Lentil Balls with Lemon Pesto
I’d like to applaud myself for being creative this winter with food. I never made a recipe more than once unless it was something I was just dying to eat. And not once have I brought home out of...
View ArticleBack To Basics- Toaster Pastries
Growing up, I lived in a cul-de-sac at the end of an L-shaped street that branched off from a busy road. Every weekday morning, all the kids on the block would walk to the end of the street to wait...
View ArticleSpring Quiche
Spring snuck up on me this year. One early morning I’m driving to work wearing gloves and a scarf and that afternoon on the ride home all the Cherry Blossoms in park had bloomed! My favorite, Tulip...
View ArticleLentil and Beet Salad
Beets – they are like Miley Cyrus, you either love them, or you hate them. I was firmly in the ‘hate them’ category after a few beet salads that tasted like dirt, but decided to give them another try...
View ArticleFresh Pea Soup with Minted Cream
By now we are all aware of the plight of the honeybees. Our industrial agricultural system is wreaking havoc on their populations, and in the last five years, we’ve lost over one-third of their...
View ArticleThe Homemade Kitchen- Reuseable Towels
Every night at dinner, Roark and I would use paper towels for napkins. Feeling a bit wasteful throwing a barely used napkin away each night, we then started sharing a paper towel between us to cut...
View ArticleRoasted Beet Soup and Caramelized Onion Tartines
Oh readers, it’s been a year – figuratively and literally – since I made my last post. I won’t bore you with the details about what happened during this time frame (an amazing excursion to France and...
View ArticlePeach and Blackberry Upside Down Cake
My neighborhood finally got a Farmer’s Market about a month ago. I couldn’t have been more excited when I first read the news on Facebook, shouting the announcement to Roark in the other room. Every...
View ArticleMuhammara Dip and Pita Chips
I whole heartily believe that I live in the best neighborhood in Atlanta. Westside wasn’t always this way. When we first moved in, the area around us was underdeveloped (including sections of...
View ArticleCurry Cauliflower and Lentil Soup
Is it just me, or does New Year’s Eve feel so very far away in memory? We haven’t even left the month of January yet, but the holidays feel like they were months ago. The transition into 2016 for me...
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