blended winter veggie soup

i know its a mouthful, but these winter veggies blend together to make a beautifully creamy mixture that is slightly sweet and spicy.  i have made many soups like this one before, like the carrot garlic soup i made a few years back or the spicy carrot apple ginger soup that i made when i first started the blog, but i had never stumbled upon this mixture before a few weeks back.  the ingredients found each one weekend when i wanted to make a strong... Read More

blood orange sorbet

blood oranges have been so tasty this year and i’ve had plenty around thanks to sweet tree farms.  i have been trying them out in lots of different recipes, like my blood orange mimosas, natural blood orange soda, and blood orange and poppy seed spelt muffins, but i knew i had to try this recipe when i spotted it here.  i made it to accompany the flourless chocolate cake i posted earlier in the week, and they paired fabulously. this recipe... Read More

mini flourless chocolate cakes

i was prompted to try this recipe after enjoying a very delicious flourless chocolate cake from the village bakery in atwater village.  when i looked up recipes online i found that they are quite easy to make, with only 5 ingredients!  the chocolate flavor is very intense and the texture quite fudgy, so you won’t miss that flour at all.  you can whip these up before dinner and they will make for a really special dessert, especially for valentine’s... Read More

grammy’s kugel

i’ve been holding onto this recipe for a while now.   we made it over the holidays when we were back east at my boyfriend’s house.  i just haven’t found the time in my busy work and school schedule to share it with you all since i’ve been back.  but it is quite a treat! i had never had kugel before, a traditional jewish dish, but it was one of the things that my boyfriend requested specifically upon returning home.  it... Read More

whole lemon and ginger tea with honey

between the farmers market and chinese medical school, i get a lot of different recipes relayed to me in short little snippets – usually no more than 15 words or so.  off the top of my head i think of the sweet pickled carrots and daikon or the okra and miso marinara, both of which the farmer i work for told me about.  but there are many, many more that have found their way into my diet. this recipe is one someone at my school gave me on... Read More

parsnip muffins and blood orange mimosas

i rarely follow recipes word for word.  i’ve been toying around with the proportions in this whole wheat apple muffin recipe from smitten kitchen, but with everything except apples.  i tried them with blueberries, pear – and now – shredded parsnip, which i got the idea for from the very gingery parsnip cupcake at four cafe.  i bulked up these muffins with some extra ground flax seed, as well as fresh and ground ginger. i made... Read More