas Foster Yogurt Parfait
Sometimes my sweet tooth is very specific. Do you guys ever find this to be the case? If I don’t satisfy that precise craving with something in the ballpark I end up consuming way too much sugar/sweets without satiating the desire. Bad news bears. Sometimes it’s rice pudding, sometimes creme brulee, and sometimes it’s the…
Ho Ho Holiday Peppermint Bark!
Happy Holidays everyone! I hope you are spending quality time eating incredible food with loved ones! May you spend very little time hiding from your family in the bathroom;) Here’s a quick little recipe for peppermint bark that is every bit as good as the pricey William-Sonoma version. Time for a sugar buzz!!! Ho Ho…
Brown Butter and Chipotle Scalloped Sweet Potatoes
I sort of have a thing for brown butter. I’m not a “Butterton” but I do believe in the magic culinary powers of butter and you won’t find me demonizing it, ever. Good grass fed butter has an ideal omega-6 to omega-3 ratio and nutrients that its grain fed counterparts lack. Not to mention the…
Sweet and Savory Corn Pudding
It’s been chilly and even rainy here (whose climate am I in ?!?!?!?). Living in a sunny warm climate means that you start to covet dreary days as a time to hibernate a bit and eat indulgent winter foods. There’s something about perpetual sunshine that creates pressure to be effective, if I’m not doing something I…
Happy Alternative Thanksgiving!!!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! I love reasons to gather and eat with people you love, whether they be legitimate holidays or totally made up. We like making up holidays here and gathering friends for what we call “orphan holidays”. Though we are not actually orphans, we’re all transplants far from our families that don’t often get…
Apple Ginger Cucumber Cooler
*food styling by Sienna DeGovia Because I live in the desert, and because here the cool days are peppered with the remaining hot summer days that never really go away, sometimes we still need cold, refreshing beverage options. So between the roasted pumpkin spice lattes, we find ourselves drinking these apple ginger cucumber coolers. If…
Roasted Pumpkin Spiced Latte
It’s pumpkin fever time!!! It’s that time of year when pumpkin flavored everything floods the shelves and coffee shops. I LOOOOVE it! I love the smell, the taste, the warmth, even the color of pumpkin. I love to roast them and make the whole house smell of autumn. Life is good with a pumpkin in…
Shakshuka Vegetable Ragout with Eggplant and Meaty Mushrooms
I’m often asked, by clients and friends alike, what I eat in normal day to day life. We eat a lot of different things over here, mostly veggie based, but hands down the dish I eat the most is a loose variation of Shakshuka or a Turkish Şakşuka. Sounds like a sneeze or a word…