sweet potato guacamole.

I’ve loved reading the comments on my last post!  Such great perspectives – keep them coming!

 

So, my obsession with avocados is not a new development for this blog.  They’re definitely one of my top five favorite foods, and it is rare that I go a day without incorporating one into a meal.

With autumn fully upon [...]

green gazpacho.

These tomatoes were almost too pretty to eat.

Almost.

A couple years ago, when I was eating vegetables but didn’t have quite the same love for them I do now, I had placed tomatoes firmly on my “dislike” list.  I’d eat them if they appeared on my plate, but I would never seek them out, [...]

hot air, cold meals.

I’m not really sure what I was thinking when I planned out my meals this week.  It’s summer, and my apartment is always hot.  Turning on both the stove and oven to roast vegetables and cook rice?  Intelligent.

Last night, I walked in to walls that seemed to be sweating and immediately abandoned my dinner plans [...]

hummamole.

Remember when I used to cook?

After a wonderful weekend, which included a repeat visit to my new favorite play, it felt so right to finally prepare a real meal tonight.  As we’re currently enduring a wave of heat and humidity (no complaints from this 90 degree lover), I didn’t want to touch the oven or stove. [...]

piling on the layers.

When I look back at how I developed my sense of style, it all comes back to layering.  I spent high school in a basic “uniform” consisting of jeans and various graphic t-shirts, and though I had ideas on how to expand my dull wardrobe, I didn’t yet possess the confidence to put those concepts [...]