Power Breakfast Bowl w/Toasted Cinnamon Buckwheat & Cashew Cream
Breakfast is hands down my favorite meal of the day. I love everything from traditional American breakfasts of eggs and bacon, to yogurt and granola, to pancakes, to overnight oats. I think it's because it's so easy to get creative and variety with breakfast while staying incredibly healthy.
Throughout my dietary adjustments I've had to make this year because of my autoimmune/thyroid issues, I've honestly run into difficulties with staying creative for meal ideas sometimes with dinner and lunch, but never with breakfast. And power breakfast bowls are my jam...
Matcha Chia Pudding
Wouldn't it be nice to have this matcha chia pudding just waiting for you in the fridge in the morning?
This week has really gotten away from me- January is already off to a sprinting start! With kicking the remnants of my cold, not sleeping well, a lot of changes (TBA), and...
Gluten-Free Classic Cutout Sugar Cookies
Remember those Pillsbury sliceable Sugar Cookies they would make for every holiday possible? I used to love those as a kid, and we would always leave those out for...
Vegan Gluten-Free Buckwheat Pancakes with Cashew Cream
Let's be real here: I feel like I basically had cake for breakfast. And I pretty much did.
Anyone else struggle with keeping pancakes warm before you serve them in a stack? I know you can do the plate in the oven thing, but I just have never bothered. With these, I actually preferred them to be room temperature with the refrigerated cashew cream in there- it really made it taste like cake. These vegan + gluten-free buckwheat pancakes would be an amazing Christmas breakfast to make for your family!
Gluten-Free Gingerbread Man Cookies
Gingerbread was hardly the first cookie I would reach toward as a kid- I think it was biting into a stale, cardboard-y gingerbread house that ruined me. Fast-forward to...
Gluten-Free Cranberry-Chia Jam Shortbread Cookie Sandwiches
My tiny little NYC kitchen has been exploding with holiday cookies over the past few weeks, to the delight of my friend and co-workers. I think this is far more baking in one...
Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour Recipe for Cookies
I'll be posting quite a few holiday cookie recipes in the upcoming days, so I wanted to do a quick little post on how I made my gluten-free all-purpose flour blend for cookies. To be honest, I was...
13 Favorite Downtown NYC Coffeeshops
When the NYTimes posted up their map of 101 Places to get good coffee, I was mildly alarmed realizing I had been to nearly every downtown coffeeshop location in the city, and then some...
I guess I shouldn't be surprised, considering
Vegan Hazelnut Hot Chocolate
That's right, you heard me. Did your mind immediately go to Nutella? And wintery hot chocolate amazingness? Me too. A good friend of mine recently moved to NYC...
Healthy Humpday Recipe Roundup
The weather is frigid, your social media is bombarding you with glorious Christmas cookies, your collective office freebie food stash is getting cluttered with treats, you have ugly Christmas sweater parties and ten other holiday parties to go to. Yes, you're not...
Peanut-Butter Banana Nut Chia Bread
Christmas is coming christmas is coming christmas is coming! Clearly, I have zero qualms about being Buddy the Elf when it comes to the holidays. I love everything about the...
A 100 Foot Culinary Journey at White Street
As you all know, I love the culinary arts for all the wonderful elements it brings together- family, culture, love, and food. So naturally, I love all movies with foodie themes such...
Tips for Thanksgiving and Recipe Roundup
T-7 Days until Thanksgiving! That means it's game time for your big festive dinner prep. I am cooking my family's meal and it can definitely be a daunting thing to plan what food you want to serve, and how to juggle preparing all those different dishes. To help you out, I put together this roundup of...
Baked Autumn Cauliflower "Au Gratin"
I've been soaking up every bit of autumn weather and goodness that we've had so far this year in the city, but now it's starting to get cold- really, really damn cold. My mother always...
Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Thyme Holiday Biscuits
Now that Halloween is passed, my brain is firmly planted on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and all the goodness the holidays bring. The word that comes to mind when I think about Thanksgiving is...
Roasted Pomegranate Brussel Sprouts w/ Feta, Farro, and Pecans
Happy Monday! How was everyone's weekends? Man, my kitchen was put to USE this weekend. I was in a bit of a cooking slump for the past few weeks. I was being monotonous and eating the same old boring things every day, without much inspiration to try new stuff. Then a...
Classic Roasted Brussel Sprouts
Lord knows I love me some brussel sprouts. I've never met a brussel sprout dish that I didn't clean house on. While dressed up brussel sprouts can be downright...
Balsamic Roasted Asparagus w/Pine Nuts
This is my ultimate lazy-girl veggie side dish. All of veggie roasting essentially is, but this one also cooks faster and is a crowd pleaser whenever...