Chicken and Vegetable Stir-Fry with Farro
This is a weird month for my roommate and me. Both of us are traveling a ton, and somehow we only overlap for a total of five days in January. This is bad. Very bad. Superbad, if you will. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for alone time, and I personally find that occasional separation…
Read MoreSausage and Kale Lasagna Soup
Please allow me to introduce Sausage and Kale Lasagna Soup. The hungover lazy human’s healthy solution to a lasagna craving! I’ve been making some version of this soup for years now, and I’m pumped to finally share its wonders with all of you. The one-pot recipe delivers all the badass, comforting flavors of lasagna (Noodles!…
Read More"Clean Out The Fridge" Chopped Salad
Hey, hey, heyyy. Happy 2017 from your weird blog lady! Are you suffering from post-holiday depression? On a #NewYearNewYou high? Cleansing? ALL THREE? The internets are insane right now, so I hope you’re keeping it together. I don’t really make resolutions, but one of my “goals” this year is to drink more water. It’s going well,…
Read MoreRoasted Butternut Squash Tostadas with Hummus, Caramelized Onions and Goat Cheese
Happy Christmas week, party people! I’m pleased to report that I’ve really been crushing my holiday to-do list this year. The Christmas tree is lit and decorated (and it just happens to be the tallest/bushiest fir to have ever graced Chateau Logena’s living room), I’ve finished most of my shopping, and my lips have been…
Read MoreCurried Butternut Squash Soup
There was a rough 6-month period this past summer/fall where the city was repairing the water main (is that what it’s called?) on my block. During this time, the water in my building was shut off roughly twice a week from 9am-6pm, which had a seriously detrimental effect on my quality of life. Prior to being deprived…
Read MoreSpicy Asian Salmon Salad
Popular things to post on the Internet in December: Photos of the following: Engagements. If you look for it on Instagram, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love actually is all around… Christmas trees. It appears the whole world has an “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours” approach to tree…
Read MoreCasual Friday: Butternut Squash Crostini with Brussels Sprouts and Pomegranate
TGICasual Friday, friends! We have badass finger food and all kinds of exciting internet things to chat about today, so let’s get right to it. First order of business: Butternut Squash Crostini with Brussels Sprouts and Pomegranate. These sassy little numbers are one of my favorite bites in recent memory—and given last week’s epic T-Day…
Read MoreSpicy Chicken and Sweet Potato Noodle Bowls
I’m late to a lot of parties. Literally and figuratively. And to be perfectly honest, I’m 100 percent cool with that—especially when it comes to things like trendy books, music, movies, and foodstuffs. (I’m never late to a TV party. You know this.) By the time I get around to experiencing the wonders of a given…
Read MoreEgg Roll Bowls
When I was at boarding school, there was an awesomely terrible Chinese delivery spot in town called China Star. I’m pretty sure 99% of their business came from Taft students, and since I crushed 2-3 white carton meals a week my sophomore year, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that I may…
Read MoreRoasted Cauliflower Parmesan
One of the most frequent questions I get as a food blogger is, “Where do you find your recipe inspiration?” Usually, the answer to this question is pretty straightforward: Magazines. Cookbooks. Restaurants. Logan. But every once in a while, it’s a really badass experience that inspires an epic meal, and in this case, it was…
Read MoreSriracha Chicken Salad Collard Wraps
I’m fully embracing back-to-school mode. I’m obviously not returning to the classroom in the literal sense (which never gets less upsetting), but I’m still itching to get my life organized before the official arrival of fall. After a long and glorious summer filled with weddings, vacation, and rosé funneling, my home/office/psyche is a hot mess, and something…
Read MoreRoasted BBQ Cauliflower Salad
With the exception of football season, during which I make things like sliders and chicken fingies to avoid watching the foose, I don’t spend much time in the kitchen on weekends. Saturday’s meals are typically exercises in becoming a “regular” at local spots (To the staff at Jeffrey’s Grocery: How much booze and avocado toast…
