SALTED CARAMEL CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES + A BIRTHDAY PICNIC!

A) I have cookies. Smothered in salted caramel. Made with coconut sugar. (!) B) It’s my birthday. (!!) C) We had a picnic. (!!!) D) There are pictures of every single earth-shatteringly caramel-y, picnicky, people-I-love-being-adorable moment. (!!!!) I’m going to…
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SWEET COCONUT, HIBISCUS & LIME SLUSHIES!

It’s been hot. Too hot. Scary hot. Hot like triple digits, hot like underboob sweat, hot like is this the end of the world. Hot like should I start conserving water because it’s year 5 of California’s epic drought and…
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AVOCADO, CORN & HERB EGG TARTINES.

I have strange cravings. Pickles (always), chocolate, grilled cheese, peanut butter, watermelon, RAISIN BRAN. (Why. Why do I always crave raisin bran???) I’m kind of like a pregnant woman, except all the time and minus the fetus. Fun! I never…
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PEACHES & CREAM SMOOTHIE CRUMBLE PARFAIT.

I’m getting back to my body. Body had a very intense run of the show (of my life, that is) for many, many years. I grew up dancing and doing Pilates and yoga and performing almost every weekend of the…
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FIG, MINT & NECTARINE MINI YOGURT TARTS.

What a month it has been. My hosting server was hacked. My hosting account shut down (thrice!). My phone died. My computer faced its own set of confusion and woes. Any self-respecting California girl would throw up her hands, call…
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TAHINI & FETA LOADED SWEET POTATO FRIES.

Can we all intone these four precious words in unison like some kind of entranced bliss-fed cult: LOADED SWEET POTATO FRIES. I know. It just sends you into near catatonic states of excitement, doesn’t it? And what if I told…
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BLACK PEPPER & HONEY RICOTTA STUFFED FIGS.

I recently had an (obviously heated) debate amongst friends regarding which foods are like sex. Not sexiest, mind you, but literally, in and of themselves, reminiscent of sex. It’s an important distinction (you feel me)—these foods are entities so lush…
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NECTARINE OLIVE OIL FROYO POPS.

GUYS IT’S POPSICLE WEEK. It’s #popsicleweek. Did I mention, also, that it’s P@P$!CLE WE%K?!? Did I mention, also also, that I am incredibly excited to be participating in popsicle week? Because I am. Because there are popsicles in every shape…
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GREEN ICE CREAM!

Green. Green is home, the lush carpeting of grass beneath my body as I am seven, twelve, dreaming of falling in love, eighteen, falling in love, twenty-three, heartbroken, twenty-five, grieving, earth holding me as I learn to know myself. Green keeps me…
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4TH OF JULY DOUBLE BERRY CREAM PIE!

Though I could never blindly declare that all our nation’s woes were suddenly absolved, I will say this: It’s been an ok week to be an American. Last Friday’s gay marriage ruling was a massive victory for so many I…
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