Happy Taco Tuesday! As most of you know, I love a good Taco Tuesday and I am always looking for creative new ways to sass up my Mexican food recipes. I whipped these little cuties up for a dinner party, and they were a huge hit. What I love about  these mini stuffed peppers is that they are gluten-free and vegan! If you want to add a little bit of gooey cheese, you can do so to some or all… Read more »

It has been heating up in NYC, which has been making our apartment feel like my own personal sauna.  We do have air conditioners, but I am fighting it, because I feel like I really need to embrace the summer a bit since the winter was so brutal. I will admit though that we have been using the one in our bedroom at night to help us sleep…it has also been doing wonders on drowning out the city noise. As a result of… Read more »

Derika managed to catch the plague at work last week and with all the travel and long hours, this cold has been holding on for dear life. I have been keeping my distance the best I can in our 582 square foot apartment.  I have also been downing a ton of fire cider and drinking tons of water in hopes that I don’t get the plague as well.  So far it has been working like a dream! Yay, for Fire Cider and… Read more »

I hope that everyone had a great holiday! We didn’t get into too much, but the weather was beautiful so we headed on over to Central Park and pretended that we were laying on the beach in the sunshine. It was not the beach, but the little extra vitamin D and the bunny ears did us wonders. 😉 Minus the weird snow hiccup we had last week, spring has officially sprung in NYC and I cannot stop taking photos of… Read more »

  I love curry; I mean I really really love curry.  I’ve never heard of a pumpkin curry, until I went to a teeny Thai restaurant called Thai Classic in Paso Robles, CA while we were on a little wine tasting adventure…it was one of the most amazing curries of my life!  I only ordered it, because everyone on Yelp was screaming about it…who knew a pumpkin curry could be so good!  Love!  Ever since then, I have been on a mission… Read more »

I worked at Whole Foods back in the day and I never knew how to pronounce the weird grain Quinoa.  Quinoa pronounced KEEN-Wah, not Q-Noah, not Qui-No or any other fun way you have heard it pronounced.  I have been using quinoa in place of rice in most of my recipes and I have loved it.  If part of your New Year’s resolution is to eat a bit healthier, then quinoa is going to be your new best friend. It… Read more »