A Clean Bake

Double Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies (gluten free and whole grain)

Hooray for Christmas Cookie Season! The holiday season is great and all, but cookies are the real reason for my excitement this time of year. It's what gets me out of a warm bed to face a cold day. If there were some sort of cookie-centric holiday in February (Valentine’s Day cookies aren’t enough of a thing, don’t you think?), I wouldn't mind the winter so much. Maybe. Probably not. Let's kick off the cookie-baking season right: with a ridiculously quick and easy one bowl drop cookie that ... Read More about Double Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies (gluten free and whole grain)

Turkey and Roasted Sweet Potato Spinach Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette (gluten free, paleo, and Whole30 compliant)

For a country whose claim to fame across the rest of the world is its per capita excess of calories, a holiday devoted to the glorification of gorging oneself doesn't seem - in my overly pragmatic and highly cynical mind - quite...right. Perhaps at one time, when scarcity was the norm, celebrating with a feast made perfect sense. But now in The Land of Plenty and Then Some, what symbolism remains to justify yet another binge?...Or so I foolishly asked myself in anticipation of ... Read More about Turkey and Roasted Sweet Potato Spinach Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette (gluten free, paleo, and Whole30 compliant)

Low Carb Paleo Pie Crust (Vegan Adaptable)

If you're looking for a flaky gluten free and paleo pie crust, see my new crust recipe here! In every recipe developer’s life, there is one recipe that leaves you thinking, “This is what I want to be known for.” The flavor is so spot-on, so the texture so perfect, you know all the trials and (if you’re a baker, like me) expensive ingredients tearfully tossed in the trash were worth it.  Ok, maybe that was a little melodramatic, but you get what I’m saying. I’ve had this feeling ... Read More about Low Carb Paleo Pie Crust (Vegan Adaptable)

Lightened Up Fish Tacos + A Taste of Puerto Rico (gluten free)

A healthier version of your favorite taco (and mine!), these lightened up fish tacos feature an unfried tortilla, baked fish seasoned to perfection, and a light and crunchy slaw!   When you are back to reality after the greatest couple of weeks of your life, when you are watching snow flurries out the window and trying to resist the urge to sell your house and move to a houseboat in the Caribbean, when you're surrounded by laundry waiting to be folded and a sink full of dirty ... Read More about Lightened Up Fish Tacos + A Taste of Puerto Rico (gluten free)

Guest Post | Copycat Kashi Almond Butter Cookies (gluten free and vegan)

While I'm off getting married, several of my beloved blogging buddies are stepping in to share some recipes so that you, my wonderful readers, don't get too lonely (or hungry). Today's post comes from one of my favorite food photographers, recipe sharers, and human beings in general. Erika and I share a penchant for chocolate, Paris, and masochistic graduate school programs, or so I realized when she mentioned that she had enrolled in an MBA program this past summer. As though we needed ... Read More about Guest Post | Copycat Kashi Almond Butter Cookies (gluten free and vegan)

Paleo Chicken Pot Pie

This paleo chicken pot pie is a low carb and gluten free version of your favorite comfort food. This yummy, single crust recipe that makes a great dinner!   I didn't grow up in a pot pie family. In a health-conscious house, a creamy, buttery, meaty comfort food just wasn't on the menu. So, I really have no explanation for my recent obsession with this dish - though, of course, the one we have been eating is a version that I put a healthy, grain-free slant on. Why didn't I discover ... Read More about Paleo Chicken Pot Pie

Grain-Free Blondies (gluten free and paleo)

Does this blondie need much of an introduction? Has any blondie ever needed any sort of introduction? Doubtful. Ever since these cookies, I have had a hankering for grain-free blondies. Like the cookies, they are satisfyingly thick and pillowy soft, to the extent that biting into them is actually kind of relaxing in a really bizarro way. But they are even more moist than the cookies, if you had believe that. ... Read More about Grain-Free Blondies (gluten free and paleo)

Vegan Pumpkin Spice Latte

  You can always tell for sure that the seasons have changed, as opposed to just entering a cold snap, by one simple litmus test: where the cat sleeps. If it is still summer, no matter how cool the day and how aggressive the air conditioning, the cat avoids the bed like the plague. If, however, it is fall or winter, you'll be woken up several times throughout the night (if, that is, you sleep at all, but that's a discussion for another day) by paws in your face and a dense, furry body ... Read More about Vegan Pumpkin Spice Latte

Grain-Free Skillet Apple Pear Crisp (and A Taste of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin)

  A few weeks ago, my wonderful friends whisked me away for a relaxing weekend in a quaint little lakeside town in Wisconsin called, fittingly, Lake Geneva. We sat outside, drank wine (Wisconsin has this thing for fruit wines, and you haven't lived until you have had the cranberry version), ate really well, drank some more, inhaled fudge and ... well you get the gist. A lot of eating, drinking, chatting and relaxing. And picture-taking, the spoils of which I will now subject you to*. ... Read More about Grain-Free Skillet Apple Pear Crisp (and A Taste of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin)