Celebrate Love + a Recipe to Match

Valentine’s Day is a great reminder to love ourselves.  We don’t have need to splurge on extravagant gifts or experience. Rather, surround yourself with people you love and share something that makes you feel vibrant, alive, and beautiful. And if you are celebrating the day with solo; even better. Some things I love: Real, raw…

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Rustic Blood Orange + Pear Galette

Jillian comes to visit! I love my cousin to pieces. I so much look forward to spending time together and  immersing Jillian in Bend life. She fits right in.  Jillian and I both love good food and are passionate about cooking. So, of course, we love to create recipes together! On this particular visit, we…

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Coconut Chai Ice Cream

Yum. This ice is cream delicious and creamy. We’ve been on a homemade ice cream kick at our house. So far we’ve made eggnog (for Christmas eve), chocolate, and plain old vanilla. Simple. Classic. Delicious. But, it was time to step outside the box and try something new. I wanted to try a cashew and…

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Pomegranate Torte with Cacao-Almond Crust

Happy Birthday to my girl Renee! In celebration of a great friend, who is also in the midst of a intense training block leading up to the Olympic marathon trials, this birthday treat had to be both delicious and nutritious. And by nutritious I don’t mean #glutenfree #dairyfree #sugarfree #raw #vegan #organic #fillintheblankfree What I…

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Kardemummabullar‬ (Swedish Cardamom Buns)

I love traditions. For me, the holidays are synonymous with baking delicious treats. Inspired by my Scandinavian heritage and recent trip to Sweden, I decided to bake Kardemummabullar‬, traditional Swedish cardamom buns. My desire to create Kardemummabullar‬ was twofold. One, I could not get enough of the Swedish baked goods while visiting. We indulged in saffranbullar (saffron…

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Fall Baking, Sans Pumpkin

The pumpkin, my friends, has been overdone. Walk into any grocery store and you are bombarded by pumpkin spice EVERYTHING. And I really mean everything. Don’t get me wrong, I do like pumpkin, but I think it’s getting way too much attention. There are so many other fall flavors and foods that go unrecognized. Today…

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Fall Bounty: Baked Eggplant with Bulgar

Fall has arrived. Fall is my favorite season for a number of reasons. Crisp, cool mornings turning to warm sunny days, colors fading from green to gold, sweaters, apples, squash, and pumpkin….  One great thing about returning home after much of my summer in France, was coming home to an overflowing garden. I’m not sure…

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Cauliflower “Pizza”

Ok, let’s get one thing straight. This is not pizza. It’s delicious and wonderful, but it is not in the same family as pizza. I love homemade pizza, and the only ingredients I want in the crust are: -Flour -Extra Virgin Olive Oil -Sea Salt -Yeast That’s it. No crazy additions or substitutions. Keep it…

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Homemade Petso

I am slightly obsessed with Pesto. However, I didn’t really care for it until a few years ago. I would always choose tomato sauce over pesto on my pizza. That is, until a friend introduced me to the deliciousness of homemade pesto. We were having a pizza party one night and each person was supposed…

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Coconut Cardamom Overnight Oats

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. I love to sit down with a huge mug of coffee and leisurely eat my breakfast while catching up on emails. In my ideal world, breakfast takes anywhere from 1-2 hours. I love preparing a good, healthy, satisfying meal each morning. Some of my favorites include homemade…

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