Since I’ve been getting cozy with my cookies, I felt like a healthy lunch was in order. I got a box of vegetables from Boston Organics yesterday and it had the most perfect bouquet of asparagus inside. So, for lunch today, I boiled up some whole wheat linguini and mixed it with asparagus and shiitake…
Chocolate Toffee Cookies
Exams are finally over and I’m back in the kitchen. When I was studying for my last final, econometrics-bah!, all I could think of was how much I wanted to spend a day in my kitchen baking and listening to good music. (good is relative here. My type of good music while baking includes hits…
Mac and Cheese Redux
I’ve been planted at my desk studying for finals and finishing up projects for school. Yesterday, I had an exam at 2pm, but wanted to make sure I had a good lunch because that’s one less thing to worry about during the final! I had a bad experience with stomach grumblings at the SAT (so…
Mediterranean Chicken Pita
Lunch time! Raiding the fridge…carrots? hummus? chicken? Looks like the making of a Mediterranean pita. Packed with protein and loaded with vegetables, this lunch will satisfy your hunger pains and help you resist snacking on a heavy dessert. You can leave out the meat for a veggie sandwich, or substitute turkey or tempeh! Mediterranean Chicken…
Knife Skills
I don’t claim to be a knife expert, but I do know when I’m hungry, I want things to be chopped and diced as fast as possible. I made chicken marsala for dinner the other night, and needed to dice up a shallot for the recipe. If you’re looking to cut down on prep time,…
Moroccan Chicken Stew
This is a one-pot meal (my favorite weekday dish) and requires very few ingredients to get a flavorful, nutrient-rich dinner on the table in 30 minutes. Moroccan Chicken Stew Adapted from Women’s Health / 4 servings / Prep time: 5-10 min / Cook time: 25 min Ingredients: 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts 1 green pepper (chop 3/4…
A little bit about me…
When I was in middle school, I won the Halloween costume competition by impersonating Julia Child. I wore a white apron with a rubber chicken and a wooden spoon inside and walked around throwing flour at people and saying “some for the chicken, and some for meee!” as I mimed pouring wine.
A Milestone Day
I feel like my blog learned how to stand up today. I submitted some photos to the Serious Eats photograzing site, and they put up my tuna salad in lettuce cups picture! Check it out hereThe main photograzing page is here, and if you scroll down, you’ll see it.
Mini Potato Gratins
These are are the top two things I like about making single-size servings of food: They look like you put way more work into them than you actually did You can control your portion size With that in mind, I made miniature potato gratins tonight! I created 2 different recipes. One of them involves Italian-flavored…
Caroline is a freelance writer, nutrition communication consultant, and counselor with a holistic approach to healthy living. 
