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Photo Fun Day Friday
Hey guys,I really hope you’ve been enjoying the Very Tasty Thanksgiving series while I have been on the road. If you have a moment, take a minute to comment on their posts and let them know what you think, give us your feedback on the recipes, etc. We’d love to know what you think and if you’ve tried the recipes, etc.
I’ve been having a great trip so far. We’ve been to DC, Baltimore, Philly and now we are in Brooklyn. We have our last event tomorrow and Sunday, the Renegade Craft Fair, here in Brooklyn. If you are in the area, please stop by, we’d love to see you.
Hope you enjoy the photos from our travels so far. Being on the road with my hubby, doing what we love makes me so happy!
We hit the road last Friday and I’ve been doing whatever I can to eat as healthy as I can on this trip. I grabbed these dehydrated green peas for the road and they have been so yummy.
Our booth at Crafty Bastards in D.C.
Super tasty Korean BBQ Tacos from TaKorean at the Union Market in DC.
How I yoga on the road in a hotel room. Kathryn Budig vinyasa power packed flow on YogaGlo.
The incredible November Salad from sweetgreen. Mesclun greens, crispy kale, roast sweet potato, cauliflower, roast turkey and a cranberry vinaigrette.
So nice to spend some time with my cousin Sam in Georgetown.
Delicious and spicy Bloody Mary from Founding Farmers.
My handsome hubby at brunch.
Did a little of the touristy stuff in DC.
The new Martin Luther King monument in DC, brought tears to me eyes.
Delicious gluten-free and vegan pizza from District of Pi.
Us.
The Hero Pop-Up Shop in the Art Gallery at the University of Maryland as part of the “what it is, what it was. Music Video as Art Show”
The Jim Henson and Kermit statue At the University of Maryland. Gives me goosebumps every time.
A delicious raw kale and hemp seed salad from Whole Foods. So happy for some healthy nourishing food.
The Hero Pop-Up Shop at the Urban Outfitters (anthropologie and Free People, too) World Headquarters at Navy Yard in Philly.
Buddha statue and koi pond at URBN.
The ultimate in relaxation. So grateful for this wonderful place to stay while in Philly.
Had lunch at Pure Fare in Philly. Everything is gluten-free and made in house. Soo good, look for a full review soon.
Our Pop-Up Shop at Masthead Print Shop and Gallery in Philly.
Our helper for the evening, Esme.
Mark doing a live episode of the Adventures in Design Podcast at Masthead in Philly.
Had my first ever macaron in Brooklyn today. Yum.
So colorful and pretty.
Ohhhhh….and hey guys, look what happened! More info soon, looking at a closing date in January! West Coast here we come. Eeeeeeee!
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Photo Fun Day Friday
Happy happy Friday! Hope everyone is having a great week and has a fun weekend ahead. Most of this week’s photos come from our trip out to the lake over the weekend and at the start of this week. We had so much fun, the weather was perfect and it was exactly what we all needed. A little “fancy camping”, as we were calling it. My cousin Andrea and her boyfriend Mike came in from Albany for a night, then my sister Vicky and my neice Teagan and my parents all came out. We ate, drank, walked on the beach, watched movies, had beach fires (and smores) and just relaxe. It so was perfect and I didn’t want it to end.
We don’t have a lot of fun on tap for this weekend, we have an open-house on Saturday from 11am-1pm (let me know if you are in the area and looking and I will send you the info), and a house showing on Sunday, so I have my fingers (and toes) crossed for some action. Other than that, I hope to get some baking and cooking done. What do you have planned for this weekend? Happy weekend everyone!
Mark and Seri doing some serious cuddling.
The beach makes me happy.
Uncle Mark and Teagan.
Seri.
My niece, Teagan and my sister, Vicky.
Mark and Seri taking in the sights and sounds of fall.
Mark and Seri again 🙂
I love the colors this time of year.
Me and my baby on the beach.
Campfire on the beach. My favorite.
The weather on Sunday was a beautiful 70+ degrees and sunny. It was perfect.
I made spiced apple cider sangria.
Vicky and Teagan.
The little princess.
Look at that view and those colors. It was hard to leave on Monday.
Mark got me the most delicious chocolate birthday cake on Tuesday from Bon Bon’s Gluten Free Bakery in West Seneca
Had a great dinner at Taste of Thai with so many of my favorites. I’m a lucky girl!
