Recipe Redux

This month’s Recipe Redux challenged recipe developers to create a recipe surrounding an ingredient new to them. I recently cooked with chayote squash for the very first time! So quick and [...]

What’s better than chocolate?   Well, maybe pumpkin and pumpkin spice.  How about all three options?   This month’s Recipe Redux challenge theme was an obvious one for October: [...]

I am around food a lot.  A lot as in ALL DAY LONG.  My day job is on the campus of the University of Southern California as the on-campus Dining Dietitian.  Having an office inside of a [...]

There’s almost nothing I love more than a good cocktail.  Yes, I’m a Dietitian and I love cocktails.  Hence the word BALANCE in the title of my business name.  While my favorite [...]

Do you have a dish from childhood that gives you instant fond memories when thinking about it?   Whenever my mom had a long day at work and wanted to make a quick meal without heating up the [...]

I always miss the opportunity to post something around holidays that celebrate food.  But, not this time! Happy Persian New Year!   Honestly, until I married a Persian man, I didn’t really [...]

Are you one of those folks that hoards kitchen gadgets?  Every time something new comes out, you’re ordering it from Amazon?  I used to work in a restaurant supply store and was surrounded [...]

Have you heard of the microbiome?  If you haven’t, you need to get the 411 STAT!  Gut health is all the rage right now and rightfully so.  As more promising research emerges, the topic is [...]

Do you ever see food pics on social media that look amazing, but you’d probably never try making them in your own kitchen?  For me, one of those food categories is pancakes.  Food bloggers [...]

  Happy 6th Birthday to The Recipe Redux!  To celebrate, the Reduxers were in charge of bringing the dessert!  But, just a bite! Do you ever have those time when you want something sweet, [...]