If you’ve had this moment, you know who you are—the initial, tiny inkling that something might be wrong. You think back to the times you’ve experienced this feeling before. You thought it was food poisoning. You thought it was the greasy food from that fast food restaurant that never sits well with your stomach. YouContinueContinue reading “To Whom It May Concern:”
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Simple Japanese Breakfast Soup
I remember making this soup for the first time in the winter of 2015. It was my first year teaching, I had to wake up before the sun rose, and I had been sick for what felt like months from stress. At that time, I lived in a terribly insulated house with roommates, and weContinueContinue reading “Simple Japanese Breakfast Soup”
Cassava Oat Pancakes
I first heard of cassava as an ingredient when I saw it on a bag of paleo pancake mix from Birch Blenders a few years ago. Since then, cassava has blown up into one of the new trendy flours you have to try. Cassava or yuca (not to be confused with the yucca shrub—ouch) isContinueContinue reading “Cassava Oat Pancakes”
Pumpkin Herb Pasta Sauce
This week was one of those weeks where I did not feel like cooking. This dragging feeling comes about once or twice a month for me and is usually worse in the fall when it becomes time to slow down and hibernate in my house. My brain, normally browsing Pinterest eagerly to see what myContinueContinue reading “Pumpkin Herb Pasta Sauce”
Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies
As I began developing this recipe, I just heard Eleanor’s voice from The Good Place ringing in my ears saying “Ya basic!” (if you haven’t watched The Good Place yet, go watch it—it’s nominated for two Emmy awards). This is the time of the year when pumpkin everything floods grocery stores and restaurants. I haveContinueContinue reading “Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies”
Food Lesson: Umeboshi Plums
You may have seen these wrinkly little plums as garnish in a bento box at a Japanese restaurant, on the inside of onigiri (filled rice balls), or simply placed on top of a bowl of plain rice—or maybe you have no idea what I’m talking about. Umeboshi plums, ume for short, are Japanese pickled plumsContinueContinue reading “Food Lesson: Umeboshi Plums”
Bahn Mi Spring Rolls
Today’s recipe was inspired by the show Street Food (on Netflix). I was watching the seventh episode, which focuses on street food in Vietnam, and I saw a vendor making a bahn mi sandwich. The process of cooking the meat for the sandwich took hours, but the assembly of the sandwich took seconds and lookedContinueContinue reading “Bahn Mi Spring Rolls”
Dairy Free Prosciutto Pesto Sandwich
Most of the time I survive on my usual gluten and dairy free recipes at home, but sometimes I get worn out. There are only so many times I can take baking quinoa crust pizzas with vegan mozzarella, frying copycat Panda Express orange chicken, or whipping up some dairy free alfredo before I want toContinueContinue reading “Dairy Free Prosciutto Pesto Sandwich”
Chili Lime Roasted Red Pepper Dressing
The end of summer always has an element of sadness to it. It’s time for everyone to dust off their beach feet, say goodbye to those juicy strawberries, and say hello to early Halloween advertising. Every year September seems to sneak up on me. It gives me that feeling that I forgot to do somethingContinueContinue reading “Chili Lime Roasted Red Pepper Dressing”
Fried Chickpea Curry Cauliflower
Most people who met me after high school know that I am originally from the San Francisco Bay Area (East Bay, to be exact). I admit that I shamelessly perk up and dive in whenever the subject of the Bay comes up, get excited when I see something San Francisco-related on a label, and oftenContinueContinue reading “Fried Chickpea Curry Cauliflower”
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