Author Archives: Allison Hudson

Autumn Spice Pancakes

November 20, 2015 by Allison Hudson

The ongoing quest for healthy but yummy pancakes saw a major milestone with this recipe! These pancakes are are long on protein, via Greek yogurt, plus loaded with fiber, vitamins and minerals via butternut squash, all of which makes them very satiating and no-crash. That’s all very nice, but were’e talking about pancakes here, and they also have to be delicious. Check. The delicious flavor starts with the butternut squash. Last year around this time I found a pumpkin pie recipe […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Recipes • Tags: Brunch, Butternut Squash Pancakes, Easy Brunch, Fangating, Healthy Pancake Recipe, Healthy Pancakes, Holiday Cooking, Hungry Fan, Pancakes, Protein Pancakes, Pumpkin, Seasonal Recipe

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Intro to Homemade Ravioli

November 19, 2015 by Allison Hudson

I love making ravioli. Love it. Namely because, it’s methodic and yields a beautiful result (and is therefore to me, relaxing), it involves time-proven techniques, and, I’ll be honest, it’s gratifying when you set down a restaurant-quality dish, both visually and gastronomically, that you’ve just cranked out yourself. The last part might be the most secretly satisfying because there is a huge secret. It’s really pretty easy to make. Since I love it so, I am hereby starting a small […]

Categories: Pastas, Recipes • Tags: Creative, Entertaining, Food Photography, Fresh Pasta, Holiday Cooking, Make Ahead, Pasta, Photography, Ravioli

From the Makers of Clif Bar…

November 16, 2015 by Allison Hudson

In the midst of packing for our move to San Francisco early this summer, I found myself seated at my local dinner spot next to a resident of St. Helena, a town in the Napa Valley in California. While I typically value my bar stool at Otto (from which I’ve consumed more Margarita pizzas than glasses of wine) as a special place to enjoy a personal moment amid the bustling city, it would clearly have been a lost opportunity not […]

Categories: Trips • Tags: Bruschetta, Business Decisions, Business Ethics, Clif, Clif Bar, Clif Bars, Clif Family Winery, Company Vision, Family Business, Family Farm, Farm, Gary Erickson, Napa Valley, St. Helena

The Ins and Outs of Marble Countertops (& Ongoing Renovation Notes)

October 27, 2015 by Allison Hudson

View from the Athlete’s Kitchen long-in-coming update: countertops are in! It’s an exciting day as the kitchen really begins to take shape when this happens. I am looking forward to a big before and after reveal – it’s still a little too early. That’s okay for now because in the meantime I wanted to share some of what I have learned about the process by which marble countertops come together. There is a lot to know about marble, and I […]

Categories: Renovation & Interior • Tags: Calcatta Marble, Calcatta vs Carrara Marble, Carrara Marble, Cleaning Marble, Countertop considerations, Countertops, Honed Marble, Kitchen, Kitchen Renovation, Marble, Marble Care, Polished Marble, Polished vs Honed Marble, Renovation

Make-Ahead Monday: The Muesli Project

September 21, 2015 by Allison Hudson

Since visiting Munich and several small towns in Austria this summer, and being inspired by the phenomenal muesli breakfasts there, I have been on a quest to recreate this Central European staple. A cross between yogurt with granola and oatmeal, for me this muesli has the kind of magic that makes you look forward to tomorrow’s breakfast when you’re getting ready for bed. I cannot wait to one day return My Muesli in Munich, a store dedicated to the endless possibilities […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Oatmeals & Mueslis, Recipes • Tags: Healthy Breakfast, Make Ahead, Make Ahead Breakfast, Muesli, Oatmeal, Recipe, Seasonal

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Zucchini Bread Two Ways

September 19, 2015 by Allison Hudson

Since first spying our new home back in June, we agreed that a kitchen ‘facelift’ is in order, and set to locking the project in immediately. As always when anticipating something I’m excited about, it feels like it’s eons away – when we met with a stone supplier for an updated countertop in early August, it felt like the start date of our project would never come. Now, it’s a week away! So in a panic I am baking and […]

Categories: Baked, Breakfasts, Muffins & Quickbreads, Recipes • Tags: Banana Bread, Food Photography, Healthy Baking, Make Ahead, Photography, Quickbread, Recipe, Zucchini Bread

Protein-Packed Veggie Burger

September 18, 2015 by Allison Hudson

So. California. Home to the vegetarian movement in the U.S. The Golden State whose sunshine and mild climate makes possible remarkable produce all year long. Hotbed of almost countless sustainable food startups and home to internationally influential chefs. And place where, to date, my out of home dining experiences have for the most part led to absolutely delicious foods that are as fresh a treat as one could hope for. Except for, you won’t believe it, shockingly underwhelming veggie burgers. […]

Categories: Dinner, Lunch, Proteins • Tags: Food Photography, Make Ahead, Recipe, Vegetarian, Veggie Burger

Fettuccini with Zucchini & Mint Pesto

September 10, 2015 by Allison Hudson

This dish is so good, after I ate the portion pictured here, I immediately ran to my computer to share this recipe. (And I mean immediately – dishes are not yet done. Those who know me know that this means business about how good this dish is – I rarely, *rarely* do anything before cleaning up dishes after dinner, they irk me so.) You have to make this pesto, it is so delicious, flavorful and light. It comes together really […]

