Here’s a healthy twist on an old classic: Spaghetti (Squash) and “Meat”balls. Today was the first time I made anything like this and it was so good. Plus afterwards I felt full of energy rather than full of pasta.

I found this recipe for the “meat”balls and adapted it from another recipe I came across (Click Here to check out this recipe). Also I should note there are a lot of steps here and the dish requires a bit of multi-tasking. However, if you aren’t up for a big production, buy the marinara sauce at the grocery store and this meal suddenly becomes one of the easiest things ever!  READ MORE

My life is full of many blessings. I have much for which to be grateful. Eden (my daughter). Jason (my husband). My friends and family. This short time in my life when my main responsibility is to make Eden feel loved and grow healthy. The fast approaching spring. So many blessings, indeed. And over the weekend I added one more to the list: the beet slider. Yes, Beet Sliders with Lemon Garlic Aioli is that good.  READ MORE

This is a great dinner salad, sweet strawberries and roasted hazelnuts over a bed of crisp spinach and topped with red wine vinaigrette. Yum!  READ MORE

This is a meal my husband and I brought back with us from a small restaurant cafe in western Michigan. It traveled over 3000 miles to find it’s way to our dinner table. After traveling all those miles and over all that time, the dish has inevitably changed, but the inspiration behind it remains and several times a month we sit down to this, enjoying our meal of tempeh and nostalgia.  READ MORE

Back in October while looking through my CSA crate I realized it was going to be a squash-heavy week. Thus it became Super Squash Week! Check out my website for more delicious squash recipes with fabulous pictures: thesweetlifeonline.com.  READ MORE

I live in Oregon and one of the best things about living in Oregon is the fresh and local strawberries. And then of course there are the hazelnuts. Oh and the coffee. And the mountains. The coast. The gorge. And of course Portland’s naked bike ride. Let me rephrase: there are so many great things about living in Oregon, among which are the fresh, local strawberries. If you are looking for an awesome way to use strawberries, I have the solution! Here is a great recipe that will show you how to whip up a batch of Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Creamsicles. Yum! They are so delicious!  READ MORE

What is better than combining tropical fruit and minty coconut flavours! That’s right, Frushi! Typically I think of this as more of an after-dinner sweet, or summer time snack, but I had a very specific craving tonight and made it for dinner. Thus I offer you my fruit sushi. Enjoy!
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The other day I had walnuts soaking overnight for a raw “tuna” salad  (Click Here to see the recipe) but the next morning I just wasn’t in the mood. I wanted something sweet. I scanned through my pantry, trying to figure out what ingredients I could throw together to get my sweet fix and ta da! The No Bake Cookie Bites were born.  READ MORE

Over a leisurely weekend of hanging with family, lots of naps, some cooking, and helping my mom on her new blog, I threw together this Tuna Salad. I love this recipe because it is so quick to make and easily provides lunch for a week.  READ MORE

Have you ever had an abundance of zucchini and summer squash? My creative juices started to dry up and I was just about to call it quits with the squash.

Then something great happened. As I was picking up my CSA share this week, our local farmer (a.k.a my mom) told me about squash hummus, an idea from one of her other CSA shareholders. Brilliant!

So today, eager to use up my squash, I made myself this Zucchini and Summer Squash Hummus.  READ MORE