Freshly washed.

by | Mar 27, 2013

Every year—or, sometimes, multiple times a year—I give my body a little break from processed foods, sugar-laden treats, and general overindulgences. My favorite recipes to follow for the past few years have come from the 21-day “Whole Living Action...

Splurge alert: VYNL

by | Mar 6, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, the bf and I got together with some super fly1 friends (SFF) for dinner at Vynl in Hell’s Kitchen. It’s such a cool and kitschy place and, after having only ever been there once before eons ago, I went back not 6 months before my...

Quasi-recipe: That’s bananas.

by | Feb 25, 2013

I’m trying my darnedest to chill out with the overconsumption of sweets these days for so many reasons, one of which that, now that I’m unemployed, I don’t have money to buy pants the next size up. Enter: homemade banana “ice cream.” I...

Quasi-recipe: Aw, sugar, sugar.

by | Feb 2, 2013

For a reason that is of no business to you, yesterday, I had a major craving for a chocolate-layered hunk of chocolate sprinkled with chocolate-covered chocolate.  So, naturally, I plugged in my panini press and made this: If you would like to make one of these, but...

Nuts!

by | Jan 30, 2013

As some of you may know, I recently quit my job to go back to school, so I’m on a fixed budget now and trying to find ways of saving and doing as much as possible myself. Case in point: almond butter.  I buy a brand that usually runs me about $14.00 for an...