Marinated Cucumber Salad 1 cucumber, partially peeled 1 white onion, thinly sliced ~ place in a bowl dress with: 1/4 cup rice vinegar 1 Tbsp maple syrup 1 tsp dried dill a shake or 3 of sea salt Mix & marinate for up to 2 hours to overnight (gets better over time). Morning Soaked Oats [...]
I don’t want to make generalizations here but I do wish to debunk some of the bigger assumptions we make when it comes to our hunger. We assume hunger is a pang in our belly. We assume hunger is a drive for food. We assume hunger is a concrete space we fill until it wears [...]
I couldn't help myself. Knowing full well that sweetened condensed coconut milk is delicious to boot (especially in iced espresso) I figured condensed oat milk could only be a good thing. I wasn't wrong - let's just put it that way. I chose to put this deliciously decadent yet somewhat wholesome new sweetener to the [...]
Nutritional Sobriety - I wrote this for a local AA Newsletter because I was asked to apply the same principals of sobriety to recovering from disordered eating and body dysmorphia. ... Sobriety. We often associate sobriety and abstinence with substances like heroin, alcohol, cocaine or methamphetamine. Sobriety eludes to ingesting substances that intoxicate our senses. Less often [...]
I grew up in Portland Maine, in a large house in a room set far away from the rest. My window overlooked the corner of Brighton Avenue and William Street. Our house was filled with antiques and every Christmas my mom would host a party, with a piano player and a whole bunch of people [...]
We've talked about forgiveness before and we're going to talk about it again. Why? Because hindsight is ALWAYS 2020. I should have. Could have. Would have. If you're joking now like hindsight is also "2021" as if this year hasn't been crazy enough - I'm with you. It's historical. Is it over yet? Hindsight is [...]
Don’t rush to make up your mind. Knee jerk decision making keeps us stuck across the board. With food, with relationships, with our work. Knee jerk assumptions based on “having to fill the gap” now because I don’t like the discomfort of the space this creates in my life is like plugging a hole where [...]
This meal can be made by anyone - the toughest part is opening the sucker. Be careful, it's because of the rough outer shell that we can enjoy the inner stringy spaghetti like goodness. Ingredients & Method: 1 large spaghetti squash - seeded 1 onion, chopped 1 24 oz can of crushed or diced tomatoes [...]
The cat's outta the bag. Let's talk about the food we should all be eating... But first. To be clear: this isn't about shame. This isn't about guilt. This isn't about getting it right or not. This isn't about anything that comes to mind when we hear (or read) the word: should. This is about [...]
Ingredients & Method: 1.5 cups of raw (unsalted, unroasted) cashews Cover cashews in filtered water Soak for 2 hours or overnight Add soaked cashews to a blender and cover to the 4 cup mark Add a pinch of Himalayan salt Blend on *high until smooth, about 30 seconds Pour into a quart sized jar - [...]
