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Recipes

Below you’ll find an index of all the recipes that’s featured on this blog. Let me know if you ever end up cooking these and how it goes!


Appetizers

Mini Pigs in A Blanket, So Easy & Delicious!
Pork Belly Buns with Pickled Cucumbers & Carrots
Easy Spinach Dip
Smoked Paprika Isreali Couscous Spinach Salad
The BEST Guacamole Recipe
Smoked Salmon Mousse
Baked Buffalo Wings

Soup

Mushroom Soup: A Clean Recipe
Ground Turkey, Kale & Black Eye Pea Soup
Butternut Squash Soup
Chinese Pork and Corn Soup
Vegan Lentil Soup
Chinese Pork and Daikon Soup
Lobster Bisque
Homemade Fish Stock
Seafood & Sausage Gumbo
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Miso Soup
Chili Cookoff CHAMP!

Pasta

Zucchini Noodles w/ Turkey Tomato Sauce
Spaghetti Squash Pasta w/ Kale and Sausage
Recipe: Vodka Tomato Cream Pasta
The BEST Spaghetti and Meatballs
Easy Three Cheese Mac-N-Cheese
Beef Stroganoff
Healthier Spaghetti & Turkey Meatballs

Rice

Cauliflower Paleo Fried Rice
Surf & Turf Paella Recipe
Tom Yum Fried Rice

Meat

Thai Red Curry with Chicken & Sweet Potatoes
Clean Chicken Fajitas
Momofuku’s Bo Ssam, Korean Pork and Lettuce Wraps
Roast Turkey, Chinese Style
BBQ Asian Beef Short Ribs (Kalbi)
Oven-Roasted BBQ Pork Spareribs Recipe
Braised Short Ribs
Beef Shank Osso Buco

Seafood

Easy Thai Mango Cucumber Salsa + Tilapia
Clean Tuna Salad w/ Vegan Cashew Mayo
Miso Glazed Salmon
Three Course Meal with Chef Tony
Spicy Tuna Hand Rolls Recipe

Vegetarian Entree

Red Lentils (Dal) Masala

Vegetables & Sides

Roasted Pepper and Caramelized Onion Confit
Sautรฉed Rainbow Swiss Chard
Easy Creamed Corn (without the cream)
Potato, Celery Root and Leeks Gratin
Sage and Sausage Stuffing/Dressing
Green Bean Casserole (from scratch)
Southern Collard Greens
Honey-Balsamic Glazed Brussel Sprouts
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Breakfast

Vanilla Chia Seed Pudding
Gluten-Free Spinach Pancakes
Homemade Egg McMuffin with a Toaster

Dessert & Sweets

French Macarons w/ Step-by-Step Photos

Sauces

Ginger & Scallion Sauce
Nuoc Cham – Vietnamese Dipping Sauce (Fish Sauce)
Bomb.com Bourbon Whiskey BBQ Sauce
Lemongrass Chili Sauce Recipe

Dessert & Smoothies

Blueberry, Banana & Spinach Power Smoothie
Frozen Kale Ice Cubes for Green Smoothies!
Tropical Lime in the Coconut Smoothie
Blueberry & Mango Smoothie
Mango, Avocado & Kale Smoothie
Smoothie Ingredients for Elimination Diet, Part 4

Cocktails

Pimm’s Cup, the Perfect Summer Drink
Blueberry Lemonade, Perfect for 4th of July!
Watermelon Gin Fizz
Red Wine Sangria Recipe

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๐Ÿ‘พ being hangry between meals isnโ€™t normal. but it ๐Ÿ‘พ being hangry between meals isnโ€™t normal. but it is fixable.

your body has two fuel sources: glucose and fat.

when glucose drops, your hangry beast panics. it canโ€™t switch to fat. so you crash, you canโ€™t focus, and you need to eat again.

thatโ€™s not weakness. thatโ€™s an untrained hangry beast.

training it to switch fuels is what metabolic flexibility actually means. and itโ€™s the shift iโ€™ve been making for the past few years.

i put everything together in a free guide โ€” how to feed your brain. itโ€™s your starting point for better focus, energy, and fewer hangry moments. link in bio ๐Ÿง 

#intermittentfasting #insulinresistance #metabolichealth #fatburning #metabolicflexibility
๐๐จ. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐ฑ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐›๐ฒ ๐“ โœ… ๐๐จ. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐ฑ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ
๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐›๐ฒ ๐“ โœ…

The best piece of advice that I got from someone I truly admire is to never let anyone (parents, in-laws, friends, etc.) pressure you into having kids when youโ€™re not ready.

