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{homemade applesauce – vitamix style!}

as we know, i’m all about DIY in the kitchen.

between skyrocketing food prices and the need for healthy, organic, fresh food – i have to find a balance so that i can still continue eating well, but also still afford to pay rent 😉 – and honestly, owning a vitamix has helped tremendously in that arena. even though it was a steep investment initially – it’s actually helping me save money by making a lot of things at home!

for example, this homemade applesauce. i did make some once a while back with my potato latkes. but i hadn’t tried it with the vitamix, yet.

applesauce isn’t something i just go out and buy. in fact, i’m not actually much of a fan of apples. i love the flavour and i love apple juice, but i just have never been one to eat handheld fruits. i’m more apt to eat grapes, mangos, berries, and bite-size typed fruits. it’s just one of those idiosyncrasies of mine… i’ll eat apple slices with some nut butter, that’s more my style 😉 oorrrrr, this delicious applesauce…

and whoa – was it easy to make!

step 1. buy some apples.

i opted for honeycrisp because they were on sale and approaching the end of their season… plus, these were super cute and smaller than most. have you noticed how BIG apples are getting lately?! it’s just not natural… i’m like “i can’t eat that in one sitting!” haha. these honeycrisps were perfectly-sized and came in a 3-pound bag. Continue reading →

Tags: apples, colorful, colour, DIY, easy, eating, food, food photography, healthy, homemade, homemade applesauce, produce, simple recipes, vegan, vegetarian, vitamix

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{champagne mangos — it’s like making-out with a piece of fruit!}

11 Apr

have you ever had a champagne mango?

not quite the same as your common mango, which are typically more oval-shaped with green and red hues to the skin. champagne mangos start off green, but are yellow when ripe…

the champagne mango is shaped almost like a tear-drop or in some ways to me it is shaped more like a nut…

fun with shapes… 😉

champagne mangos originate from mexico… and they are just heavenly. Continue reading →

Tags: champagne mangos, colour, eating, food, food photography, fruit, health, healthy, mangos, produce, seasonal, seasonal produce, specialty produce, vegan, vegetarian

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{sumo citrus!}

28 Mar

i just love seasonal produce. i love looking forward to something…

we are so spoiled – especially in the US – to get food whenever we want it… including produce. and it baffles me when people complain about the taste of blueberries in january.

anyway – this is one piece of amazing produce that you can only get your hands on at select markets for about a month or so out of the year, usually beginning mid to late february. they are called sumo citrus. and they are completely out of this world!!

i know what you’re thinking… “that looks kind of like a clementine, i’ve had clementines… i love them!” well, i love them, too. but this is not a clementine or a cutie or a tangerine or anything you’ve ever had that’s orange… unless, of course… you HAVE had one… 😉 {have you?!}

it’s the most amazing piece of citrus i have ever eaten. for real. Continue reading →

Tags: color, colorful, colour, cool, eat the rainbow, eating, food, food is cool, food photography, foto, photography, photos, produce, seasonal, seasonal produce, sumo citrus

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{what is that?! – romanesco}

26 Mar

have you ever seen this amazing vegetable?!?!

if you have spotted it before in the produce department, you may not have even known it was edible…

it kind of looks like something that grows on mars, right?! 😉

considered part of the broccoli family, romanesco is somewhat of a misnomer, because it’s actually part of the cauliflower family and should be cooked as such… Continue reading →

Tags: color, colorful, colour, cool, eating, food, food photography, nature, produce, romanesco, seasonal, specialty produce

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{fantastic freshly-cracked parmigiano reggiano}

25 Mar

i’m starting a cleanse this week. i’ll write about it next week so stay tuned! for this week, i thought i’d feature a few things that i super enjoy on a special level. i eat about 80-90% vegan. i’m not strict about it, but i just try to eat as healthy, local, raw, organic, and seasonal as i possibly can…

but, every now and again, i just love to indulge.

i eat really really good food pretty much all the time, and i am grateful for that. once in a while there are those things i just really look forward to… a fresh-cracked wedge of official parmigiano reggiano is one of those things for me. i’m not talking the parm you sprinkle on your pizza from the bottle or tub, i’m talking this thing has only been in contact with open air for less than 24 hours. i’m talking about a piece of cheese that is so unbelievably FRESH, flavours linger from it that absolutely blow your mind.

i’m talking about this specialty item from whole foods market.

i’m talking about parmigiano reggiano.

