I made this delightfully nourishing salad for lunch today, and couldn’t wait to hop on here and share the recipe. This salad came together quickly with some leftover hummus from a previous take-out dinner and …
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Work from Home Lunch: Mediterranean Salad with Grilled Eggplant and Hummus
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Meal Prep Magic: Roasted Root Veggies
Upon receiving my latest CSA full of root veggies like Easter egg radishes, baby turnips, and baby beets, I set out to make a full sheet pan full of delicious roasted root veggies. If you …
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Technique: Perfect Grilled Eggplant
One of my favorite summer foods is eggplant, and we tend to buy (and grow) the smaller varieties (purple pixie, little finger, or the Japanese long-style eggplants) as they are less bitter, less seedy, and …
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Work from Home Lunch: Perfect Fall Salad with Spinach, Apples, and Cranberries
We’ve been falling for fall over here in my house, which means apples and pumpkin in all of the things! I’ve been eating at least one apple a day (I’ve been known to be able …
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Trying the Habanada Pepper from Row 7 Seeds
Readers of the blog will know that I’m a big-time fan of Row 7 Seeds, as I’ve posted about them several times in the past. So far, I’ve tasted most of their catalogue through finding …
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We Grew Potatoes!
Now that summer is fading nicely into fall, I decided to post a garden update about our potato growing adventure this past season! This was the first time we have grown potatoes in our garden …
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Product Review: Alpha Foods Plant Protein Crispy Chik’n Patties
We’re back from a lovely Sunday stroll through Costco, where we perused the aisles and bought way too many bulk products, as usual. One of the new items that caught my eye was the Alpha …
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Recipe: Marinated Calabrian Chilis
Over the weekend, we made our way down to Santa Monica for the first time post-pandemic. It was so nice to be back and see a change of scenery, eat at new places, and stroll …
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Recipe: Green Beans with Hazelnuts
Ah, the end of September. Fall is creeping in while the summer produce is still abundant and plentiful. This recipe is a perfect take on adding a cozy spin to a summertime classic, by adding …
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Recipe: Apple Toast with Peanut Butter and Cinnamon Sugar
Ah, mid-September. The time of year where all of the fall things come into the world, regardless of the actual temperature outside. We are huge fall fans in this household, as we are both from …
Claire Aucella 