Happy Spring, folks! Amazing how the winter months can get away from you. All that hibernating gets in the way of good cooking and baking opportunities. You get home, you snuggle up on the couch, and you catch up on your favorite shows because, really, in Chicago, who wants to bundle up in 12 layers just to stay warm. The weather is finally changing in Chicago and the grass and flowers are popping up again. [...]

I don’t know about you, but when I wake up in the morning I don’t want to spend time making an elaborate breakfast. I’m lucky if I make it out of the house with my hair blow dried. Spending more than 2 minutes on breakfast is just a no go for me. So, I’ve started to make some goodies on the weekend and freeze them for the rest of the week. I started out with [...]

I’ve been on a bit of a health kick lately. You see, it’s one of my New Years’ resolutions. And for once, I’m sticking with everything I wrote down. Maybe that’s the key… I actually wrote down my New Years’ resolutions this year. I put it on one of those stickies on my laptop so every time I look at my Mac I just see “NEW YEARS’ RESOLUTIONS” on my screen telling me everything that [...]

So lately, I’ve decided I need something healthy to nom on when the hunger strikes. It’s that awkward time between lunch and leaving work that really get me. When 3pm rolls around, I need something in my belly. I’m not even sure if it’s that I’m hungry, or that I just want to eat. I have no idea. But almost every day I find myself in front of the vending machine at that time. One [...]

 The title of this post should probably be Baked Corn Bread Muffin Thingies That Probably Shouldn’t Be Called Fritters But I Don’t Know What Else To Call Them Thingamajiggers. Yeah, seriously I have no idea what to call them. They’re good, that’s all that matters. I made these to serve with my vegetarian quinoa chili. The original recipe had them cooked in a skillet, but I decided to do these in the oven instead. I think [...]

For those of you who have made your healthy New Year’s Resolutions, I have an amazing recipe for you today from one of my favorite blogs, Two Peas and Their Pod. Its hearty, healthy and super tasty. There’s this restaurant by work called The Protein Bar and my favorite thing to get there is the chicken quinoa chili. It fills me up and tastes oh so good – I don’t even miss the ground beef [...]