Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread and a Lady Day in New Jersey

One of my close friends came in from NYC to visit me in New Jersey this weekend. She is a city girl through and through and doesn’t typically like hanging out in the suburbs but

Lemon Vinaigrette

I am kind of obsessed with this Chef’n ® Emulstir ™ Salad Dressing Mixer. See photos above and below. It mixes everything so nicely, opens at the top, and it fits in the fridge! Working to

Creamy Potato Soup

I cannot believe that it is the beginning of September already. Where did the summer go?! Growing up in Los Angeles, we didn’t have much of an autumn or fall. Living on the east coast

Last week’s farm share from Stony Hill Farms included a HUGE purple eggplant. We weren’t in the mood for our usual favorites – eggplant pizza melts or curried sauteed eggplant. I was struggling to come

Adventure

Homemade Salsa Verde

One of the first seedlings I picked up for my garden was my tomatillo plant. After planting it I did some research and discovered that in order for the tomatillo plant to produce fruit you

Basil

Community Garden Update, Part IV

So it has been a couple weeks since my last garden update. To be honest, work and life have been a little crazy and I haven’t been able to spend as much time at the

Brunch

Roasted Corn Salad with a Honey Lime Dressing

As you know, E and I have been getting a weekly box of fresh produce from one of the local farms here in New Jersey, called Stony Hill Farms. Every Wednesday, it is such a

Adventure

Fried Egg, Garlic Sauteed Collard Greens, and Cheesy Egg Scramble on a Montreal Bagel

It is FINALLY Friday aka jeans day! My favorite day of the week. Who is pumped for the weekend?? ME! The weekend is the perfect time for fancy decadent breakfast. During the week I eat

Asian

Sesame Cucumber Salad

Yesterday I posted a photo of me with the cucumber I harvested from my plot at the South Orange Community Garden. Today I am posting a recipe using that very same cucumber. Last night we

Easy

The "Quickle" aka Quick Pickled Radishes

Let me start this by saying that I have never pickled anything. But I have great affection for pickles. The tangy sourness that pickles bring to the table is right up my alley. I have always

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