After a weekend at the beach and birthday celebrating that meant a week of extra careful eating and a little detoxing/cleansing. Beet, apple, orange and carrot juice was a great way to kick it off.
Super excited about this cookbook that I got from our friends Anne and Billy.
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Photo Fun Day Friday
Hey everyone, Happy Friday! We’ve had a pretty fun week over here. We are in Chicago right now visiting friends, my husband had a live show with his design centric podcast, Adventures in Design, and we are celebrating our good friends, Anne and Billy’s, wedding tonight and tomorrow. It was a fun and relaxing drive out here and so far a great trip. I’ll post photos from this weekend’s events on the next Photo Fun Day Friday.
Hope you all had a great week and have a super fun weekend. Got anything fun planned?
Now that the weather has cooled down a bit, I was super excited to bust out my new poncho. How amazing is this pattern and those colors?
A quick first trip with my sister Vicky, to the cider mill on Saturday to celebrate the Autumnal Equinox.
On Sunday I celebrated the Autumnal Equinox with a Sacred Sounds Vinyasa Flow class at East Meets West Yoga. Live drumming, Indian chanting and more. So amazing.
The first of many pumpkin pie smoothies for the season.
I made some orange spiced gluten-free granola for the road trip. I’ll have to make it again so I can share it with you guys.
My new iPhone 5 showed up right before we got on the road for Chicago! YAY!
Best rest stop ever, how could I not buy a bag of kettle corn for the road?
We stopped for a bite to eat somewhere in Ohio, corn as far as the eye could see.
This is where we are staying in Chicago. No really. Isn’t our friend Anne an incredible illustrator?
Mark and Billy and the Adventures in Design live podcast show at Schubas in Chicago.
Trying to be a good house guest and earn my stay. Made everyone a veggie frittata.
Beautiful fall flowers I saw while I was picking up flowers with Anne.
I finally it to a Native Foods. I love that everyone on the menu is plant-based vegan food and the gluten-free choices are clearly marked.
I had a Bangkok Curry Earth Bowl and a bottle of New Planet Beer. Sooo yummy!
I finally got to meet our friends Margaux and Jason’s beautiful new baby girl, Stella Maxine. She is perfect. (my hair however is not)
This is Kocio, he is sweet/crazy.
Awesome patterned curtain at Billy and Anne’s house.
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Photo Fun Day Friday
It’s been a pretty low-key week over here, on Sunday we set up at Clutter s i x here in Buffalo and spent the day outside in the beautiful weather, selling our goodies. It was a fun day, we saw lots of friends and family and it was great to just be outside soaking up the beautiful weather while we still have it. We also completed two more prints in our ongoing series of kitchen and food related prints, a collaboration between my two loves, Hero Design Studio and Tasty Yummies. Eventually I will be adding a small store tab here on the site so they can be purchased right from here, but for now you can nab those or any of our other products from our etsy store or our web store.
This weekend hubby is in Cleveland for an event (I’ll be staying home with the dog to keep travel costs low) and then we leave on Tuesday next week to head for Chicago for our good friends, Anne and Billy’s wedding and my hubby Mark and Billy are doing a live show for their podcast, so we have a lot going on. I am hoping to get some relaxation in this weekend, but I also have a few recipes I would like to get done before I go, too. We’ll see. Tomorrow is the Autumnal Equinox so I hope to get some sort of fall activity in to celebrate, maybe I’ll just head to the Meyer Brothers Cider Mill and grab a gallon of some delicious apple cider since I have been craving hot mulled apple cider! Sunday I plan to attend an autumnal equinox Vinyasa flow class to live music at my yoga studio, East Meets West. Sounds like a lovely way to celebrate the end of summer and the start of my favorite season.
What do you have planned for this weekend? Any fun fall activities to celebrate the Autumnal Equinox?
We buried St. Joseph outside near our for sale sign, in hopes of getting some luck selling the house.(An and old superstition/wives tale that many people swear by). I am certainly not a religious person, by any traditional means, but I definitely have a belief that there is more out there than us and I am willing to try anything to sell this house!
Our newest kitchen inspired 8×10 art print featuring the brilliant Julia Child quote
“People Who Love to Eat are Always the Best People”. Available now from our etsy store or the Hero web store.
Another new kitchen inspired 8×10 art print “It’s Best Fresh from the Farm”
Available now from our etsy store or the Hero web store.
