If you’ve never cooked shishito peppers before, this easy grilled shishito peppers recipe is a good place to start. You’ve come to the right place! Shishito peppers are a tangy, citrus-y, and sometimes spicy bell pepper that comes from Japan, where they are known as a “longevity food.” Rich in Vitamin C, antioxidants, and prebiotic […]
Mood Recipes
Juniper Berry Glazed Walnut Shortbread Cookies
These juniper berry glazed walnut shortbread cookies might just be the perfect winter treat. The cookie itself is not too sweet, paired with a sweet, herbaceous juniper glaze. Juniper reminisces of pine and is super wintery, which is why it’s a favorite among mixologists, who often use it in cold weather cocktails. We developed this […]
Easy Acorn Squash Pie (Cool Pumpkin Pie Alternative!)
This easy Acorn Squash Pie recipe yields a delicious pumpkin pie alternative that’s perfect for Thanksgiving dinner. It’s also a great recipe for anytime you have extra squash lying around, and you’re tired of making savory dishes. It’s so good! Beginning with our super-flaky homemade pie crust, we add just the right amount of seasonal […]
Fall-Inspired Butternut Squash, Shallot & Steak Tacos
Fall is a fabulous time to cook using seasonal ingredients– but it’s not just the season for apples and pumpkins. This easy steak taco recipe highlights the flavors of Autumn using butternut squash, shallots, and the quality of meat we recommend using, which is grass-fed beef from a purveyor like Arrowhead Beef. (Their beef is […]
Easy Baked Pears With Honey and Walnuts (Good For The Lungs)
This super, super easy baked pears with honey and walnuts recipe is so rich, satisfying, and hearty. I love it as a rustic dessert or breakfast. Plus, it’s gluten-free and vegan, though you can also serve it with a hefty dollop of whipped cream, crème fraîche, greek yogurt or any plant-based alternatives to those toppings. […]
Joni Mitchell’s Easy Lentil Soup Recipe
Joni Mitchell’s easy lentil soup recipe is a darling little gem that reflects the no-frills food ethos of the 1970s. Made with red lentils, tomato puree, and a hint of sweet paprika, this easy blended lentil soup recipe is the ultimate fall/winter comfort food. This recipe originally came from a repost in The Guardian, who […]
Vegan Olive Oil Quick Bread (The World’s Best Anti-Inflammatory Dessert!)
Olive oil cake is all the rage in the baking world right now. This vegan olive oil quick bread is versatile and moist enough to moonlight as an olive oil cake (if you want to bake it in a pan and frost it) or as olive oil cake muffins. We love it best as an […]
Joan Didion’s Artichokes Au Gratin Recipe
It’s hard to find good artichoke recipes out there, but Joan Didion’s artichokes au gratin recipe is a real keeper. Even if it weren’t the literary icon’s own recipe, I’d still love it. It’s creamy, rich, simple in the way that all cooking was in the 1970s, and delicious– a crowd pleaser that can simultaneously […]
Gluten-Free Cinnamon Peanut Butter Cookies (Focus-Enhancing)
These gluten-free cinnamon peanut butter cookies were adapted from Ovenly’s classic peanut butter cookie recipe, which I’ve modified only slightly to incorporate focus-enhancing adaptogens and some cinnamon and maple to add depth of flavor. Gluten-free peanut butter cookies are all the rage in boutique bakeries across America at the moment. The lack of flour results […]
Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Brownies (Dopamine Booster)
These gluten-free peanut butter brownies are dense and delicious, made with seratonin-boosting bittersweet chocolate and happiness-inducing mucuna bean powder. Mucuna pruriens, also known as velvet bean, is a bioavailable source of L-Dopa, an amino acid that metabolizes into dopamine in the brain. (Dopamine is the neurotransmitter responsible for happiness.) This naturally occurring, caramel-tasting bean powder […]