Many great things happen by accident: the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser was originally used as insulation for recording studios, Penicillin was discovered by a scientist who just happened to leave a culture sample out whilst on vacation, and one evening I was zesting a lime for a chicken dish and cut up a banana for my … [Read more…]
Many times the mood strikes me to concoct something new in the kitchen with ingredients I have on hand. Maybe it’s a little challenge to myself to see what I can come up with while being healthy and delicious, oh it better be delicious! I present this little gem of a recipe; it’s gluten-free, high … [Read more…]
I recently spent the weekend on the coast of North Carolina. I stayed in Morehead City but passed through the beautiful Emerald Isle and Atlantic Beach to get there. I was attending a wedding reception at the North Carolina Aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores, the coolest place I’ve ever attended a wedding or reception by the … [Read more…]
Before I got pregnant with my daughter, I had been teaching pre/post-natal yoga at several locations for several months. Yes, at first, I felt like a phony, never having the experience of pregnancy and childbirth, but I did a great deal of research and picking apart the memories of my mom friends. I also simply … [Read more…]
For years I’ve been making my own granola and each time I’ve made it I’ve taken my liberties with the recipe, well I’m like that with almost every recipe. The basic ingredients stay somewhat the same: oats, maple syrup or honey, oil, a variety of nuts and seeds, and dried fruit. I started using gluten-free … [Read more…]
One Sunday morn I woke up with this recipe floating around in my head, just begging to materialize. I couldn’t deny that lovely, unseen request to make pancakes, could you? The idea of this came about because I remembered I had hazelnut flour in my fridge and I guess I was craving pancakes. Don’t you feel like … [Read more…]
I have joked with my girlfriend Rebecca that we will one day open a soup only restaurant, how can we not when these recipes just keep coming to me? When I feel sick you can bet I’m roasting all the vegetables in my fridge and pantry and blending them up into a healing concoction. Bonus: … [Read more…]
One of the most amazing plants we can consume is the humble ginger. Its taste can be acquired; its medicinal properties are vast and are still being uncovered by science. The ways of preparing ginger for consumption are almost endless. Let me share with you an ocean of knowledge surrounding this powerhouse. Ginger is often called ginger root, however, the edible part of … [Read more…]
One of my favorite restaurants is a vegan Vietnamese place in Falls Church, VA called Loving Hut. I remember the first time I went there. I had just moved to northern Virginia, one of my favorite places I’ve lived, and was scoping out the area for good, non-commercial food establishments- even though there are several Loving Huts throughout the US. … [Read more…]
No subject will turn someone’s head quicker whilst being in a seated spinal twist than beginning a conversation about poop. But today while teaching yoga to my group of regulars, and by regulars I mean they have attended my class every Monday, Wednesday, Friday for the past four months, I asked if anyone had noticed … [Read more…]