Salted Peanut Butter and Honey Ice Cream
Do you remember those “choose your own adventure” books from childhood? The books that let you choose how the story proceeds, with each option presenting different potential outcomes? Just thinking...
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Have you ever gotten to the airport only to find that your pilot has gone missing? Apparently that happens. I finally got out of Kansas City and caught a red-eye from Chicago to London (hello from...
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While I was in Portland, I went to lunch with my baby brother and our friend Bill. I’ve written about Bill over the years—in summary, Bill beat leukemia with the help of my stem cells. He’s the...
View ArticleCoconut Curried Kale and Sweet Potato
I’m finally back in Kansas City. I arrived home on Tuesday, to a house full of all the things I haven’t used in the past month. I almost hoped I’d greet the things like long-lost friends (oh hello,...
View ArticleThai Green Curry with Spring Vegetables
Show of hands: who drank too much Guinness last night? Not me. I took it easy with Cookie and ate some green curry for dinner. Maybe I was sampling from the wrong region, but it seemed festive enough....
View ArticleThai Red Curry with Vegetables
You know dinner was good when you want to eat it for breakfast. Speaking of, it’s 10 am and I’m writing with a happy belly. This Thai red curry made a fantastic meal last night and perhaps an even...
View ArticleCoconut Rice with Brussels Sprouts from The Love and Lemons Cookbook
I can’t help but draw a comparison between making a cookbook and having a baby. Now I have never had a baby, but hear me out. They are both very big endeavors, with long incubation periods. Once...
View ArticleHealthier Strawberry Shortcake
I was hoping to tell you that I’d bought a house today. A cute 1930s Victorian farmhouse with tall ceilings and lots of big windows. It was a blank slate on the inside, so I could have made it exactly...
View ArticleLove Real Food is Here & a Chocolate Peanut Butter Tart to Celebrate!
It’s here, it’s finally here! After 2+ years of hard work, Love Real Food is finally in stores. It’s crushing it on Amazon right now, too (it’s currently #1 in the vegetarian, vegan and natural foods...
View ArticlePink Drink
Rewind to yoga class one month ago. Before we got started, the instructor started off with a story about her recent experience at Starbucks. She ordered her drink (the “pink drink”) and was super...
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