Everyday Plating & Presentation
Growing up with two aunts and a grandma who loved to cook, I was never in shortage of good food. More specifically, good food that was always styled and plated beautifully...
Spicy Chile Soy Garlic Salmon w/Black Sesame
Cooking seafood can be incredibly intimidating. That's why I always avoided it making it at home and because it made...
Farro Veggie Bowl w/Poached Egg
My go-to during busy weekdays are bowls- super easy to combine things to get my balance of macronutrients I need, while also giving me a chance to use up all ingredients in my fridge before they expire. Usually...
July: Ice-Cream Month
Apparently, July is National Ice-Cream month. Not sure who declared it as such, but I'm not arguing. Whenever ice-cream is mentioned, I always think of one of my best friends, MC. Over a year ago, she...
Almond-Butter Banana Smoothie
There are some people who have serious peanut butter addictions- I am this way about almond butter. Or just generally almonds. I'm pretty sure if you search...
Roasted Sweet Potato Strings
Sometimes I get strange ideas while I'm cooking and decide to try something random. When I first got my julienne slicer to make zucchini pasta, I was also about to roast some sweet potatoes. After...
Quinoa Burrito Bowl
Good Mexican food is surprisingly difficult to find in New York. Most restaurants over-season their ingredients and add a ton of grease and cheese to...
Simple Mexican Grilled Chicken
It's really easy to get bored with eating and cooking chicken breast. As one of the best lean protein meat sources there is, chicken breast is always...
Cucumber-Dill Yogurt Sauce
My sister and I are what you could call "condiment killers." Growing up in the nineties in Orlando, Florida made fast food like...
Grilled Garlicky Baby Zucchini
Going into Trader Joe's with a list of 5 things usually results in my walking out with 10. Their produce section always has really conveniently packaged fresh veggies that...
Summer Zaru Soba
On those really hot, humid NYC days, all I want to eat is something refreshing and light for lunch. Enter zaru soba: a dish comprised of...
2-Ingredient Pancakes
2-ingredient pancakes, say whaaat? Best thing to make with over-ripe bananas aside from banana bread. When I first saw this recipe on Instagram, my first thought was, "that's total crap. There is no way you can make anything remotely pancake-like with two ingredients." After seeing which two ingredients they were...