Beautiful Food, Travel & Design
Healthy and GORGEOUS watermelon pizza is the perfect easy summer snack. You’ll impress everyone with this fun July 4th recipe idea.
File this under things I love – putting a spin on a traditional recipe to make it more fun. You’ll see this technique all over A Side of Sweet – sushi burritos, taco rice, sushi pizza, and now….watermelon pizza! This might be my prettiest combo yet.
A recipe to fuel my Japanese obsession – homemade vegetarian ramen bowls filled with tofu, mushrooms, bok choy and miso! Easy to make and gluten free.
As I’m sure you can tell from the series of posts from my trip to Japan, I’m absolutely enamored with Japanese culture. Everything from the style to food to people – it’s so different from any place I’ve ever visited. Ramen is. I ate it every day while I was in Tokyo (you can read all about it in my Tokyo Food Guide). It’s my ultimate comfort food and something I crave when I’ve gone too long without it…. Read More »
A healthy chickpea salad recipe with beets, celery, radishes, and red onions. It’s gluten-free and a vegan option is provided. A great picnic or BBQ recipe!
Longer days mean it’s time to think about eating outside. There’s something about outdoor dining that makes even the most basic meal feel like an occasion.
Luckily, this healthy chickpea salad is easy to make, and anything but basic. It’s a great alternative to a cold pasta salad for your next barbecue or picnic. I actually made this for a recent bike ride with a picnic stop at the halfway point. It was perfect for the occasion…. Read More »
Use edible food paint to make these colorful splatter painted French Macarons! Plus, a step by step recipe for plain french macaron shells.
Painting macarons, or sugar cookies or cakes, for that matter is so easy! All you need is some high quality food coloring gel, a food safe paintbrush, and a bit of vodka or almond extract.
I probably should have inserted some some sort of joke here about drinking vodka to reduce the stress of making macarons, but it’s actually for your paint! It’s the perfect solvent for your gel food coloring. It evaporates when it dries and leaves no taste or unwanted color behind…. Read More »
Bacon makes everything better – including this recipe for spicy caramel bacon popcorn. It’s the perfect movie night snack!
If you’ve been reading long, it’s no secret I’m a popcorn recipe fanatic. From healthy snack to decadent treat, I love how versatile it is. I first made this Spicy Caramel Bacon Popcorn Recipe for a backyard movie night. My first thought was that it sounded too good to be true. Sweet, salty, bacon, caramel? All in one recipe? Could it be too much of a good thing?… Read More »
A beautiful and healthy Spring Zucchini Noodle Pasta Recipe with Asparagus, Peas and Feta, plus how to make zoodles without a spiralizer.
‘Zoodles’ is such a funny word for what are actually zucchini thinly sliced into delicious ribbons that mimic fettuccini pasta. Spring is the perfect time to add, or replace, your pasta with zoodles. It’s one of those easy swaps to make a recipe healthier, and when done right, you won’t even miss your traditional pasta! Lightly cooked, they have a texture and taste similar to noodles.
For this recipe, you can make summer squash and zucchini noodles without a spiralizer. To make the gorgeous supple ribbons you see in these photos, use a mandolin slicer. Mandolin slicers are super cheap and so useful! I highly recommend adding one to your cooking routine. They save time and elevate vegetables to things of beauty.A vegetable peeler will also work, you’ll just get thicker noodles. If you want to use a spiralizer, by all means, that will work fine too…. Read More »
This white chocolate confetti popcorn is decadent and easy! Coated with sprinkles, it’s the perfect food for your Grammy or Oscars party.
Sometimes the most unlikely things end up making you think, “How did I ever live without this?” I feel like that for about 95% of the time I’m inside Trader Joe’s. Tropical sweetened matcha green tea? Yesplease. Coconut oil spray? Check. Unsweetened unsulfured dried mangos? Checkcheckcheckcheck.
That’s how I feel about this white chocolate confetti popcorn recipe. First, I LOVE all types of popcorn, from salty to sweet. Popcorn is one of my favorite snacks. I’m also guilty of microwaving a bag and calling it dinner on those days that I’m stuck late at the hospital…. Read More »