Discovering health, wellness and the little things in Chicago.
I first tasted vegetable "noodles" a year or so ago when my mom and I discovered spaghetti squash. If you're not familiar with this, please go to your local market, find one and look up a recipe for it. You basically cook the squash and drag a fork across the inside to form "noodles" then you top it with any sauce and meatballs, whatever you wish. Recently though I have seen on Pinterest and ...
When I came home from Washington, D.C. on Saturday evening I had planned to attend the Cuyahoga Community College Jazz Fest held near Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland with one of my best friends, Lylah. Because her parents work and are associated with the Jazz community/Tri-C, Lylah had to photograph some of the bands playing and the community attending the shows. We arrived around 7:30pm ...
My second day in D.C. was spent more in Virginia than D.C. I was lucky enough to wake up to a phenomenal breakfast from room service. I stayed at the Westin Arlington Gateway hotel and they have "superfood breakfasts". The two that caught my eye were the blueberry banana soy milk smoothie and the steel cut oatmeal with bananas and caramelized pecans. The oatmeal won me over. It could not have ...
The other week I bought a can of black beans thinking I would make these red pepper and black bean tacos that I saw in the Oh She Glows cookbook. Then I wanted to find a recipe for black bean brownies but lately all I do is have the craving to make a brownie or muffin so I figured I should probably make something I need... lunch. I had tortilla shells in my fridge from a few weeks ago so I wasn't ...
When I am in a hurry, smoothie bowls are the easiest things to make. However, I like getting in my protein and making sure they have a whole bunch of different nutrients in them. Since I had a super early breakfast today (6:30am to be exact) due to work, I wanted to eat right when I got off and not really wait for anything to roast in the oven or what not. Last night I saw on Instagram a delicious ...