โ€œ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ชโ€™๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ฎ!โ€ - ๐Ÿ™ƒ the other piece of advice that I heard the most.

Being ready looks different for everyone. For me, Iโ€™m glad I was able to spend my 30s learning ways to cope with ADHD.

Before I was diagnosed, I never really understood why some of the most basic adult tasks felt so daunting to me. I was scared to have a kid because the thought of having to get them ready for school in the morning and then managing my own start of the day was scary as hell.

How am I supposed to get them to school on time?

I know I seem Type-A as hell, so it is confusing when managing appointments and schedules feel like the hardest thing in the world.

Now I know that time blindness (inability to gauge passing time) and executive dysfunction (poor planning/prioritization) are issues ADHDers deal with.

Now I can actually build systems around my weak spots instead of just feeling like something is wrong with me. 

Donโ€™t get me wrong, I still hate packing with a passion (and having to pack for Baby T on top of it is ๐Ÿ˜ฌ), but knowing these are my weak spots helps so much with my mental health when Iโ€™m in the thick of it.

Huge thanks to Auntie Gemini for being my executive function on this trip. Nap schedules, feeding windows, jet lag logic, all of it - so I could actually just be present and have fun.โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹

#adhdmom #travellingwithbaby #adhdwomen
this one mindset shift about intermittent fasting this one mindset shift about intermittent fasting helped me lose 15 pounds in 3 months.

i stopped thinking about fasting as a way to eat less calories, and started thinking about it as a way to drop my insulin so my body could actually burn fat. 

thatโ€™s the key insight in lesson 3. 

before this mental shift, i was counting down to my next meal the whole time. the moment my 16 hours was up, i thought: โ€œgreat! i can finally eat again.โ€

now i sometimes hit 16 hours and donโ€™t even feel hungry. so i keep fasting. not because Iโ€™m forcing it, but because i know my body is burning fat for energy. 

follow so you donโ€™t miss lesson 4, where I introduce you to your hangry beast and show you how to train it.

#intermittentfastingresults #insulinresistance #metabolichealth #fatburning #metabolicflexibility
Iโ€™ve been growing this fiddle leaf fig for almost Iโ€™ve been growing this fiddle leaf fig for almost 10 years. Itโ€™s hitting the ceiling, tipping over, and desperately needs to be turned into a tree.

Iโ€™ve wanted to do this for years. But cutting the entire top off a plant Iโ€™ve kept alive for a decade feels... irreversible. Like once you do it, thereโ€™s no going back.

Then I spent way too long watching plant people on Instagram do it and finally hyped myself up enough to try.

This is No. 23 on my 40x40 list: do something that scares me. Not because the stakes are high, but because Iโ€™ve been overthinking a decision that isnโ€™t actually that serious.

Some things feel like a one-way door when theyโ€™re really a two-way door. Worst case? I buy another plant.
Did it work? Still waiting to find out. ๐ŸŒฟ

#fiddleleaffig #40by40 #becomingforty #houseplantsmakemehappy #plantmom
๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ is it better to eat two small meals separate ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ is it better to eat two small meals separately, or one large one?

if you want to prioritize fat burn, consolidate your calories into larger meals and cut back on snacking.

๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ:

โ€ข every time you eat, insulin spikes ๐Ÿ“ˆ
โ€ข more eating windows = more insulin events
โ€ข your body can only burn fat when insulin is low ๐Ÿ”ฅ
โ€ข same food, same calories โ€” but timing changes everything
โ€ข fewer eating windows = more recovery time for your body โœ…

note: the research on meal frequency vs. spike height is still evolving โ€” the clearest benefit of fewer eating windows is giving your body more time to clear and recover between insulin responses.

lesson 3 coming soon: why intermittent fasting works for a completely different reason than most people think ๐Ÿ‘€

๐Ÿ“ฒ send this to someone who thinks eating six small meals a day is boosting their metabolism.

#insulinresistance #metabolichealth #bloodsugarbalance #fatburningmode
the insulin series, lesson 1 ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”’ most people think the insulin series, lesson 1 ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”’

most people think fat loss is about eating less. but what they donโ€™t tell you is that you canโ€™t burn fat if your insulin is elevated.

hereโ€™s exactly how glucose and insulin work โ€” and why the timing of when you eat matters just as much as what you eat.

this is lesson 1 of 4. save this and come back to it.

lesson 2 coming soon โ€” same calories, completely different impact on your insulin. 

#insulinresistance #metabolichealth #bloodsugarbalance #glucoserevolution
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