BOURBON GINGERSNAP ICE CREAM SUNDAES!

When I was young, I dreamed of a kitchen filled with chocolate and sugary cereal and white bread and jars of Goober peanut butter and jelly. Instead, our shelves were lined with jars of nutritional yeast and adzuki beans, our…
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LATE SUMMER STONE FRUIT COMPOTE.

One last fling before the summer disappears. One last sticky-sweet immersion into the sexy roundness of the season’s best fruit. Bruised. Overripe. Molded, even. All of it can be salvaged, rediscovered, renewed with the magic touches of lemon and sugar…
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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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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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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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