Usually it takes me weeks to finish a big bag of apples from an apple picking trip. I’m an apple-a-day kind of girl nearly year round, but when apples are busting at the seams of my refrigerator, it’s a little overwhelming! I was trying to come up with a savory dinner dish that would help [...]

I just realized this great quinoa salad is filled with “A” ingredients: asparagus, almonds, and apricots! I made a massive batch of this quinoa salad last week so we’d have enough leftover to come home to after a weekend away. We spent the weekend on a beautiful lake in Michigan for our friends’ wedding and [...]

The other night, I wasn’t in the mood to follow a recipe. I didn’t even do my usual online perusing for recipe inspiration, or bring my camera into the kitchen for potential blog-worthy material. I was flying solo with Funk in his night class, and just knew I was in the mood for massaged kale [...]

Lately my Sunday evening routine, when it comes to making meals, involves my beloved rice cooker. In it, I can toss some veggies, spices, seasonings, and two hours later have a great grain dish waiting for us with leftovers for the next few days. It requires absolutely no stove or oven heat, which is key [...]

It hasn’t even been a month since our honeymoon and I was already craving the gallo pinto (rice and beans pronounced gah-yo) we were eating daily for breakfast in Costa Rica. Fortunately I picked up the Finca’s spiral bound cookbook so I could mimic the amazing meals we ate there while at home. And while [...]

My favorite fruit (and one of my favorite foods ever) is the apple. I eat one daily. But in my top five list of favorite fruits is the pineapple. I know it has no relation to the actual apple, but the name is similar so no wonder I love it so much! Fresh pineapple is [...]

I’ve had wheat berries on the brain, big time. It’s like the universe knew, too, because as I was reading blogs last week I came across this one on Oh She Glows for Carrot Raisin Spelt Berry Salad (you can swap the spelt for wheat berries) which she adapted from Leslie Beck’s Carrot Wheat Berry [...]

I took my inspiration for last night’s dinner from – surprise surprise! – Eating Well. Would you expect anything else from me? The recipe was for Wild Mushroom & Barley Risotto and I knew right away I’d use my rice cooker instead of standing over the stove stirring my night away over a pan of [...]