Recipes

This time of year is the perfect time for Enchilada Pie; it’s still a little cool out, so there’s lingering cravings for a hot meal from the winter, but the ingredients in this dish are at their peak during the summer season! You can also throw in so many extra summer veggies, like sweet peppers and corn! So, take advantage of this season & make a dinner tonight that is warm and bright– and, of course, vegan! I have been on a brief hiatus from blogging, but of course I cannot take a break from cooking! While I’ve been away,...

Instant Pot Lasagna is a delicious hearty meal, and the whole thing is cooked right in the Instant pot!  A pressure cooker is a real kitchen hero and cooks more than oatmeal, rice, and boiled eggs. It’s time to move on up to other recipes like a fully loaded lasagna! Why We Love this Recipe Everyone loves a great lasagna recipe! Especially when it’s paired with homemade garlic bread and a crispy caesar salad. The Instant Pot cooks this lasagna in a mere 25 minutes instead of an hour in a conventional stove (although you do need to allot time...

The other day (which – let’s be honest – actually means a few weeks or months ago) I finished up an outdoor workout. When I returned home, I drank about half of a sports drink to replenish myself. It was quite tasty and refreshing, exactly what I’d been hoping for. As I sat there, I found myself thinking back to some of the out-of-the-box recipes I’d tried to make over the years: raw apple pie, raw brownies, raw lasagna, lemon cauliflower pudding, and so on and so forth. And it hit me: Why not try to make my own sports...

Baba Ganoush is one of those dishes that you either love or hate. Almost everyone I eat Middle Eastern food with does not want to order the Baba. Jump to Recipe The recipe is so easy to put together as long as you have a smoker. The eggplant is brushed with olive oil, and then, put in the smoker and cooked until soft. The eggplant takes on the smoke beautifully and I challenge anyone to say that they do not like eggplant. AJ (my wife) do you hear me? Now, I have to say, my friend Guillermo, a Kosher caterer...

The taste of justice is sweet, but next week it’s even sweeter thanks to a new, online bake sale from some of the city’s most talented teams. On Friday, June 19, you’ll be able to purchase baked goods from more than 30 L.A. restaurants and chefs during Pies for Justice, a virtual bake sale that’ll fundraise by selling desserts from James Beard Award-winning pastry chefs and our favorite underground bakers alike. One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter and the Gathering for Justice, both of which fight racial inequality, unjust incarceration and police brutality. The...