Bananas are one of those fruits always lingering around my kitchen. They’re a reliable snack and make a nice addition to a bowl of cereal, yogurt, or peanut butter toast. But not soon after they start getting covered in brown spots, my affection for eating them quickly fades away. Over time, I’ve learned to love […]
Today has been a long time coming. The last time I updated this blog was back in 2008 (can you believe I started in 2006???), which in blogging time might as well be a century ago. At the time, I was just writing the weekly menu, recipes and foodie events around the town. I was […]
Hot damn, I love cauliflower. It’s a good thing that cauliflower is cheap because I go through it like crazy. If 2015 was the year of kale, 2018 is all about the old time favorite…cauliflower. Once old and forgotten, this giant flower has become cool again. Cauliflower doesn’t need much to be delicious on its […]
Happy birthday my dearest! I am not able to put into words how much I love you. You’ve had my whole heart from the moment I laid my eyes on you. You are the face that launched a thousand sleepless nights. You are a thinker, posing intricate questions, and remembering small details. I am so […]
Somewhere in the Rules of Motherhood there is a chapter titled Moms Don’t Get Sick. Now, we all know this is far from the truth, even the best of us sometimes can’t fight off all the germs. Being sick is never fun but being sick when you’re a mom is the worst hell imaginable. Not […]
Happy Thanksgiving week! As an expat, I have embraced Thanksgiving as one of my favorite American holidays! The focus is on gratitude, great food and wine, not to mention it is socially acceptable to go for seconds, and thirds and leftovers are all the reason for overcooking! To be honest, I still don’t get the […]
October is perfect in every way, but I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with it. I love that it starts to get colder outside and humid mornings become a thing of a past. What I don’t like is the holiday that everyone seems to love so much: Halloween. Go ahead, gasp in disbelief. […]
“You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So… get on your way!” Dr. Seuss My dearest Kiki…Today you started the new chapter in your life – you started first grade. Today I hugged you fiercely, and somehow found the strength to let go and send you on your way. […]
Last three weeks have been pure magic. I am running on adrenaline, sugar highs, copious amounts of coffee and rosé. Both Kiki and I celebrated our birthdays and Mother’s Day over and over, and if it was up to us, we would both continue with celebrations. I guess an apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. One of […]
“On the day that you were born the angels got together and decided to create a dream come true. So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of golden starlight in your eyes of blue!” – the carpenters I can’t believe it has been six years since you came into my life. Another year has come and […]
I’ve discovered a secret to a stress free week…Meatless Mondays and Meal Planning! With that, meatless Mondays are here to stay! Choosing meat-free meals on Monday is a great way to look and feel better, it kind of goes along with that new week, new beginning theory. I am definitely not a vegetarian (after all, […]
This was such a lovely weekend. I’ve been craving a slow, lazy, relaxing weekend, and I finally had one. Sure, a getaway somewhere would have been great, but it’s amazing how much better I felt after just two days of unplugging and resting at home! I intentionally planned a weekend with lots of quality sleep, mini […]
Well, hello March! February definitely flew right by, without so much as a whisper! So cheers to sending February off and welcoming March with lots of motivation and sunshine. I also wanted to say hello before my blog grows cobwebs. I have so many blog topics running through my head, albeit time, priorities… but I miss […]
I hope this week is finding you happy, healthy, nourished and caffeinated. Me? A little over caffeinated but feeling pretty good about the week I’ve had and I attribute it to last weekend full of relaxation, good sleep, yummy foods, and an extraordinary Sunday prep. I promise, a blog post of Sunday prep is coming…it’s truly crucial […]
There is a saying “little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice” and ain’t that the truth. Kiki certainly is all sugar and spice, sweeter than honey, spicier than Carolina pepper. My dear, kind, sweet, gentle, sensitive, smart, caring, loving five year old in a moment of her anger and crankiness (yup […]
I arrived home last night and headed straight to yoga. Pressure of projects and deadlines was really getting to me and I didn’t feel like running, so yoga it was. It felt marvelous. We did a lot of breathing exercises and leg stretches. I admit, I WAS one of those people that believed that yoga […]
My stay in NYC was short lived and I am on my way home. I woke up a little later than originally planned, got ready, packed all my stuff and decided to walk in the opposite direction from yesterday. There are so many Starbuckses in NYC I was bound to find a new one on […]
breakfast, New York City, sandwich, smoothie, Starbucks
Ladies and Gents – I am in my favorite BIG city in the world – New York City. I arrived on Sunday and it’s been raining ever since. I am here for business, but plans changed last minute, don’t they always in the Faux Foodie World!?! So what’s a girl to do? I woke up […]
New York City, oatmeal, pizza, Starbucks
While I was out on the trail (the newly discovered running path), I got a message from the chef “I am feeling lazy. I am definitely not cooking tonight. I cooked on my birthday”. Even though he stopped at the grocery store and bought everything that we planned on having for dinner, cooking wasn’t happening. […]
Chipotle, dinner
To continue the low key birthday celebrations, the chef and I decided to try out a new running trail. My running group meets on certain days at the >>>>>>> Park, and it’s all trail running. I decided that the chef would love it there. It’s a nice 4.5 miles loop. We ran through woods, even […]
birthday, dinner, running
It’s chef’s birthday today. In honor of his birthday, he made ME an egg sandwich. Something is clearly wrong with this picture, but I will not complain. It’s safe to say, he is nothing like me. If you remember, I celebrated my birthday all month long. He showered me with gifts each week of the […]
birthday, breakfast
It’s been a little crazy with all the changes in the Faux Foodie casa. Or as the saying goes “my life is spinning out of control” but, a spoonful of dark chocolate dreams, makes it all worth while living. One of the major changes in the FF life is the work life – read: new […]
breakfast, changes, dinner, lunch
I clearly remember my dreams from last night – they were vivid, real and chocolaty. And they involved staying in bed. Can you tell where this is going? The second day of training didn’t go so well. As per my schedule it was a strength training day, but the sofa sounded so much better. It […]
breakfast, dinner, lunch, training
Today is/was a glorious day! Today is/was a glorious day! or at least that’s what I was telling myself at 5:30am when the alarm went off. Today is more known as a first day of the marathon training. Glorious or not, I finished my first training day and that’s all that matters.Yesterday I finally signed […]
My new job has many great perks, but my favorite is that the chef makes a delicious breakfast after we get back from the morning run. Breakfast is by far my favorite meal of a day, but the new favorite among the breakfast choices has become the egg sandwich.I have suddenly developed a great love […]
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