I'm super frugal, but also a perfectionist so I don't like eating my mistakes. Luckily I rarely screw a dish up, but when it happens, I give it to my husband or my dog.

My favorite new salad: Arugula, roasted tomatoes, white beans, grilled asparagus, red onion and some canned tuna, all dressed with a simple olive oil/lemon vinagrette and a generous am...

peeling and cutting beets.. stains the hands and cutting board destemming cilantro or parsley chopping really fresh garlic, cause it's super sticky washing greens from the garden....

very simple.. avocado, red onion, lime, serranos, cilantro and salt. sooooooooogoood.

When I'm on my own for dinner, which is only usually one day a week I tend to eat something simple, usually avocado and scallion nori rolls, pasta with kale, lemon and some pecorino or a huge batch...

yeah.. if I was a raw foodist!! I tend to eat lighter fare in the spring and summer, but not having an oven in the winter would do me in. I'm anti-microwave, and don't have a grill y...

Olive oil, tamari, sea salt, garlic.

When I went vegetarian 13 years ago I ate portobellos like they were going out of style. Now that I'm married to a mushroom hater (it's a shame, really) I don't really eat them as often. I do a h...

I'm a vegan and a chef at a veg restaurant and can probably come up with 1001 ways to serve tofu, but I could not cook a piece of meat to save my life! My husband eats meat, but he gets his chicke...

I'm totally obsessed with organizing my pantry. I use leftover peanut butter jars (which, due to my husbands peanut buuter obsession we have an abundance of) for grains, flours, nuts and seeds. I...

Become more DIY in the kitchen! I already prepare a majority of my meals from scratch, but I would love to start fermenting more foods. I've been making my own saurkraut and kombucha for awhile, ...

My husband and I always bring a nice hunk of manchego with us whenever we go camping. Olive tapenade, a fresh baguette and manchego along with some cold beer is the perfect snack after an all day ...

I usually give my little pugster scraps of food while I'm making dinner, like carrots, kale, chicpeas, apples and other healthy bits. We usually don't feed her at the table (our food tends to be v...

Air popped with olive oil, granulated garlic, fresh grated parmasean and a pinch of salt. Great late night with an ice cold beer!!

Roasted roots and brussels.. Combine a variety of root vegetables (sweet potato, carrot, parsnip, red and yellow beets, turnip, rutabegga etc..) in a large roasting pan. Season with s...

I make a similar version with bulgar or brown rice and french lentils with carmalized onions. I usually cook the rice and lentils and onions separate and throw them all together in the end. I se...

I loooove leftover pad thai with tofu. For some reason I like it better cold, so I always eat just a little bit at dinner and then snack on it late night. Soups, of course 'cause they...

Eggplant rollatini. Bread and fry long thin slices of eggplant. Place some ricotta in the middle of each slice and roll up. Place in a baking dish, pour marinara overtop, add some fresh mozzarella...

I'm a chef and could go crazy in williams and sonoma over various kitchen gadgets, most of which I would probably never use. My top (most frequently used) items would have to be: a go...

Working as a chef in a professional kitchen I've discovered that keeping a clean prep area makes cooking more enjoyable and less stressful. At home I tend to wash as I go so I don't have dirty dis...