Read MoreJust The Tip: Zucchini Noodle 101
Heyo. Happy #JustTheTip day, friends! I’m giving you a brief respite from Mexican recipes to talk about a separate yet equally delicious obsession… ZUCCHINI NOODLES. To say I field a lot of zucchini noodle texts would be putting it very, very lightly. My peeps (even the super domestic ones) just can’t seem to get it right, and they’re…
Read MoreSpicy Jicama Tortilla Soup with Shrimp
My true colors are showing, and I apologize. I do my best to keep my personal food fetishes under control on this site because I realize that everyone has different tastes, and I like to cover all my bases/feed as many of you as humanly possible. After all, one (supposedly) can’t live on tacos, quinoa bakes,…
Read MoreThe Dude Diet: BOOK COVER REVEAL! (and a Chicken Meatball Fajita Skillet)
Happy cover reveal day, dudes! Today is a big fucking day for The Dude Diet, and I could not be more pumped to finally unveil the book’s cover. I know it’s been an unforgivably long time since the last official Dude Diet post, but I plan to make it up to you with 352 pages of…
Read More10 Epic Zucchini Recipes
Hey, hey, hey. I know we usually play Just The Tip on Fridays, but I’m interrupting regularly scheduled programming to bring you this badass zucchini roundup because dear God, ZUCCHINI IS EVERYWHERE. I may not be mature enough to join a CSA, and I certainly don’t garden (members of my inner circle have dubbed me the “Orchid…
Read MoreSummer Squash Noodles with Carrot Top Pesto
I’ve always wanted to join a CSA. God knows I love fresh produce, and the thought of being treated to a giant box of seasonal fruits and vegetables every week while supporting local farmers gives me excitement goosebumps and a serious case of warm fuzzies. I also like the idea of being able to casually…
Read MoreJust The Tip: How To Massage Kale
TGI #JustTheTip day, friends! Let’s talk about kale (baby. Let’s talk about you and me…). We all know that kale is a powerhouse on the nutrition front, which explains its enduring #1 status on the list of trendy superfoods, but there are still plenty of kale haters out there. Trust me, I get it—I used…
Read MoreGarlicky Shrimp Stir-Fry with Shiitake Mushrooms and Baby Bok Choy
I attended culinary school with a truly ridiculous cast of characters, including myself—a sassy, 23-year-old American who was rather distraught to discover that culinary school was not, in fact, a lengthy exercise in roasting chickens and drinking wine.
Read MoreZucchini Noodle Salad with Spicy Almond Dressing
Wedding season is officially upon us, friends. Logan and I kicked things off with his bestie’s nuptials on Harbour Island last weekend, and it was one of the most glorious weekends, wedding or otherwise, in recent memory. If you’ve been to Harbour Island, you already know that it’s basically heaven on earth. (And if you…
Read MoreLoaded Vegetarian Sweet Potatoes
Logan LOVES to scare me. And I’m not talking about his eating habits and music taste here (although those are undeniably terrifying)—I mean it much more literally. The dude takes great pleasure in hiding behind things/sneaking up on me just to witness my reaction. Said reaction typically involves me screaming at the top of my…
Read MoreGolden Bell Pepper Soup
Truth be told, I tend to get a little weirded out by strangers who are overly friendly. I’m not proud of this fact, but I blame living in NYC for my shameless cynicism. New Yorkers aren’t exactly known for their warm-fuzziness, and we tend to go about our business as quickly and efficiently as possible, minimizing…
Read MoreZucchini Noodles with Portobello Bolognese
Apparently, I’m rather hard to shop for. According to my roommate and most of my family members, they never know what to get me for Christmas/my birthday, and it seems to be a very real source of stress for them. This is ridiculous. As I regularly tell Logan et al., I’m extremely easy to please, and I love…
Read MoreSeared Ahi Bowls with Roasted Cauliflower and Red Chimichurri
I rarely cook fish. This was initially a personal choice, as it took a very long time to get over my many culinary school fish traumas. To be honest, I feel like all I did at Le Cordon Bleu was cook fish. Roasted fish, grilled fish, poached fish, pan-seared fish, fish stuffed with other fish (WHY?!!). And…
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