Miso-Maple Glazed Japanese Eggplant

Here is yet another fabulously easy go-to no-recipe recipe!  Miso-Glazed Japanese Eggplant 3 Japanese eggplant, washed and stem end trimmed ...

Roasted Cauliflower Steaks

Um. Do we even need a recipe? This may be more about technique.  Just remember to roast cauliflower steaks to a golden brown. I sometimes br...

CONFETTI CORN FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER

Confetti Corn made better with Bacon! Hey hey peeps! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Saute your chopped bacon, onion and peppers until s...

A Spanish tortilla, & making a case for meal planning!

In-between putting up yard sale signs, sorting closets and packing boxes, I take a much needed breather with you here to share a Spanish tor...

Baked eggplant, figs & goat cheese... & the meaning of sharing

I've made this analogy here before, but I often think of parenting as blindly planting wild seeds in a garden, and waiting to see how an...

A warm goat cheese salad, & 8 tips for an enjoyable restaurant meal with your kids

Life can be such a whirlwind, even if that whirlwind is made of lots of in-the-moment moments and exciting new collaborations. Such was this...

Zucchini almond gratin... & the pursuit of real food & community

Our childhoods are made of joy (hopefully), sorrows, regrets, losses, traumas small (and sometimes big). They're also made of unsuspecte...

Asparagus, arugula, avocado soup, & eating on the wild side

Last weekend, I went foraging, for the first time in my life. And I think I fell in love. There I was, with a new group of people, in the wo...

A savory cake... & "exuding trust"

I recently fell in love with an expression I read in this insightful parenting article : "exuding trust".  It is the perfect way ...