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Coconut Milk
Vegan Chocolate Ice Cream
I know summer just started last week, but it feels like it’s FLYING BY already! How is that possible? How is this weekend the 4th of July? Wowowow. I guess this is what being an adult is like: work and do stuff after work and then it’s New Years again and on and on and…
Butter Chicken Soup
I am back from San Francisco and working on catching up on sleep and re-stocking the fridge and getting ready to be out of town the next two weekends and TRYING TO REMEMBER TO BREATHE! Here we are. Also grateful for this butter chicken soup, a jar of which I (smartly) hid in the freezer…
Whole30 Bacon Brussels Sprout Frittata
Welp, as you might notice from the the title of this recipe: I’m doing the whole30. I’m nearly done at this point — day 21 today! — and figured I should share this whole30 bacon brussels sprout frittata! I’m not sure if I’ll do an entire post on whole30, but lemme know if you have…
Roasted Veggies with Tikka Masala Sauce
Oh haaay Friday! I’m coming atcha with some serious vegetal delights: think butter chicken minus the butter and minus the chicken (this comparison is starting to lose serious steam…) plus ALL THE VEG plus coconut milk. So, basically leave in all the spices. Chicken tikka minus the chicken! Ish. Please don’t abandon me. I have…
Green Curry Kabocha Squash Soup with Black Sesame
Hi friends! Hi hi hi hi hi! I’m here, I swear. And I have updates! By updates I mean life updates which, if you want the super nutshell version is: I’m still coding. I’m further along in coding school. I haven’t died yet. THAT’S IT! But really: last week was the final week of the…
Toasted Coconut Wild Rice Porridge with Persimmons
This is *exactly* what I dream about eating when the weather is cold. EXACTLY! It’s so warm, spiced with cinnamon and cardamom, thick and creamy with coconut milk, and hints at a tropical beach (where you KNOW I would love to be!) with the toasted coconut on top. Plus, hello persimmon! You just can’t go…
Maple Coconut Milk Blueberry Popsicles
Ummm I think I’d better share these puppies before summer is really REALLY over… They’re too good to keep until next summer! This weekend brought us some much-appreciated rain, and cooler weather, in Portland. Hallelujah! I am so SO SO ready for fall (reasons number one two and three), and now I’m convinced it’ll actually…
2-Minute Berry Breakfast Quinoa
Coming atcha MONDAY with an easy-peasy, belly-loving, yum-yum breakfast goodness recipe: QUINOA! We’ll get to that. How was your weekend!? Tell me what you did! I had a pretty mellow weekend, meeting up with friends and family for various meals, checking out a super cute craft fair (where I wanted to buy ALL THE THINGS),…
Pumpkin Turmeric Soup with Crispy Shallots and Grilled Bread
Would you believe me if I told you I’ve been wearing my (one and only) sweater here in Bali A LOT!? I really have. It’s been dipping below 80F and that means I’M CHILLY! I think that also means I’m completely ruined for winter in the USA… I look at snow as a novelty these…
Thai Basil Tofu Scramble with Lemongrass Rice
NEW YORK! OMG. I haven’t been to NYC in at least five years, and was totally in tourist-mode yesterday as we emerged our of Penn Station into rush hour pedestrian traffic in midtown. With our wheelie-bags. How can there be THAT many people in one city? It’s seriously incredible. I know, I know — you’re…
Chocolate Coconut Milk Carrot Cake Cupcakes
Holy long title, right? Sorry ’bout it. I just couldn’t ignore the multi-faceted AWESOME of these cupcakes! They seriously are amazing. And… dairy free! If you should care about such things. I had a birthday yesterday. I’m not a huge birthday-celebrator, but I have taken this particular birthday as a kind of “new year” marker….
Sweet Potato Cakes with Spicy Coconut Tomato Sauce
Apparently I really like making vegetable cakes. Patties. Whatever you want to call them. First, black bean cakes (my FAVORITE). Then we’ve had jalapeño corn cakes, sweet potato quinoa cakes, chickpea veggie patties, and I’m sure many more I’m forgetting. Oh yeah, the spicy zucchini fritters! Something about taking vegetables, mushing them into little patties,…
Thai Chicken Enchiladas
Oookay. I’ll give you a real recipe this week. I realized giving you lemon cookies, bean dip, and chocolate almond butter is not really me promoting a healthy and balanced diet. Nevermind that my diet consists of large amounts of all three of those things… REAL FOOD! Thai chicken enchiladas. You didn’t know that was…
Slow Cooker Coconut Chicken Curry
I’ve had this itch lately. THE itch. No, not that itch. The SHOPPING itch. All I want to do is go somewhere with all the stores I love (um, a mall?), and acquire cute new things. Cute skirts. Cute earrings. Cute boots. I’m fully aware that this is 100% materialistic and an itch I should…
Vegan Slow Cooker Thai Seitan Noodle Soup
If you haven’t noticed, I’m on a lime kick. Lime in guacamole. Lime in Mexican soup. Lime in pound cake. That last one is only in my imagination right now, but it will soon come to fruition! Just you wait. This soup was, no joke, mouthwatering. Fantastic. Finger-lickin’ good. In short, it was awesome. Even…