I took a quick trip to the Western New York Book Arts Center to pick something up and I had to sneak a peek of the amazing type collection in the basement.
It’s definitely a type-nerd / graphic designer’s dream down there.
Our booth over the weekend at Clutter S I X.
I made my quinoa and goat cheese stuffed peppers early in the week with the abundance of peppers from our CSA. This time I left out the mushrooms and corn and added in some fresh kale, garlic and fresh herbs and I added chèvre from First Light Farm & Creamery to some of them.
One of my favorite things about this year, limited edition autumn spiced hard ciders. This one is my favorite right now, it’s like fall in a bottle.
A new recipe I created for my next Free People feature. Look for it on Sunday. (I am still obsessed with those arrow serving spoons BTW)
First of many pumpkin recipes for the season, look for the recipe tomorrow!
My sweet Seri. I am so in love with this dog
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Photo Fun Day Friday
Another Friday is upon us and another wonderful week behind us. We have been taking in the last moments of summer and trying to enjoy it all while it is here. The weather has been absolutely beautiful and I kinda don’t want it to end, although I have been enjoying the cool evenings and mornings. So great for sleep!
This Sunday, if you are here in Buffalo (or surrounding areas), make some time to get out and head to Clutter s i x Buffalo’s DIY Market at the Essex Art Center. Hubby and I will be set up in a booth there from 11am-5pm, selling all of our goods and wares, including some of the brand new Tasty Yummies kitchen and cooking prints. Read more about the event and get directions here. Spread the word and maybe I will see some of you out there, it is an outdoor event and Sunday is supposed to be an absolutely beautiful day.
This is Jack, our friendly neighborhood cat. He keeps us company when we are printing in the garage most days.
I rarely take self photos because I always feel like a total goober. But, here I am, doing it anyway 🙂
Hubby and I went thrift store shopping. I snagged this cute little tie-dyed dress from just $3.99
Saturday two of the best women I know tied the knot! What a super fun night! Congrats Erika and Devin.
The wedding was at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. My first time there, it was beautiful.
More shots from the Botanical Gardens.
Goofballs.
My sweet Jpeg taking a snooze on my chest.
I made a run to Target on Sunday to get a few goodies from the The Curiousity Shoppe’s limited line. Some super fun stuff.
My sweet girl, Seri.
A brand new print that I designed and screen printed this week. Available here.
Homemade Pad Thai. Recipe coming soon. Promise.
Films for a new kitchen print I finished up this week. Will be available for sale early next week.
We had a little dinner party get-together with friends Wednesday night. If you live in Buffalo you will be hearing a lot more about this lovely lady, Alyssa. She has plans to open a wonderful allergen-free bakery (with pour over coffee) here in the city in the near future, Wild Roots. For now you can keep up with her recipes and her plans on her blog. (Wild Roots will also be set up at Clutter this Sunday along with us and a handful of other local vendors) -
Photo Fun Day Friday
Happy Friday everyone! Hope your week has been wonderful! These Friday photo posts really make me realize how quick each week goes by, I honestly felt like I just did one of these posts! This past long weekend was a fun filled one with lots of family and friends and my shortened work week was filled with lots of yoga and some really fun projects both for work and for Tasty Yummies.
If you have kids, I hope their first week back to school was great (if they started this week). There is something so welcoming at the sight of all the big yellow school buses and the loads of back to school goodies in stores. However, I did realize that there is something about the start of the school year that triggers a major shopping bug in me and I want to go out and buy all new clothes. I guess that is from being a kid and buying a whole new back-to-school wardrobe. Looks like a trip to the thrift store is in order, perfect for my budget! 🙂 Do you have the shopping bug right now, too?
Hope you all have a lovely weekend. We have a wedding on Saturday for some really good friends and then I have a feeling we will be watching some football and relaxing on Sunday!
Do you have anything fun planned for this weekend?
Jpeg paying peek-a-boo over the bar.
We went to East Aurora this past Saturday to walk around a little, visit some of the locally owned shops, etc. I finally got into Swirls Bakery, who offers a different gluten-free and vegan cupcake flavor every day! So delicious!
We of course also stopped by the legendary, iconic Vidler’s 5 and 10. I remember going here as a kid. So many great memories, this place is the best. And of course, I adore their 10 cent popcorn machine 🙂
One of these princesses is not like the other…
My sweet little fur baby, Seri.
