Video Recipes – DIY's – Island Life – Travel – Natural Living – Minimalism
Crave a one pot meal that requires little to no effort? This recipe is for you! You layer rice with meat and veggies and steam them altogether at the same time. It’s one of those great set it and forget it dishes that will patiently wait for you while you do other things. Mine waited..read more
It’s no secret that my favorite fruit is watermelon. It just screams summer to me. This past weekend, I consumed an entire one all by myself while laying out on the beach. If that isn’t my own little slice of Heaven, I don’t know what is. Stack that on top of the fact that Korean..read more
Bursting with fresh spinach and basil, there’s nutty “butteriness” from the toasted walnuts and parmigiano-reggiano with a bit of zing from garlic and lemon to really brighten everything up. It truly is a fresh and vibrant pasta dish that will be a perfect accompaniment to any Spring picnic. httpv://youtu.be/ThV2O3N0tTU 5.0 from 3 reviews Eat Your..read more
When we were itty bitty, Mama would put something on your plate and you knew not to gripe or pout and stomp. You ate it or you didn’t eat. An array of ruby colored salads would be paraded before us but really, as a kid, it all kind of bled together into one heap and..read more
One of the yummiest memories I brought back with me from my road trip to Canada were these oh-so-crispy potato planks dripping in a mess of gravy and cheese. Me and my bestie seated ourselves in some obscure hole-in-the-wall dive and literally dove head first into a colossal basket, a remarkable feat considering we’d just..read more
Kimchi jjigae is a quintessential Korean dish, made to bring together leftovers for a bright, bubbly and comforting stew. Many immigrants, along with my parents, arrived breathlessly in the States with little more than a dream in their left pocket and a photo of all their loved ones they’d left behind in the other. Thrust in..read more
Growing up, we ate a ton of broccoli. I guess it never even occurred to us kids that we had the option of hating it. And actually, we ate a ton of vegetables in general. Often, our broccoli would be served in a spicy Korean style salad. I suppose we viewed it as just another..read more
I realize that this is a crazy long list but cut out your processed foods and junk foods and you’re pretty much good to go. I’m a huge advocate of the farm to table approach and am always happy to support our local farms and markets. I used to work for a local organic foods..read more
Sprinkle liberally with cheese or drench in sauce and you can’t be that far from making someone very happy. There’s something subtly elegant about a white lasagna, specked with spinach and mushrooms that jazzes up a boring weekday meal. Paired with a leafy green salad, crusty bread, and a good glass of wine, it’s like..read more
As I’m in the South, I day dream that we’re all just part of a Harlequin romance novel and that these are just parts of sultry, summer nights but alas, reality settles in and it’s just crazy hot, is all. 101, 105, 110…and rising. It’s just hot. Not sexy. The weekend was full of impromptu..read more