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…
Chocolate Chip Chia Pudding with Roasted Cherries
Cherry season has begun!! And I love these types of cherries. They are both tart and sweet and provide exceptional flavor to desserts, baked goods, salads, and smoothies. Cherries are also really healthy for you..surprise, surprise! They have lots of nutritional benefits and are one of the few foods that contain melatonin. Melatonin is the…
Greek Chicken Quinoa Bowl
One cuisine that I absolutely LOVE in this world is Greek. I first fell in love with the cuisine when I visited the island of Crete during the summertime. The food there was out of this world amazing. I was staying in a small village surrounded by tons of olive trees growing in the hills. The…
Dark Chocolate Honey Cashew Butter Cups
Currently, I live with my cousin in a small apartment in Boston. Oftentimes my mom drops off snacks and goodies for us to eat. As I was going through the pantry the other day, I saw that my mom had dropped off some dark chocolate cashew butter cups for my cousin from Wegman’s. I ate…
Beet Ginger Berry Smoothie
I’ve been reading everywhere about the nutritional benefits of beets. They are so good for you! Consuming them will help to cleanse your liver, lower blood pressure, fight inflammation and cancer, detoxify, and of course provide you with a rich amount of fiber and vitamins. But of course, I am so sick of just eating…
Chinese Orange Cauliflower
It is safe to say that I have had copious amounts of Chinese food in the past two weeks. My family has a tradition of eating a Chinese buffet for Christmas and I ate A TON of it that day. I also ate Chinese food a couple of times in Boston’s Chinatown between Christmas and the New Year….