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Tags: cheese, eating, food, food photography, italy, parmigiano reggiano, photography, photos, special products, specialty

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{ugli fruit AKA “uniq fruit”}

19 Mar

have you ever seen or heard of an ugli fruit?!

this is an ugli fruit. also known as “uinq” fruit, because apparently the name “ugli” wasn’t very PC.

i mean, either way i think it’s beautiful. look at that colour!

ugli {uniq} fruit is from jamaica and is similar to a grapefruit. it’s more like a pomelo but the skin isn’t quite as thick. the flesh of an ugly fruit is super sweet and juicy. i add mine in smoothies as well as eat them as a snack. when throwing it into my vitamix, i keep the white part included – it’s loaded with extra fiber. or just juice it – yummy!

the tree that produces this fruit has been around since the early 1900s! their season is just about over, so grab yours today! you can find ugli fruit at many health food stores like whole foods market nationwide.

Tags: color, colour, colourful, eat the rainbow, eating, food, food and foto, food is cool, food photography, foto, fruit, produce, seasonal, specialty foods, specialty produce, ugli fruit, uniq fruit

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{meatless monday} — “amazeballs” – a new year’s resolution-kinda snack you can enjoy 7-days a week!

31 Dec

a new year is ahead of us. {hooray!} this means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. for me, it means manifesting only good things derived from light, happiness, peace, honesty, community, harmony, respect, and most of all – LOVE. because that’s just how it has to be… and it will be.

and for a lot of people, new year’s resolutions are a common theme – many of which include things like “living a healthier lifestyle” or “eating better” and the like. so in the spirit of new beginnings and living a healthier, simpler, easier life – here is a recipe i came up with a couple weeks ago that will blow your taste-buds away. they’ll want to be calling more buds and be like, “dude, you gotta try this!”

easy. healthy. simple. delicious.

that’s how i roll. just like these “amazeballs” – and they’re sweet and savory – like me 😉 Continue reading →

Tags: amazeballs, audrey michelle, easy snacks, food, food photography, fun, fun with food, gluten-free, healthy, healthy eating, healthy snacks, meatless monday, new year's resolution, nutrient-dense, photos, recipes, simple, vegan, well-being

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{try-me tuesday – the “christmas orange”}

18 Dec

not to be confused with a clementine or “cutie” that you find in conventional grocery stores, you can typically purchase these tasty delights in most grocery stores, in the produce section… but only in the winter season.

meet the satsuma tangerine… also {rather appropriately} referred to as a “stem and leaf” tangerine… Continue reading →

Tags: cool, food, food is cool, food photography, fruit, healthy, photography, photos, produce, satsuma tangerine, seasonal, specialty produce, try-me tuesday, unique

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{meatless monday – peewee potatoes}

24 Sep

look at these adorable little potatoes. aren’t they cute?! when i saw them i let out a little squeal and snagged them up. they are in fact called, “pee wee potatoes” and rightfully so, they are itty bitty! like, no bigger than a small pebble, i love it.

i just kept them whole, smothered them in EVOO and a S&P and roasted them in a 400 degree oven for about a half hour or so, until tender.

then take them out and let them cool a bit… {isn’t it interesting how the colour changes}

serve as is. i ate this entire bowl, they are out of this world delicious! sweet and creamy and they ‘pop’ when you bite into them… so much fun.

Tags: easy, farm to table, food, food photography, meatless monday, peewee potatoes, photography, potatoes, recipes, simple, vegan, vegetarian

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{palate pleasing padron peppers}

13 Jul

that was fun.

and as we all know, i love to try new things. so, i saw these little pretty peppers hanging out in the produce section one day and i immediately snagged them up, got on my phone and googled how to make them!

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