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Vegan Whole Grain Zucchini Muffin / Bread (with gluten-free option!)

Vegan Whole Grain Zucchini Muffin / Bread (with gluten-free option!)

Before the summer is ending (in other words, while zucchini is still on the market), I want to share with you about my zucchini muffin/bread! This recipe can be used both for making zucchini muffin and bread I never knew about or ate zucchini bread until […] read more

Best Ever! Super Delicious Guacamole with Fermented Goodies

Best Ever! Super Delicious Guacamole with Fermented Goodies

One of the beauties of living in California with our culinary life is to have such abundant avocados at the market or even in some people’s backyards. I had never known the true deliciousness of this fruit until I ate it from the local trees. […] read more

Japanese Dinner: Transitioning from Summer to Autumn

Japanese Dinner: Transitioning from Summer to Autumn

October is here and the autumn season has arrived. Living in California, the seasonal shift feels  much subtler than in other places I have lived, as the temperature as well as color of the tree leaves remain quite similar. And yet, I have been feeling […] read more

Moon Time Lunch-Steamed vegetables, brown rice, and herbal broth miso soup

Moon Time Lunch-Steamed vegetables, brown rice, and herbal broth miso soup

As you see, this is a very simple lunch, yet it is actually very delicious, grounding and nourishing. In fact, it is good to reside in the simplicity during moon time, where we shed our layers and reset ourselves with simplicity.  During moon time, I […] read more

Moon Time Dinner: Quinoa Salad with Steamed  Beets and Kale and Black Sesame Tahini Dressing

Moon Time Dinner: Quinoa Salad with Steamed Beets and Kale and Black Sesame Tahini Dressing

Moon time is such a special phase for women. Many women today have difficulties and discomforts during this time, of which I have not been the exception. Therefore, I see this time as an invitation to take care of my body by being intimately close […] read more

Carrot green salad with tahini sauce

Carrot green salad with tahini sauce

We love carrot greens!!! When we are at the farmers market and getting a bunch of fresh carrots, the farmers would kindly ask us if we want to have the leaves taken out. Some while ago, I learned it from a farmer that they ask […] read more

Homemade Raw Tomato Ketchup

Homemade Raw Tomato Ketchup

For the past ten years, I have only been eating ketchup that is made from home. It is so delicious that I can never go back to the kind you can buy in the store. Until I learned the raw food diet, I had never […] read more

Herbal Tea Blend: Peaceful Sleep

Herbal Tea Blend: Peaceful Sleep

What is your bedtime medicine that will bring you into deeper and more peaceful sleep? Meditation, stretching, yoga, reading books, etc.—there are different beautiful and effective ways to soften our body and mind, calm our nervous system, and shift our switch to more grounding, nurturing […] read more

Herbal Tea Blend: Relax and Blossom

Herbal Tea Blend: Relax and Blossom

This week, I want to share with you two of my herbal tea blends that I love and enjoy very much. The first one is called “Relax & Blossom.” Life can sometimes be demanding. Also, all the changes that have been happening in the world […] read more

Baked falaffel, hummus, and quinoa salad

Baked falaffel, hummus, and quinoa salad

While making a big batch of humus a few days ago, I began to fantasize how delicious and fun it will be when I make a Mediterranean-inspired dinner feast sometime during the week. It is really “inspired,” which is far from authentic. But creative and […] read more