Jpeg in the morning light.
“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” – Buddha
I love my yoga studio, East Meets West.
Spent some time with my sweet lovely niece, Teagan.
A delicious lunch treat. Polenta rounds with an eggplant caponata and vegan cheese (recipe will be posted on Sunday)
Made a super thrown together dinner on Wednesday night after not knowing what the heck to make. A end of summer veggie red curry with eggplant, zucchini, bell pepper, tomatoes and I served it over rice noodles and topped it with toasted coconut. I was inspired by this recipe that perfectly popped up in my google reader right around dinner time – but I made mine a bit differently – I added a lot more red curry and some vegetable broth and used gluten-free soy instead of fish sauce, etc.
Homemade orange spice and cranberry granola. I will definitely have to make this again so I can share the recipe. It was delicious and those house smelled incredible while it baked.
One of my native-inspired women’s tops that I designed and hand silkscreen printed is featured on a new billboard for the Buffalo News. Fun little surprise. -
Photo Fun Day Friday
Me and my sis, Vicky, celebrating her 30th birthday!!
Jpeg, guarding the paper in our print studio
Came across this while out driving. I guess in case you want to turn that ‘ol broken necklace into tomorrow’s breakfast.
My favorites. My handsome hubby Mark and my niece Teagan!
Teagan LOVES tomatoes. She eats them like an apple. Girl after my own hear, I love it.
Mark worked super late on his podcast Sunday night, so these two lazy heads slept in.
Another beach day with my sis.
Our beautiful loafy lady, Indie.
Our new hand silkscreen printed “I Love to Cook” 8 x 10 print.
Our new hand silkscreen printed “I Love to Bake” 8 x 10 print.
(these are both part of a new Tasty Yummies inspired line we are working on, more soon)
Indie and Jpeg. Mother and son actually having a tender moment together, these do not happen very often!
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Photo Fun Day Friday
Can anyone tell me where the last week has gone? It has just flown by. I feel like I just did my last Friday photo post. It has been a busy week over here, lots of social commitments, lots of fun, lots of work. We have a weekend full of stuff, too. The temperatures have started to drop, it is getting darker earlier, the nights are really cool and the stores are just filled with Back to School stuff. I am kinda not ready for the summer to end, personally.
How has your summer been? Are you ready for it to end or are you enjoying it?
A new art print that we printed this week! Available for purchase from our etsy store.
A new branding thing I am working on for a new line of Hero x Tasty Yummies prints I will be releasing later this year.
Beautiful, colorful goodness at the Elmwood Bidwell farmers market.
Last Saturday’s CSA share from Porter Farms.
Look at those beautiful rays shining through the clouds, over Lake Erie.
Ominous looming storm over the lake.
My adorable Seri being silly in the grass.
Discovered that our shed is the perfect place to practice my handstands. I love inversions.
Delicious, grilled sweet corn from the farmers market. Hands down, THE best corn I have ever eaten.
I have been wanting Tara Stiles’ newest book, Yoga Cures, for a while and I so luckily won it from Brooklyn Fit Chick.
Our good friends, Erika and Devin’s, sweet boston terrier, Mrs. Bean.
Hand drawing some type for a new art print.
I had the pleasure of babysitting my sweet niece, Teagan on Wednesday. We had so much fun.
Me and Teagan flipping off the couch and doing yoga. She’s a natural yogi!
Savoring the end of blueberry season. Gonna miss them. I made these delicious muffins from Healthful Pursuit, last night.
Got an advanced copy of the fall issue of Where Women Cook Magazine in the mail today. I have a 4-page spread featuring my chai concentrate recipe. First time Tasty Yummies has been published in a magazine. I am pretty excited about this. -
Buffalo News – July Cook of the Month
I am very humbled to have been selected by the Buffalo News to be their July Cook of the Month. I am featured along with a couple of my gluten-free recipes, on the front page of the Taste section in today’s edition (Wednesday, July 18). If you aren’t local, you can see the full article on their website here.
I am sharing my recipe for Balsamic Strawberry Mini-Tarts with Whipped Coconut Cream as well as a new recipe for a Fiesta Quinoa Salad, plus a little background on my love of cooking, why I started Tasty Yummies and more. Thanks so much to Buffalo New Food Editor Andrew Galarneau and Buffalo News photographer Sharon Cantillon, for coming by my house to chat, and photograph me while I cook, such a fun experience! I could definitely get used to that.
