Yesterday was the first day of fall 2016!!! It’s about time it’s here and I am so excited. I am sick of the super hot and muggy summer weather. Yesterday was a beautiful, not quite “fall-like” day in Boston. It was a high of 80 degrees with gorgeous blue skies and a perfect cool breeze….
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Spicy Watermelon Strawberry Gazpacho
I can’t believe the summer is basically over. It went by way too fast as it usually does. But I’m not too depressed, cause the end of the summer also brings my birthday. I am excited to have some free time to spend it with my Mom going to a cute little coastal town for…
Summer Blueberry Pizza with Beet Pesto
This summer blueberry pizza combines everything that is good at the farmer’s market right now. It incorporates beets in a way that most have never tried and let me tell you, beet pesto is everything. I was getting so sick of roasted beets and eating them just as they are, roasted. I took a break…
Stuffed Delicata Squash
Ahhhh fall is finally here! Today is the autumnal equinox and I could not be more excited. I love everything there is to love about fall. I adore the cute decorative squash that people put on their outdoor steps, the trips to the orchards to pick fresh crisp apples, the site of the gorgeous reds…
Teriyaki Portobello Mushroom Burgers
This past week has been super busy with starting grad school, starting my part-time internship, and still moving stuff into my new apartment. I feel like I’ve been non-stop running for seven days straight. But, I feel like I finally got myself organized this weekend and still had a chance to make these scrumptious portobello…
Beet and Microgreen Salad with Grapefruit Vinaigrette
Recently I discovered a small winter farmers’ market located at a local garden store. The farmers’ market consists of only about ten booths and occurs every Saturday. There is one booth that sells decadent baked goods such as chocolate croissants and lemon tarts. Another booth sells delicious and fresh homemade pasta including bourbon lobster stuffed ravioli and…
Raw Carrot “Pasta” with Spinach and Coconut Curry Sauce
Boy, did I need a clean healthy meal after all the junk food I ate during the holidays. Today was the first day that I did not allow myself to eat the leftover peppermint bark from Christmas, the pecan brittle sent from my family down South, or any of the delicious homemade cookies from our…
Baked Honey Garlic Cauliflower
Cauliflower seems to be the new “it” vegetable. You can make it into a mash as a substitute for mashed potatoes, you can make it into a sauce as an alternative to alfredo, or like in this recipe, you can treat it as a chicken substitute. Cauliflower is just SO good. It seems to be…
Tofu Tacos with Spinach, Avocado, and Pepper Jack
For some reason, I have had a weird craving for tacos lately. Tacos of all sorts. Fish tacos, chickpea tacos, veggie tacos, shrimp tacos, mushroom tacos, and of course, tofu tacos. So naturally I invested in a whole pack of some mini corn tortillas, which is hard to eat entirely by yourself unless you’re eating…
Pumpkin Pie Smoothie Bowl
‘Tis the season for pumpkin! And I am ohh soo excited. Pumpkin is one of my favorite seasonal foods. I love how you can have it sweet or savory! So far this season, I have only made sweet pumpkin things but I am looking forward to making some savory dishes with a small sugar pumpkin…