Building a healthy kitchen

I’m a brown bag lunch kind of girl. I walk into work each day with my red chevron print insulated lunch bag filled with fresh homemade goodies: channa masala, black bean soup, peanut butter with apples, vegetable stir-fry, spinach or kale salad. It sometimes appears as though I spend a lot of time prepping healthy … Continue reading »

Is fresh produce an upper-class luxury? Maybe not.

Head on over to The Urban Farmers website to check out my blog post on how farmers’ markets are actually more affordable than they seem! Continue reading »

B-a-n-a-n-a-s

I hated bananas as a kid. I vaguely remember eating them sliced up in milk or cottage cheese and I can’t remember how I felt about that. But for a long time I refused to peel a banana and eat it – even the smell turned me off. It was something about the texture that … Continue reading »

Two days, twenty-three miles

The last week has been full of good food, smooth runs, and friends. After missing The Color Run in Sacramento last year due to broken heels, I was super stoked to be running it in San Francisco this year with some of my best friends. This year’s race was held at Candlestick Park (I didn’t … Continue reading »

Preventing falling civilizations with fruit trees

There are a series of black-and-white photographs taken by Dorothea Lange depicting the struggles Dust Bowl migrants faced during the Great Depression. We’re all familiar with Migrant Mother, a portrait of pea-picker Florence Owens Thompson gazing out with a furrowed brow past the photographer while two of her children cling to her, facing away from … Continue reading »

Meeting the Stir-Fry Guru

A few months ago my mom joined a couple online cooking groups, one of which is called Wok Wednesdays. The group posts twice a month as they stir-fry their way through Grace Young‘s Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge. Since joining, my mom has been raving about Tane Chan and The Wok Shop and waxing poetic … Continue reading »

Eats. And a recipe.

My hamstring has felt tight this week so I took a break from running and regular exercise to let it rest – I only made it to one yoga class and one TRX class. I spent all my free time in the kitchen and now our refrigerator is stuffed with fresh homemade food. I even … Continue reading »