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The Top 11 Recipes of 2011
Instead of reflecting on 2011, I really should be downstairs putting away Christmas decorations, taking down the tree and putting away gifts. But, I have been sitting here at my desk working on illustrations for a pending deadline with a client and I feel like am fighting off some type of after-holiday sickness, so I am feeling a bit sluggish and tired. I have total faith that I am going to kick this thing in the butt before it ever gets me sick, so here’s hoping! For the last two days I’ve been loading up on supplements, green tea, water and rest when I can get it, and I have been living on a steady diet of hot soups, which I have no complaints about. I love soup! If you have any natural remedies for fighting off sickness, send them my way! I am determined to not let this through.
I’ll get to the tree and those Christmas decorations and I plan to get some new recipes up later this week, including this year’s holiday get-together favorite, Vegan Dark Chocolate Bark with Bing Cherries, Pistachios and Grey Sea Salt. But for now, I will continue attacking all of this work and the threatening sickness that I refuse to let through and I will keep reflecting on the year behind me and all that lies in front of me.
I rarely set any sort of personal New Years Resolutions, but I always promise myself that in the year ahead I will try to be the best possible me, yet! I don’t make any strict dietary guidelines (I have enough that are part of my every day choices, as it is), I don’t force myself to do things I don’t really want to, I just make a plan to continue being as happy and positive as I possibly can and to always make the right choices for me! I really try to enjoy every moment of my life and to cherish what I have, each and every day. At some point of every single day, I take a moment to express my gratitude for all that goodness in my life. It feels so good! Sometimes I catch myself saying “I am so very lucky for :blank: in my life” (ie, an amazing husband, a great job, a fun life, a great family, etc) and I then remind myself that it isn’t luck that allows me to have all of these wonderful things. Life is hard, relationships take work and love, and it takes energy to wake up every morning and see all the positive in my life. But it is all worth it! I would be lying if I didn’t say there are trying moments, there are days when things are hard, that I wanna say “why me?”, but I always tell myself that ‘it could always be worse’ and that ‘every experience is what you make of it’. I choose to wake up every day and see the bright side of things. No one makes me do that, I do it so I can have a better quality of life and it works! I am blessed to have all that I have, but I also know that I am even more blessed to be able to stay positive every day, so I can see it all for what it is and enjoy each and every moment I am alive.
There are two links I came across in the last couple of days that I really wanted to share with you guys – both come from Southern California yoga and climbing clothing company, prAna’s, blog. The first is a list of “12 Things Happy People Do Differently“. This article really hit home for me as most of the items on this list are things that I already make a part of my every day living. There are a few that I don’t always remember, that serve as great reminders to me, as I try to be the best version of me, that I can be! Everyone deserves to have the feeling of complete and utter happiness in their every day lives, there really is nothing like it! Happiness starts within and no one can give it to you, you can only give that gift to yourself. Read this and live this!
The second link, as if that first wasn’t inspiring enough, is a Handbook for Life 2012. This wonderful and encouraging list of reminders to be the best possible you this upcoming year, actually leaves me speechless! There isn’t much to say that isn’t said there. I plan to print this list out and keep a copy where I can see it every day, plus keep a digital version on my iPhone. Read this and embrace it all, that is all that I can say!
OK enough of the gushy, mushy feel-good positive stuff – let’s talk yummies! Here are the top 11 recipes from Tasty Yummies in 2011!
11) Blueberry Muffins with Almond Flour (gluten-free)
10) Sweet Potato and Black Bean Patties (Gluten-free and Vegan)
9) Creamy Broccoli Soup (Gluten-free and Vegan)
8 ) Chewy Pumpkin Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (Gluten-Free with vegan options)
7) Butternut Squash, Arugula and Goat Cheese Pizza -(gluten-free)
6) Butternut Squash & Chickpea Coconut Curry (Crock Pot Recipe – gluten-free and vegan)
5) Apple Crisp (Gluten-Free and Vegan)
4) Vegan Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream (gluten-free)
3) Vegan Pumpkin Pie Smoothie (gluten-free)
2) Horchata (gluten-free and vegan)
1) Homemade Chai Concentrate – (gluten-free and vegan)
Do you have a favorite Tasty Yummies recipe from 2011? What do you want to see more of on Tasty Yummies in 2012?
What are your goals and/or resolutions for 2012?
