

Use Your Zoodle
I'm on a serious zucchini kick right now and I'm not even a little sorry. As a kid, I thought I really hated zucchini. Now I realize I...


Asian Persuasion
Dear snackers and friends, I am so sorry for the week of radio silence. I just started working part-time at Ravinia Festival (waitressing...


Holy Whole Wheat
I'll be the first to say that I despise healthy desserts. I want fat, I want sugar, I want chocolate and I want a LOT of it. Don't feed...


Why did the banana fail Driver's Ed?
He kept peeling out. Ba-dum kSH! Sorry guys, but you know banana jokes are just too good to pass up. Similarly, this banana smoothie is...


Caprese in Love
One of my favorite parts about summer (besides all of it) is fresh tomatoes. Because my dad grows his own, I am exquisitely spoiled when...


Ms. New Smoothie
Buenos días, chachos. I'm throwing a quick post your way because I'll be in Michigan until Tuesday and won't be bringing my laptop along....


Red, White and Blueberry
I come bearing gifts. Gifts in the shape of Popsicles. Popsicles that are so delicious your eyes might roll back in your head. Popsicles...


Sesame Can I?
It probably would have made reference to the verdant color of the blanched green beans, or the subtle smokiness of the toasted sesame...


Puff Daddy
In my very educated opinion, no breakfast is complete without an egg. Be they scrambled, poached (in the dead of night, natch),...


Orange You Glad...
...I'm not going to finish that horrible joke? The temptation was significant, let me tell you. Sorry for the brief hiatus but Tommy and...