Categories: Dinner, Pastas • Tags: Easy Dinner, Food Photography, Italian, Meatless Dinner, Pasta, Photography, Recipe, Seasonal, Weeknight Dinner, Zucchini

Pluot Gallette

September 5, 2015 by Allison Hudson

Do you ever pass by bakery windows or stare into their cases while waiting for coffee and long to order one of the beautiful treats therein, to enjoy both studying it for its beautiful shapes, colors and texture and eating it for its deliciousness, but stop yourself because it’s too indulgent from, well, all angles? Or fall down the rabbit hole of gazing at said treats online, but worry that you won’t get the assembly right, or it will take […]

Categories: Desserts, Pies, Gallettes & Tarts • Tags: Dessert Recipe, Desserts, End of Summer, Galette, Healthy Dessert, Pluot Thyme Galette, Pluots, Recipe, Thyme

Tomato Jam with Bacon, Onion & Garlic

September 3, 2015 by Allison Hudson

Is it just me or is there a teeny bit of a Chicken Little syndrome about the end of Summer going on at the moment? It’s true that the season is coming to a close, but since two weeks ago it feels (on certain social media channels anyway) that this year the transition started earlier and is more akin to impending doom than simply the beginning of Fall. Which by the way is still almost three weeks away and was […]

Categories: Spreads • Tags: Bacon, BLT, Garlic, Photography, Recipe, Seasonal, Seasonal Recipe, Spread, Tomato Bacon Jam, Tomato Jam

Lasagna with Chicken & Mushrooms (Gluten-Free)

August 28, 2015 by Allison Hudson

This delicious dish was unusual for us only in that we do not by design have to avoid gluten. However with what feels like a growing number of friends who must omit the grain-based protein, it seems to make sense to get a handle on a few staples. I am proud to say that our first gluten-intolerant dinner guest pronounced this dish delicious! This lasagna can be made with traditional noodles as well. Which leads me from various dietary needs […]

Categories: Dinner, Pastas, Proteins • Tags: Chicken, Comfort Food, Corn Flour, Dinner, Food Photography, Gluten-Free, Healthy Dinner, Lasagna, Mushrooms, Photography, Recipe, Roast Chicken

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Banana Bread with Peanut Butter Glaze

August 26, 2015 by Allison Hudson

Why did I bake banana bread today? Oh, because the heat came on this morning… that and, it is easily the case that having homemade baked goods on our counter helps home feel warm and familiar. We are getting there as far as settling into our new digs, in no small part thanks to repeated cooking and at last, baking. This batch of banana bread includes something I rarely if ever use: a glaze topping. Typically I opt out of […]

Categories: Baked, Breakfasts, Muffins & Quickbreads • Tags: Baked, Banana Bread, breakfast, Coconut, Food Photography, Healthy Baking, Homemade, Low Sugar, Peanut Butter, Photography, Recipe, Snack

Triple Berry Hybrid

August 24, 2015 by Allison Hudson

My berry addiction continues as squeezing in summer recipes feels all the more imperative – the shadows are getting longer earlier in my favorite sunny nook off our kitchen. To the urgency add a coincidental l stop at a farmer’s market that had an overage of black berries, plus a huge berry sale at Whole Foods to make this special treat justifiable (it requires a ton of berries), and an all-berry bake was inevitable. I’m not sure if my favorite […]

Categories: Baked, Desserts, Pies, Gallettes & Tarts • Tags: Baking, Blackberries, Blueberries, Desserts, Dinner Party, Food Photography, Healthier Dessert, Low Sugar, Raspberries, Recipe, Seasonal

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Summer Berry Pops with Coconut & Lime

August 21, 2015 by Allison Hudson

The end of summer has never crept up so fast, and the end of the season wouldn’t necessarily be on my mind if it weren’t for the fact that in anticipation of our first small dinner party in our new home, I thought to make an apricot galette only to realize that due to our unusually packed travel schedule coupled with our cross-country move, I’ve missed the better part of the summer produce season. And while we’re off the road […]

Categories: Desserts • Tags: Blackberries, Blueberries, Coconut Milk, Coconut Milk Ice Pops, Dairy Free, Desserts, Food Photography, Frozen, Healthy Dessert, Lime, No Refined Sugar, Recipe, Summer, Summer Berries

Fig & Greek Yogurt Toasts with Almonds & Honey

August 5, 2015 by Allison Hudson

I’m happy to say that the contents of our kitchen should be here (in our new home in SF) in less than a week’s time. That said, we are already going on a longish stretch with no proper kitchen set up to speak of, with all due respect to our car-camping pot, pan, sharp-ish knife, titanium sporks and scrub brush. So it will be a true joy to unpack our gadgets, utensils, plates, placemats, baking supplies, measuring cups, et al. […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Snacks, Toasts • Tags: breakfast, Figs, Food Photography, Greek Yogurt, Healthy Snacking, Mission Figs, Photography, Recipe, Slivered Almonds, Strained Greek Yogurt, Toasts

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