Discovering health, wellness and the little things in Chicago.
Happy Tuesday, friends! I hope it's not too cold wherever you're at reading this. Yesterday it was 5º in Chicago and one of those days where even putting your hands in your pockets doesn't help you stay warm. Am I the only one who continuously loses gloves religiously? After coming home from almost turning into an ice pop, I decided to make this chicken salad for the week. Since today is my first ...
There's nothing quite like sinking your teeth into a burger. When you get the perfect bite of toppings and that "secret sauce". You go in to take another bite and then ask your waiter (or mom) to deliver you more. As my French teacher in high school would say, it is a "PHE-NOM-ENAL" moment. While I'm not into beef burgers like I once was, salmon burgers are a whole new field that I love to ...
It's only been 2016 for (almost) a week and so far, so good. Things are really looking up and I can't complain about a thing. In the last six days I've started my dream internship, planned out my upcoming 21st birthday and eaten plenty of chocolatey smoothies. In case I haven't mentioned, I re-joined ClassPass back up again last week and I'm loving every second of it. I wore myself out a bit this ...
I never thought I'd see the day where I actually made myself a plant-based pizza and at the same time, one with shaved parmesan reggiano. a.k.a real cheesy goodness! When my blog began in the spring of last year, dairy was a total no-no for me. If there was even a slight topping of parmesan on a salad at any restaurant I went to, I'd have to tell the waiter, "with no cheese please" before bringing ...
Another day, another week gone by. My apartment becomes progressively colder by the second but luckily my dad was kind enough to have a space heater delivered to me this week (HALLELUJAH). I've been throwing on my Madewell ribbed circle scarf followed by a sweater or flannel almost every day. This might be a sign that I need to do more online shopping because we all know (us Chicagoans, at least) ...
When I think of spinach and artichoke dip, the first thing that comes to mind is this big bowl of it that I used to get as an appetizer with my family every time we went to Claddagh Irish Pub & Restaurant as a kid. We have this outdoor mall in Cleveland where everyone in my neighborhood used to hang out at. It had your average chain restaurants like California Pizza Kitchen, The Cheesecake ...
