PROBIOTIC TANGERINACOLADA SMOOTHIE.
So y’all know I grew up on Maui. Which means I’m really good at one thing: Coconuts. I even used to have my own machete (FOR REALS), with which I would chop open my daily young coconut, drink its juice,…read more
Breakfast & Brunch
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LAVENDER CHAMOMILE TONIC.
This week’s exploration of Intuitive Eating is fueled by my favorite floral superpowers: Lavender and chamomile. A tonic as delicious hot as it is chilled, this soothing blend of dried lavender and chamomile buds awakens to new, richly scented life…read more
MAPLE ROSEMARY CARAMELIZED APPLES WITH PECAN MILK OATMEAL.
The truth is, yesterday afternoon I wrote another version of today’s post. I wrote it feeling quite certain that, by 6am this morning, we’d have elected our first female president, quite certain that we’d be proud of who we are…read more
HOT LEMON MAPLE CAYENNE CLEANSER.
On the scale of hardcore cleansing to total indulging that tends to happen in the New Year New You frenzy, I fall squarely in the middle. (This is, after all, Kale & Caramel.) The middle path was not just a…read more
THE ONE MINUTE POWER BREAKFAST: MAPLE CINNAMON YOGURT WITH CRUSHED WALNUTS & CACAO.
Though I am blessed to work from home, that one hundred thousand trillion percent does NOT mean that I enjoy making elaborate meals every moment of every day. Sure, I love whipping up a good five-courser if friends are coming…read more
SWEET GREEN CLEANSER: GREEN APPLE, CUCUMBER & BASIL.
I find that my body thrives when I give it a break from feasting to recover and process everything I’ve thrown it’s way. In this case, the day after Thanksgiving, turkey, butter, sugar, cheese, flour, and a bunch of other…read more
FENNEL SEEDED CHALLAH WITH SPICED APPLE BUTTER.
My friend Suzanne is basically Martha Stewart. She hosts gorgeous dinner parties in her lovely fig- and plumeria tree lined courtyard, evenings filled with the sweetness of climbing vines and the whisper of a small fountain. The woman owns both…read more
WARM DATES AND YOGURT WITH POMEGRANATE MOLASSES, SMOKED SALT & CHILI.
Sometimes you discover really miraculous things on the internet by complete happenstance. Like videos of kittens and babies cuddling, and babies dancing to Katy Perry, and babies…ok, so apparently I like videos of babies (read: my biological clock is, um, active). Moving…read more
ALMOND BUTTER APPLE TOAST WITH SEA SALT & HONEY.
This is the beginning of an apple extravaganza, in honor of its finally being gray and just the slightest bit chilly two mornings in a row here in LA. Which I love. I crave the reprieve from sun in a…read more
PINK GRAPEFRUIT, CUCUMBER & ROSE SKIN QUENCHER.
Hydration. Vitamin C. Luscious rose petals. This blend has it all. Bask in the beauty. Drink it in. Literally. Pink grapefruit contains high levels of vitamin C, cucumber floods your body with anti-inflammatories, and rose soothes both cellularly and sub-cellularly.…read more
NUTELLA SUPERFOOD SMOOTHIE.
My loves. Supposedly it’s fall. Last weekend, I even found this gorgeous leaf turning leaf on the sidewalk. But here in LA, it’s currently nearing 90º. My longing for chilly mornings wrapped in blankets, set to the tune of rain…read more
THE POWER CLEANSER: CILANTRO, SPINACH, APPLE & LIME.
Some days call for the heaviest duty health artillery you’ve got, all hands on deck. And when it comes to Vitamixing, there’s not much better you can do than this: Cilantro for deep antioxidant power and heavy metal cleansing, apple…read more
