My readers and my students are very in the know when it comes to food trends, especially the healthy ones. So I’m sure you have all heard about bone broth and how it's taking over the world. It's the newest thing! It's revolutionary! So funny. Bone broth is no trend, but in fact something that ...
French Onion Soup Recipe
If it wasn't winter before this week, it sure is now. Not in Southern California, of course. But for the rest of the country. Although people in LA dress like it's zero degrees when it's 55. It's totally funny. I cracked up when I saw this post on Pinterest last week: So I figured that ...
Bieler’s Broth: a Healing, Restorative Soup Recipe
It’s good to be home. I had the loveliest holiday break, but it’s good to be home. Even though I knew I was coming back to two weeks worth of mail to sift through, groceries to buy, meals to plan, piles of laundry to wash, it’s all good. As I’ve mentioned several times, I am not much on detox ...
Lemon Turkey and Barley Soup Recipe
Maybe you're in the whirlwind of Thanksgiving preparation madness and can't focus on the day after quite yet. But just thinking about this soup relaxes me. You know how I am rather structured and favoring traditions on Thanksgiving? I am just as much that way the day after Thanksgiving. I stay ...
The Best Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
I had such a lovely weekend visiting my older daughter at college. I was sitting with my husband and all three of the kids talking about Thanksgiving. You all know how much I adore planning this holiday and having a full house all day long. My favorite part is when the kids help me in the kitchen, ...
chicken posole verde recipe
I decided to be more forward-thinking this year and post some new delicious Mexican recipes early in anticipation of Cinco de Mayo, which is one of my favorite food holidays. Not that I don't make Mexican, or Tex-Mex meals all year round, of course. I know a lot of people who are planning ...
Miso Soup Bar with Jenni Kayne and ripplustan.com
I have always been a huge fan of a toppings bar for several reasons. I’ve noticed my kids tend to eat more of whatever I’m serving when they can control what goes on their plate. I also think it’s so much more fun when your guests can participate in and interact over the meal. Lastly, preparing a ...
homemade ramen noodle soup recipe
Since my oldest child started college this past fall, it's been hard not to compare everything at her school to what I had when I was in college. I do my best not to sound like, "When I was in college, we had to use quarters in the washing machines and we had to wait for our laundry to be finished. ...
fresh tomato soup recipe
The moment we arrived in Lake Garda on Wednesday for the last leg of our trip, I looked at my husband and said, "Good luck getting me on that plane back home." The vistas are breathtaking, the air is clean, and the food is to die for. Total heaven here. Check out my Instagram and Facebook page ...
Caldo Tlalpeño Soup Recipe (with quinoa!)
I think I was 19 years old when I tried avocado for the first time. No joke. In my defense, I was living on Long Island and we ate according to the seasons, and fairly locally, in the old days. I don't remember ever even seeing an avocado in our supermarkets, let alone my mom buying one and ...
Mediterranean Fish Stew Recipe
I had some friends over for dinner recently on a Friday and remembered that it is Lent. Lent starts about 40 days before Easter on Ash Wednesday and ends the day before Easter. It is a very holy time for many Christians and I remembered observing as a child. Traditionally no meat is eaten on ...