chocolate banana pudding

if you need a chocolate fix
but without the calories and fat,
this has come to answer your prayers.

i was too impatient to even put this in a bowl like a civilized being. thus the camera peering down the magic bullet cup thing.

ingredients:
1 frozen banana, roughly chopped
1 tbsp unsweetened cooca powder
1 tbsp agave syrup
1 tbsp almond butter
greek yogurt

blend away in your magic bullet/whatever and enjoy topped with toasted almonds.

lemon poppyseed cookies

shira surprised me with a bag of poppyseeds!
she said, "do good with it."
so i did.
or martha stewart did, rather.

the recipe . 

when you make these, suddenly everybody will want to be your friend. 

the easiest kimchee stew

perfect to make when it is dreary outside
when you have a jar of overly fermented kimchee
when you miss home and need comfort food.

ingredients:
kimchee that is pretty dang fermented
sesame oil
dried anchovies + dried kelp (dashima in korean) for stock
anything else you want
(tofu, tuna, squash, spam)

eat up sesame oil in a large pan
add kimchi and sautee

in a pot boil water with the dried stuff to get delicious stock
remove the anchovies + dashima and discard

put in the kimchee into the pot
add whatever you'd like

bring to a boil and eat with rice.

thank you to my lovely and beautiful mommy for this recipe!

miso green beans

trader joe's sells green beans in a microwaveable bag.
say hello to convenience!
but also hello to that's a lot of green beans!
good thing this recipe is so delicious.

ingredients:
green beans, cooked/steamed
miso paste
korean red pepper paste
sesame oil
sesame seeds

take green beans and cut into small bite sized pieces
mix up the the miso + red pepper paste and add a bit of sesame oil
combine green beans and the sauce
sprinkle with sesame seeds

they taste better the next day because the flavor of the miso and spiciness of the red pepper really set in. also they are superb with brown rice.

a great afternoon snack

an almost hardboiled egg sprinkled with furikake.

simple spinach turkey corn quesadilla

i ate this for lunch five days straight because it was so easy and good.

need:
corn
egg
turkey
swiss cheese
spinach
whole wheat tortilla
salt/pepper to taste

scramble eggs with corn, set aside
heat up tortilla til nice and toasty
slice up cheese + turkey and let the cheese melt inside the tortilla
add the egg+corn
add spinach
fold over
DONE!

cinnamon vanilla granola

i needed something crunchy, substantial, and sweet in my tummy asap.
cue this granola.
bam.
so easy.
so good.

ingredients:
tsp vanilla
cinnamon
cup rolled oats
2 tbsp almond butter
1/4 cup golden raisins + regular raisins
agave syrup

mix all of these, then pop into the oven at 350 for 8 minutes, stir it around, then 6 minutes more.

cookbook coveting

heidi swanson's super natural every day.

http://www.101cookbooks.com/supernatural/

she is such an inspiration!