This may come as a surprise to you, but I don't really like chocolate and mint together. You probably couldn't pay me $5 to eat mint chocolate chip ice cream; I would do it for more than that (just in case you were wondering). I just don't want to waste my time or calories on mint chocolate, ...
Quinoa Flake Crusted Salmon with Orange Balsamic Reduction
Have all of you who celebrated Thanksgiving finally recovered from your food comas? It's a new week (and month!!) and time to move past turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. If your family is like mine, then there will be time for more turkey on Christmas. So let's take a little break for now and ...
Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Coconut Oil Shiitake Mushrooms
I'm sure after the carb party many of us had on Thanksgiving, gnocchi is the last thing we are thinking about, but it's what I'm having for dinner this weekend so I figured I would share this recipe with all of you as well! If nothing else you can put it on the plan for next week when you are all ...
Vanilla Maca Dirty Chai Latte
Okay confession time- I hated coffee until senior year of college. I know, it sounds weird, but I really did. The smell of it was way too overpowering, I couldn't stomach the thought of drinking black coffee, and I wouldn't even venture to try something less intimidating like lattes. My go to drink ...
Wild Mushroom & Garlic Tacos
One of my favorite food groups here in Mexico are handmade tortillas. I usually end up eating a lot of handmade tortillas in one sitting because I can't stop myself once I start. They are so worth it though. There have been some beautiful mushrooms at the organic farmer's market lately and I have ...
