July: Ice-Cream Month
Apparently, July is National Ice-Cream month. Not sure who declared it as such, but I'm not arguing. Whenever ice-cream is mentioned, I always think of one of my best friends, MC. Over a year ago, she...
Knowing When to Quit
There’s a fine line that you must tread between giving up easily because you don’t want to or know how to go through the struggle, and...
Almond-Butter Banana Smoothie
There are some people who have serious peanut butter addictions- I am this way about almond butter. Or just generally almonds. I'm pretty sure if you search...
Roasted Sweet Potato Strings
Sometimes I get strange ideas while I'm cooking and decide to try something random. When I first got my julienne slicer to make zucchini pasta, I was also about to roast some sweet potatoes. After...
10 Unspoken Gym "Rules" Every Trainer Wants You to Know
Here's the thing. I think that the gym is a safe haven for people to do whatever they want- it is a place where you can go to blow off steam, work hard, and...
My Hips Don't Lie
Shakira Shakiraaaa. All jokes aside, be prepared to see the word "hip" a lot in this long post. I feel the need to address the entirety of a post to my hip, as it has been the large...
Cucumber-Dill Yogurt Sauce
My sister and I are what you could call "condiment killers." Growing up in the nineties in Orlando, Florida made fast food like...
Summer Zaru Soba
On those really hot, humid NYC days, all I want to eat is something refreshing and light for lunch. Enter zaru soba: a dish comprised of...
2-Ingredient Pancakes
2-ingredient pancakes, say whaaat? Best thing to make with over-ripe bananas aside from banana bread. When I first saw this recipe on Instagram, my first thought was, "that's total crap. There is no way you can make anything remotely pancake-like with two ingredients." After seeing which two ingredients they were...