The grand total is in...I spent 32 hours on my feet in the kitchen last week. And that definitely feels different on a 32-year-old body than it did during the height of my catering career in my mid-twenties.I had a full staff at The Natural ... Continue Reading about Gluten-Free White Bean Zucchini Burgers with Green Olive-Basil Aioli
Finger Food
Moroccan Lamb Lettuce Wraps with Ras El Hanout and Lemon-Mint Aioli
These healthy lettuce wraps are brought to you by my friends at Superior Farms. Thank you as always for supporting the companies that make this site (and my lamb cravings) possible.My first trip to Morocco was both a transformative and ... Continue Reading about Moroccan Lamb Lettuce Wraps with Ras El Hanout and Lemon-Mint Aioli
Dill Pickle Salmon Ceviche with Gluten-Free Bagel Chips
Bagels and lox have been with me through good times and bad.They’ve been on the table at Yom Kippur, the day of atonement and mourning. They’ve sustained my family at shivas through actual mourning. A they've reminded me of the things I’ve ... Continue Reading about Dill Pickle Salmon Ceviche with Gluten-Free Bagel Chips
Portobello Mushroom Tacos with Charred Corn and Poblanos
When I’m entertaining for a variety of dietary restrictions, besides these tarts, one of my favorite strategies is the taco buffet.I’ve employed a surf and turf version often during the summertime to please my mixed family table of ... Continue Reading about Portobello Mushroom Tacos with Charred Corn and Poblanos
Fresh Sesame Soba Spring Rolls with Almond Butter Dipping Sauce
A question I’ve been getting a lot on the road (unsurprisingly) is: how do you maintain your wellness habits while on the road?Unfortunately, I don’t have a down pat answer.But I am proud to say that, after one month of popping around the ... Continue Reading about Fresh Sesame Soba Spring Rolls with Almond Butter Dipping Sauce
Creamy Chili Mango Popsicles
For as long as I can remember, I’ve hated oranges.Not just a turn-your-nose up and politely decline kind of hate. Mine borders on a phobia.I can smell an orange coming from half a mile away. The scent invades my airspace with the same ... Continue Reading about Creamy Chili Mango Popsicles
Loaded Southwestern-Style Spicy Hummus
This spicy hummus recipe is brought to you in partnership with Sabra. I’m currently holed up at Charlie’s family home in Rhode Island. The weather outside is not frightful, but sufficiently gloomy. And the sheet of grey is calming after two ... Continue Reading about Loaded Southwestern-Style Spicy Hummus
Sesame Avocado Toasts with Jammy Eggs + a BIG Book Wolf Gourmet Giveaway
What. A. Week.After having clogged your feeds with book hype these last few months, I expected Tuesday's launch of The Wellness Project to be anti-climactic for everyone but me.I totally underestimated the amount of love and number of ... Continue Reading about Sesame Avocado Toasts with Jammy Eggs + a BIG Book Wolf Gourmet Giveaway
Baked Sweet Potato Fries with Sriracha Aioli (Video + The Wellness Project Sneak Peak!)
Things are getting real over here in bookland.You may recall my coffee shop ugly cry from a few weeks ago, when I finally handed in the acknowledgments section along with the copyedited manuscript. Well, that has been followed by a gentle and ... Continue Reading about Baked Sweet Potato Fries with Sriracha Aioli (Video + The Wellness Project Sneak Peak!)
