It’s the time of year when home gardeners are overrun with zucchini and various other summer squash, which means it’s time for a zucchini recipe! I personally will never run out of ways to cook zucchini, but then I’ve never successfully grown them in my balcony garden (they flower, I even hand pollinate, but they…
Sesame Garlic Ginger Broccoli with Shortcut Cauliflower Rice
The past few years have been rife with everything cauliflower, from cauliflower pizza to cauliflower hash browns to cauliflower parmagiana, but the most popular one by far has been cauliflower rice. Low carb, high in nutrients, and SO EASY to make. I’ve started making cauli rice as an alternative to regular, and to make the…
My Raspberry Dreams Smoothie and How I Beat the Heat
My a/c broke the other day (in a heatwave, no less) so I had to find alternate ways of keeping cool. I decided to make smoothies! I was digging in the freezer trying to see what fruit I had, and could only find raspberries (which isn’t the usual fruit I use for smoothies) so that’s…
Produce-Packed Fudgy Banana Bread (Aka Fruit & Veg in Chocolate Form)
I have always been a bit of a snacker, and if that snack includes chocolate, well, I am THERE for it! But as much as I love brownies (and I do!) occasionally I would like something healthier. But give up my chocolate? Never! Which is why this Produce-Packed Fudgy Banana Bread is so incredible! It’s…
Shortcut Eggplant Bharta, or A Curry By Any Other Name
Growing up, I ate delicious foods from around the world. With a childhood in a multicultural city and immigrant parents, it was hard not to be exposed to (and enjoy!) a wide variety of dishes and tastes. I was also lucky that my mother cooked everything from meat and potatoes to Indonesian rijsttafels to Mediterranean…