Last week, I was lucky enough to be featured in Favbio Viviani's magazine. For those of you who don't know, Fabio is a Top Chef fan favorite and an all around unbelievable cook. The theme of his magazine was, "Chanukah", and I knew that sharing my cheddar potato latkes was the perfect idea! Since I can remember, every year during Chanukah, my family would always cook potato latkes. As I got older (and started experimenting in the kitchen), I began making this classic dish myself and realized ... [ Read More ]
Archives for December 2013
Eating My Way Through Mexico
Hola! Last weekend I spent the most amazing 4 days visiting Mazatlan, Mexico to see my friends Stefy and Michael get married. Not only was the wedding the most incredible event I've ever attended (and I'm not exaggerating), but every single meal I had during the course of my vacation was simply perfection. Having never been to Mexico, I've never had "true" Mexican food before. It was too good and I couldn't help but share my culinary adventure with you all... Dinner at El ... [ Read More ]
5 Ways to Stay Sane During the Work Week
As our alarms go off Monday morning, most of us typically think (or scream out loud) “Is Monday really here already?!” Unfortunately that answer is yes, another work week is upon us. Working now for over 3 years as a CPA, I certainly understand "Sunday Funday" turning into "Monday Sadday". Luckily, over the past couple years I have discovered my top 5 ways to stay sane during the work week and make it straight to Friday: 1. Get excited about Monday! Monday doesn’t have to be the worst day ... [ Read More ]
Corn, Avocado and Tomato Salad
I love to eat raw whenever I can. I don't know a ton of great raw recipes, but my friend, Amy made a corn, avocado and tomato salad at a party once and I really liked the concept. I decided to add a few ingredients and found myself with a really zesty, delicious and super nutritious salad that gets rave reviews every time I make it. It only takes about 5 minutes to make and the recipe I'm giving you will serve about 6 good size portions. You could (and probably should) also add cilantro to ... [ Read More ]
How to Chop Onions Without Crying
Since I pretty much put onions in EVERYTHING, I think I've developed eyeballs of steel. That being said, I've had many readers ask me if I had any tips and tricks to help stop the burning/crying when cutting them. Over the years, I think I've found 3 ways to help with this problem. Each way on it's own is helpful, but if you can do all 3, I can almost garuntee you won't shed a single tear! 1) Put the onion in the fridge for 1-hour before you cut it. Without getting too technical, the stuff ... [ Read More ]
Fitness Tip: Workout for 10-15 Minutes Before Dinner
Tips To Kick-Start a Healthy Life Style By Guest Blogger: Jaimie DeSantis FUN FACT: Doing a quick 10-15 minute workout prior to your last meal of the night is a great way to open your muscles up for nutrition. Supporting your muscle repair will help with muscle growth and will in turn boost your metabolism in the long run! This allows the muscles to be able to: A) Absorb carbohydrates readily B) Replenish the loss of Glycogen, which is energy stored in your muscles C) Replace Amino ... [ Read More ]