Picture your favorite trail mix. Is it loaded with almonds, dried cranberries, and pumpkin seeds? Raisins, peanuts, pretzels, and chocolate chips? Apricots, pistachios, coconut, and white chocolate? Or are you more of a chopped peanut Keep Reading
Hummus Mezze Platter
This platter solves so many of my problems. What problems, you ask? I’m talking about problems like: What to pack for lunch this week What to bring to a potluck or picnic What to make Keep Reading
Zucchini Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
Cookies. For breakfast. Oh, what a wonderful time to be alive. These little cookies are tender, spiced with cinnamon and ginger, loaded with crunchy walnuts, and flecked with tiny bits of green zucchini. They also have Keep Reading
The Ultimate Apple Pie Guide
Apple Pie: the most American of all the desserts; thinking about it gets my eyes star-spangled and my heart all warm and fuzzy. Although it’s perhaps the most iconic, I’d argue there isn’t ONE apple pie Keep Reading
Barley Salad with Grilled Eggplant, Feta & Mint
Fluffy, nutty barley gets mixed with grilled eggplant, onions, and jalapeño, then drizzled with red wine vinaigrette. Walnuts, mint, basil, and feta all get sprinkled on top for a middle eastern-inspired grain salad that’s just as Keep Reading
How to Freeze Zucchini for the Winter
Do you have a garden or live in a town with a farmers market? If so, I bet you have access to a whole lot of cheap zucchini right about now. Before the season ends Keep Reading
5 Back-to-School Wrap Ideas
School is coming, and that means somebody has to start packing lunches again. Maybe that somebody is you, sending off your kids to school. Maybe you are a childless adult who also still needs to Keep Reading
Goat Cheese & Avocado Sandwich
Happy Monday! Yesterday we talked about back-to-school snacks, and now I have sandwiches on the brain. Can you tell I’m getting ready to go back to school? I’ve been watching my 18-month old niece all weekend Keep Reading
5 Back-to-School Snack Ideas
I’m just over a week away from the start of the 2016-17 school year, and that means I need to pull myself together a little bit (actually, a lot) and get organized. Summer vacation turns Keep Reading
Peach, Pecan & Blue Cheese Kale Salad
This is the late summer version of my Summer Kale Salad. It’s loaded with juicy peaches, toasted pecans, red onions, cherry tomatoes, and crumbled blue cheese. I even used the same maple-dijon vinaigrette from the Keep Reading