Simple Baked Pasta with Basil, Olives, and Sun Dried Tomatoes
In our house, simple pasta dishes like this are a staple. It’s a go-to dinner when we’re low on ingredients, or an easy crowd-pleaser to throw together when company is coming. I always make a huge batch, even when it’s just the two of us, because we can eat it all week and never get […]
Dashboard Pizza – Cooking With The Sun (FAK Friday)
This summer has had a lot of ups and downs so far. It’s been cold, then sweltering hot, then nice and cool again. Last week was a real heatwave — not record breaking, by any means, but the heat was unceasing and inescapable. There were days on end where it barely got below 80 […]
Creamy Cheddar Polenta with Pesto and Oven-Roasted Tomatoes – The Simple Life
Life is complicated. It is hectic, and messy, and intricate, and beautiful, and no matter how hard I may try to grasp it I will never be able to fully appreciate just how vast it is. There are parts of this world I will never know. I will never know what it is like to […]
50 Brands You Didn’t Know Were Owned By Big Businesses (FAK Friday)
Okay, I’m just going to come right out and say it… America isn’t exactly the healthiest place there is. In fact, I think it’s pretty safe to say we love our junk food here. We have, however, gotten a lot more health conscious over the years, and if you’re anything like me you probably make […]
Chai Iced Tea Cubes & a Giveaway of My Favorite Teas!
When I was a teenager, I fancied myself a bit of a poet. I was also extremely shy and quiet, and when I was sixteen I took a huge step out of my comfort zone and got up on stage at an open mic night at a local coffee shop. As nervous as I […]
Garden Fresh Tomato Basil Soup, with Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwiches – Caprese In A Whole New Way
The skies are heavy with clouds. Heavy with great, heaving sobs of rain, which come and go, off and on, day and night. After each downpour the weight lifts temporarily, like a sigh of relief, before beginning again. My bare feet itch for the feel of the grass, the warm of the sun, the soft […]
Basil & Sunflower Seed Pesto – The Fundamentals of Homemade Pesto (FAK Friday)
Pesto might just be one of my favorite things in the culinary world. Period. It’s so fresh, and vibrant, and, well, green. I can’t think of a better example of how simple ingredients can come together in incredible ways. It also happens to be one of the most versatile condiments there is. The most classic […]
Sweet Honeydew Mint Smoothie – The Other Green Drink
Imagine it is the perfect summer day. It’s warm, but not hot. The sky is flecked with little tufts of cloud, drifting lazily. The air is sweet with the smell of grass, and everywhere you look the world is bright, and blooming, and green. Somewhere in the distance you hear children running through sprinklers, which […]
Blog Changes & An Update For My Subscribers
Hello, everyone! Today is supposed to be another article from my educational series FAK Fridays, but I’d like to address a few blog changes that are happening instead, so please forgive the interruption to your regularly scheduled post. First, I want to thank you guys — my readers — because you are what make this […]
Blueberry Almond Streusel Muffins That You’d Never Guess Were Gluten-Free… and Vegan! (Guest Post)
Last week marked the end of an incredible stretch of cool weather, and the beginning of true summer heat. There are a lot of things I like about summer, but when it gets to the point where I can’t turn on the oven, I start to object. Possible solutions include: getting AC, buying a grill […]
4th of July Smoothie – Red, White, and Blueberry
It’s that time of year again… time to bust out the bug spray, don our tank tops and shorts, and fire off a rapid succession of explosives. In part to celebrate our independence, but also just to get together and blow things up. Oh, America… It’s officially hot here in Michigan… calling it the “mitten […]
How To Make a Chia Egg — The Flax Egg Just Met Its Match (FAK Friday)
As we all know, a flax egg is just like a regular egg only it comes from a flax chicken. Baby flax chickens, called flaxlings, grow up on a diet of… wait… what’s that? What do you mean there’s no such thing as a flax chicken? Okay, scratch that. A flax egg isn’t actually an […]