As I was surfing the web (bringing that phrase back) for simple fig recipes to use the figs I caramelized, nothing really struck my fancy. Then...

Fig season is here! I never really got acquainted with the fig up until this past year, and this is my first time I've cooked with them or eaten them raw. I wasn't too...

When I first started to workout really consistently for the first time since I stopped skating, my entire motivation was derived from vanity and ideals that I felt that I had to fit into to...

Have you ever thought about how grapes are called red grapes and not purple grapes? Same thing with red cabbage. It might only be me, but I've always called...

I do my best to do my version of a meal prep before the beginning of every week, to make sure I have healthy and quick options available on hand throughout those...

Before I launched the site, I created a list of topics I wanted to write about and in what general order I thought of doing them. But sometimes when you're really...

These have been popping up more and more frequently at restaurants all over the city. A popular bar food in Japan, blistered shishito peppers are...

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With all of the activity of the past few days, I felt compelled to write a wrap-up post about the first crazy week of launching this website and life's meaningful timing...

My cousin was coming over for dinner, and I was trying to figure out what I wanted to make for her- she's a foodie like me, so I wanted to essentially use her as a guinea pig to...

We've already established the fact that I lack self-control at the farmer's market. When I got home, I really had no idea how I was going to use...

I had seen tomatillos around at the markets and was always curious about them, but it was one of those things that I, for no good reason really, thought of as complicated to use...

I have a bit (okay, far more than a bit) of an addiction to the farmers market. If you haven't noticed yet, I am the type of person who sees fresh, seasonal produce and...

I think I've written maybe about 15 or more abbreviated versions of this list for my clients. This has become rather inefficient to type them out repeatedly, so I've decided to put my current favorites in one place and expand on it in further detail...

It is in our human nature to focus on what is missing. To find the missing puzzle pieces of our lives, wholeheartedly believing that once we get our hands on them, we will...

Fitness Expert. Celebrity Trainer. Top Trainer. 

These labels are tossed around so generously, they've lost all meaning. The health and fitness industry is one of the most...

In my previous training post, I talked a bit about how important warming up is prior to your workout. One of my favorite dynamic warmup...

The ease in prep and the time it would save in the whole morning routine frenzy was the original appeal of overnight oats when I first learned about it. Then my body seemed to really like the balance of this nutrient-dense breakfast, and suddenly...

I have a love affair with avocados in all shapes and forms. It is a prime example of a food high in calories and fat, but far higher in nutritional benefits...