Spinach & Mango Smoothie

Spinach & Mango Smoothie

Spring is here and that means fruits and vegetables are about to get super affordable.  If you're like me, you like to drink your vegetables.  This is horrible, but I sometimes convince myself that if I get 5 servings of fruits and vegetables out of the way in the morning, that gives me license to [...]

Crispy Baked Tofu with Soy Ginger Sauce

Crispy Baked Tofu with Soy Ginger Sauce

I eat a lot of tofu.  In fact, I can devour an entire plate in one sitting. The thing is, I don't discriminate when it comes to soy products - silken, extra firm, beancurd, soymilk, I'll eat them all.  It's funny, when Ian and I first started dating and my mom made Chinese food with [...]

Overnight Chia Pudding

Overnight Chia Pudding

Spring is officially here!  For me, my breakfast choices change according to the seasons.  In the summer, I enjoy yogurt parfaits and fruit bowls.  In the fall, I tend to eat a lot of egg scrambled with squash and veggies.  In the winter, I hibernate with bowls of oatmeal.  In the springtime, I like chia [...]

Deviled Eggs 3 Ways

Deviled Eggs 3 Ways

When I was in college, I ate my fair share of deviled eggs.  As music majors, part of giving our junior and senior recitals included hosting the reception.  But with the whole "broke college student" struggle, preparing crowd-pleasing appetizers and desserts on a budget can be really hard.  Enter - deviled eggs.  One year, my [...]

Quick & Easy Rotisserie Chicken Soup

Quick & Easy Rotisserie Chicken Soup

This isn't your grandmother's chicken noodle soup.  Well, if you had my grandmother, the chicken noodle soup I grew up consisted of blackened chicken infused with a bajillion bitter Asian spices.  On the other hand, my mom was the cool mom who always reached for the can of Campbell's Chicken & Stars anytime we were [...]

Instant Pot Mac & Cheese

Instant Pot Mac & Cheese

HELLLLLOOOOO triumphant return! Typing this is so surreal. I guess I should rewind and take you back to the beginning. Blogging, especially blogging about food, is not new to me. I started blogging in 2014 as a stress relief when I was in grad school. It was my way of channeling my creative energy in [...]