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Private Yoga Retreat: Figueroa Mountain Farmhouse

Private Yoga Retreat: Figueroa Mountain Farmhouse

 Last Sunday, I spent 14 hours in my kitchen, prepping all sorts of tasty treats for a yoga retreat. My feet were killing me. My knees were swollen. My apron was filthy. But my nostrils? My nostrils were filled with the sweet smells of food: cinnamon. curry. garlic. tomatoes… What these ingredients and smells produced […]

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Vegan Gluten Free Black Bean Burgers!

Vegan Gluten Free Black Bean Burgers!

Hello, friends! I just spent the last few glorious days cooking 3 square meals a day for a group of AMAZING women on a yoga retreat! I have so many details and photos to share with you, but give me a few days to get everything (thoughts included) in order so I can share with […]

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Kids yoga!

Let’s play a game.   First, you have to close your eyes. Get your imagination in gear.   All set?   Ok. I’m at the front of a play room, otherwise known as the kid’s room at the transitional living home I volunteer at each week. Toys surround me. I’m standing on a yoga mat, […]

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Vegan Gluten Free Pizza with basil oil, roasted cherry tomatoes and Caramelized Onions

Vegan Gluten Free Pizza with basil oil, roasted cherry tomatoes and Caramelized Onions

I love pizza. My stomach, however, does not. Even with my Italian roots (thanks, beautiful mama!) and having grown up gorging on pizza, pasta, cutlets and everything cheese and carbs, I have trouble digesting pizza today. Most of the time, I just suck it up, take the stomach ache, and eat the pizza because it […]

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No Udder Desserts

No Udder Desserts

 It’s 1pm in the afternoon. I had the more glorious morning – grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s, Chocolate Almond shake from Juicy Ladies, and the most amazing conversation with Trisha, the owner and founder of No Udder Desserts at her Thousand Oaks location.     Now I’m sitting on the couch, eating a Vinkie, compliments […]

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream

Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream

It’s Saturday afternoon. I woke up at 7am this morning for a 7:45am plyometrics class. I stayed for the 9am yoga class. Then I went to brunch at Plate in Malibu where, ironically enough, I proceeded to eat everything on the plate, and almost the plate itself.Apparently today, I am a bottomless pit. I say […]

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