A few weeks ago, Funk and I took a Spring Break trip to Puerto Rico! It’s kind of funny to say we were even on Spring Break, being 8 years (yikes!) out of college, but Funk had break from MBA school, and I was on break at the same time from the college where I [...]

I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a big sports fan.* My eyes kinda glaze over when a baseball game is on, and I can’t talk stats like my sports-fanatic husband. But, that doesn’t mean I’m not always rooting for our home team(s), and in one case, away team (go ‘Cuse!). Unless you’re even [...]

While at Wegman’s, I picked up this bag of shredded brussels sprouts. Brussels sprouts are one of the few veggies that I absolutely love, but Funk does not. He’ll eat them, but not too happily. I thought if I prepared them in this shredded form, instead of my usual roasted brussels sprouts, he either a) [...]

Over the weekend, my friend Toni and I took a highly anticipated trip about an hour away to Northborough, MA where the first Massachusetts Wegman’s grocery store opened last month! I hold a special place in my heart for Wegman’s: spending four years in Syracuse, NY for college, I grew to love the supermarket that [...]

Recently my parents, who lost power for a few days due to the unusual October snowstorm in New England, gave us some of their refrigerator-only foods so they wouldn’t go to waste with the power outage. Included in the grocery goodies were two 20 ounce containers of pre-cubed and peeled butternut squash. When it comes [...]

Here is a simple veggie recipe that made a good side dish to bring to a potluck-style dinner Funk and I went to. Ingredients: 2 heads of broccoli, cut into bite-sized florets 1 container cherry tomatoes 1 16-oz container cherry tomatoes 1 3.8-oz can sliced black olives, drained 1 Tbsp capers juice from one lemon [...]

I’ll admit it: I’ve said some not-so-nice things before about the Brookline Farmer’s Market. It’s conveniently located right in my ‘hood, every Thursday all summer and right into fall. I get excited to visit it every year, support my local farmers, and get better produce than some of the crud that’s sold at Trader Joe’s [...]

No, no, no, not these Hot Pockets. Did you really think I’d blog about that? I want to tell you about these Sweet Potato Vegetable hot pockets I made, adapted from a Vegetarian Times recipe for Spice Market Sweet Potato and Lentil Packets. I’m a huge fan of roasting my veggies in the oven, but [...]

Take me to a salad bar and you’ll see me load up my plate with mounds of artichoke hearts. I love them. As a pizza topper, dip enhancement, or accompaniment to a pasta salad, artichokes add a toothsome bite to many meals. I remember a few years ago when I had an amazing appetizer at [...]

Happy Earth Day, readers! The other day I whipped up a quick stir fry that I thought would be fun to show on Earth Day because it is 1) green (literally, in color) and 2) meat-free…of course, my whole blog is. So?… Did you know that by eating a primarily plant-based diet or even just [...]