Spinach Balls with Sunflower Seeds, Manchego and Turmeric Honey Yogurt (Gluten-Free)
Blogging is such a different ball game than it was when I started in 2008, from the dark corner of my corporate cubicleI launched my first site on a whim. It was supposed to chronicle the high high’s and low lows of entertaining friends in a ... Continue Reading about Spinach Balls with Sunflower Seeds, Manchego and Turmeric Honey Yogurt (Gluten-Free)
Gluten-Free Buckwheat Blinis with All the Fixings
During my brief stint living in the burbs, I was the only kid on the block without a Christmas tree.The neighbors would go all out with illuminated sleighs affixed to their roofs, wreaths on every window, gutters dripping with pine trim, and, ... Continue Reading about Gluten-Free Buckwheat Blinis with All the Fixings
Samosa-Style Leftover Mashed Potato Cakes with Ginger-Scallion Yogurt
Though my year-round Pad Thai addiction has gotten considerably better since the wellness project, the time that my internal takeout monster is most likely to rear its ugly head is right after Thanksgiving.For starters, I’m so over cooking. ... Continue Reading about Samosa-Style Leftover Mashed Potato Cakes with Ginger-Scallion Yogurt
Honey-Lime Baked Chicken Wings with Tequila Chipotle Glaze
This easy baked chicken wings recipe is sponsored by Altos Tequila. As always, all opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that make this site (and my personal fiestas) possible!I’m a firm believer that wing night is not ... Continue Reading about Honey-Lime Baked Chicken Wings with Tequila Chipotle Glaze
Grilled Oysters with Chipotle Bourbon Butter
The path of my relationship could potentially be traced in discarded oyster shells. In the case of our recent trip to Seattle, Oregon and California—and the grilled oysters from Hog Island that inspired today’s recipe—those bivalves were coupled with ... Continue Reading about Grilled Oysters with Chipotle Bourbon Butter
Pao de Queijo a.k.a. Gluten-Free Brazilian Cheese Bread Heaven
There’s been a lot of talk and no action regarding these gluten-free Brazilian cheese breads. I know I’ve been promising a pao de queijo recipe since January, when I returned from the land of these magical cheese puffs. And you may think I’ve just ... Continue Reading about Pao de Queijo a.k.a. Gluten-Free Brazilian Cheese Bread Heaven
3-Ingredient Hearts of Palm and Bacon Bites
Between the July 4th holiday, and the fact that I am currently in the air en route to Vegas (pray for me), it's been a short and hectic week here at FMP headquarters. I put a lot of my guts on the table this past Wednesday, and if you made it through ... Continue Reading about 3-Ingredient Hearts of Palm and Bacon Bites
Cauliflower Sweet Potato Burgers with Avocado and Sriracha Aioli (Vegetarian Paleo)
The brilliance of these Paleo sweet potato veggie burgers pretty much speak for themselves, so I’m going to keep today’s post brief. Mainly, because I just got back from California, and in addition to being in serious oyster and claw-footed bathtub ... Continue Reading about Cauliflower Sweet Potato Burgers with Avocado and Sriracha Aioli (Vegetarian Paleo)
Elote Corn and Chicken Quesadillas with Cotija Cheese
I’ve had a long love affair with Elote—the charred Mexican street corn that’s coated in a glorious heart attack mixture of sour cream, Cotija cheese and mayonnaise. Since I enjoy any excuse to use the latter (mayo is my happy place of condiments) I ... Continue Reading about Elote Corn and Chicken Quesadillas with Cotija Cheese
Easy Baked Tortilla Espanola with Zucchini and Smoked Paprika Aioli
When I first quit my corporate job to become a full-time food babe, I took on pretty much any gig that involved buttercream and not my naked body. I worked long hours in front of my computer bouncing between tabs of various recipe projects. I spent ... Continue Reading about Easy Baked Tortilla Espanola with Zucchini and Smoked Paprika Aioli
5-Ingredient Za’atar Roasted Beet Toasts + Belated April Confessions
I completely failed you on my April confessions. So before we get into this simple 5-ingredient roasted beet recipe, let me quickly bring you up to speed.The main thing I wanted to recap was the #SpringPantryPurge! Holy moly, it was so amazing to ... Continue Reading about 5-Ingredient Za’atar Roasted Beet Toasts + Belated April Confessions
Horchata White Chocolate Bark with Almonds and Cinnamon
Cinco de Mayo is nearly upon us, my healthy hedonists!!I know you’ve likely already lined up your margarita and taco offerings. So I’m going to use my 11th hour holiday PSA to talk about a much overlooked fiesta course: dessert. Specifically, ... Continue Reading about Horchata White Chocolate Bark with Almonds and Cinnamon
Sunrise Nori Wraps with Spicy Tahini Drizzle
Compared to many people, my autoimmune story was fairly tame and straight forward.There were no epic climaxes in the form of bodily collapses, misdiagnoses, or hospitalizations. My body’s unraveling contained subtler warning signs—the kinds that ... Continue Reading about Sunrise Nori Wraps with Spicy Tahini Drizzle
Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Bars (Gluten-Free)
I’ve been recently shedding my self-perpetuated reputation as a non-baker. In fact, there were a few gluten-free experiments in the last few weeks that deserved some serious air fist-pumps of accomplishment—one of the best being these healthy oatmeal ... Continue Reading about Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Bars (Gluten-Free)
Easy Mexican Breakfast Pizzas with Avocado (Gluten-Free)
The last few weeks have been marked by the impending excitement and doom of my inter-borough move. On the one hand, I wanted to cook my way through my whole pantry so I would have one less box to pack. But on the other—that is, the lazy, exhausted ... Continue Reading about Easy Mexican Breakfast Pizzas with Avocado (Gluten-Free)