Dear Flu,

I couldn’t rest, eat, as well as laugh. Drinking rooster broth and viewing people eat pie is not a way to spend the holiday. This is actually the second time you’ve tortured me on Turkey Day. Mean. I’m pleased you are gone now. Should you loved this short article along with you want to receiveRead more

WHILE I was little my Dad used to throw the best backyard BBQs. From special corn around the cob with honey butter and sodium to his popular picnic salads, Father was the person who knew steps to make you smile with a Dixie paper dish full of your favorite colorful summer food. I remember sitting down on checkered picnic blankets with my cousins as we held juicy watermelon wedges and patiently waited for the others of our meal.

As I acquired older I begun to crave Dad’s salads; my favorites becoming his tuna noodle salad with fresh special peas and his tangy sugary dilly cucumber salad. The tuna noodle salad was made out of baby circular noodles and often eaten right from the dish using a spoon. The cucumber salad was made withRead more

Last week We spent some time up in Chicago searching for a flat. And after checking out about 15 different locations, I finally found one which I absolutely adore! It’s super vintage and will suit most of my furniture which I’m pumped about. But do you want to understand the very best part about my fresh place? It includes a DISHWASHER. Hallelujah!

I’ve spent the past year washing each and every dish and it was literally my headache. Also, this house building enables me to possess cats, which OMG YES I’ll be a kitty lady and I can’t freaking waitttttt. I maintain begging Tony to bring me to the pet humane society just therefore i can’t petRead more

Double Chocolate Paleo Banana Breads + the Annual AK Reader Survey

Normally I start each blog post with some sort of small story about life and what I’ve been up to recently. Today I simply want to enable you to get a formula for paleo banana breads because honestly, it’s just awesome. I’ve been hoarding this recipe in my own drafts for weeks, waiting for anRead more

Brown Butter & Toasted Almond Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies with Sea Salt

I’m turning the big 24 this Sunday. Do you consider it’s regular to celebrate by eating cookies for the ENTIRE WEEK? Of training course… because you understand the world is meant to get rid of Friday or whatever. So I’m suggesting we all consume cookies this week (good excuse, right?). But seriously, these cookies areRead more

There are several things that come to my mind when considering chocolate.

Like my favorite bag of chips. Or that delicious delicious chocolate frosting that I licked off a cupcake the other day (it had been too dang great!). Also, how occasionally it saves me on the bad day. For me, eating chocolate is a lot like falling in love; it offers me a happiness that canRead more

Healthy banana waffles made incredibly fluffy and light with quinoa flour. They’re crispy on the outside and great and light in the centre – the way a waffle ought to be. On top of that they’re healthy, and filling!

It’s been some time! How was your Xmas? Did you eat too many Oreo balls? Consume an excessive amount of cheese? Stuff your face with finger food until you merely couldn’t anymore? Create a wedding cake with over 6 sticks of butter? Okkayyyyyy maybe that was me. Oops! Oh and I think I forgot toRead more

I have no idea why but taking in a large cup of hot cocoa before bed makes me incredibly happy. Just one of my newfound obsessions. Other activities I’m into lately contain cinnamon roasted almonds, smiling at everyone I see, working out to the song , and staying away from traffic at all times. At one point this week I was contemplating buying a bus so I could trip the shoulder. It was the only alternative I could think about until I discovered the DC Metro. Very good news: since I will not be investing in a bus, you are still safe on the highway.

Besides that I’ve been mega busy! Achieving fabulous new friends, training at 5am (it has to be completed), and working on my 23 things list I’ve got a few checked off. It’s restaurant week in DC aswell, which means We finally surely got to knowledge lobster for the very first time. Baklava too! Finally theRead more

Chewy Carrot Cake Oatmeal Cookies (made out of coconut oil + dairy free of charge!)

Last night I had formed a wonderful, healthful dinner including a turkey patty, brussels sprouts and a nice salad. I put to save space for a couple of these freaking awessome chewy, oatmeal carrot cake cookies – among my fresh favorites. A few readers have emailed me requesting a recipe for a healthy carrot cake.Read more

Cream cheese, raspberries and delicious chocolate chips get together within this light and fluffy whole wheat grains muffin! Ideal for when you’re on the run or when you need a sweet healthful snack. Ready in under 30 mins!

I have already been working out like a crazy person. This means I actually work up at 7am on Weekend to go to yoga sculpt. Please note that I’m definitely not a morning hours person. Total night time owl. For instance, I’m composing this post at nighttime. But, here’s the issue: I’m susceptible to deprivingRead more