This blog came into fruition when I became the site host for my local farm, Golden Earthworm. I wanted to share healthy, wholesome and seasonal recipes that I have picked up along the way from my Central Asian ancestry and some recipes from cookbooks that I have adapted into my own. Plagued by health issues in my young adult life and then learning the powerful healing nature of food, these...
A world traveler and food writer interested in diet, nutrition, cooking and, of course, eating; I believe nutrition is an art, a way of life whose key is a balanced diet. I try to explain the advantages of a healthy diet in plain words and collect recipes which are nutritionally balanced, while maintaining variety, originality and taste.
Sarah has been vegetarian for almost 15 years, and for the last 3 years has eaten mostly low carb food. She identified the need for nutritional information and recipes specifically relating to the low carb vegetarian lifestyle. Her website, Low Carb Vegetarian Living, is the result of many years of research and reading and endless experimentation in her kitchen. Anyone...
I’ve lived in Iowa for the better part of 26 years (minus a three year stint in Minneapolis after college) and while it may get a bad rap, Iowa’s a fabulous place to live! The cost of living is low which allows me to travel, great food can be found locally which lets me eat well, and trails are abundant which allows me to run free!
I’m 100% an adventurer at heart...
I started this blog after having my first baby. I wanted to share my recipes and exchange recipes with other moms. Our recipes vary from crockpot, quick and easy and just yummy new recipes.
I am obsessed with all things culinary, and I like to have a "smart" approach to cooking, which I define as healthy, economical, creative, and realistic.
In The Smart Kitchen you will get to see the healthy recipes I create, those I test and/or adapt, as well as the choices I make when eating out of the house (at restaurants) or traveling. In addition to healthy recipes, you'll get...
yoga-believer (Iyengar)
walking & hiking - prefer the outdoors
Club One member
always looking for good places to eat - healthy and pan-Asian, particularly
