Tag: Food Photography

Monday Make-Ahead with Quinoa, Veggies and Eggs

May 4, 2015 by AHS

This morning, the Monday Make-Ahead resolution came in particularly handy as Paul had to be out the door at 5:30 am to catch a flight. Which meant that not only did this week’s make-ahead have to be especially fast, it had to be one in which the finishing touches were exaggeratedly obvious as I was not stringing together coherent sentences while prepping said breakfast. Two things I love about this to-go meal. One, while the night before prep takes a […]

Categories: Lunch, Proteins, Snacks • Tags: Clean Eating, Cycling, Food Photography, Healthy Breakfast, Healthy Recipe, Jars, Make Ahead, Make Ahead Breakfast, Mason Jars, Quinoa, Recipe, Recovery Meal, Training Food, Training Fuel, Whole Foods

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Double Chocolate Mexican Wedding Cookies

May 1, 2015 by AHS

Is it just me or are the weeks flying by now that it’s Spring? May 1st already!! This First Friday feels a little more special since the the two are aligned, PLUS there is a very fun excuse for making all things Mexican-inspired in early May. (As you may already know we’ve been working through a mini-Mexicican Appreciation Month around here.) For these First Friday Cookies I tweaked the Double Chocolate Chip Cookies we’ve come to rely on, including by adding chili […]

Categories: Baked, Cookies, Desserts • Tags: Chili, Chocolate, Cinco de Mayo, Cinnamon, Desserts, Double Chocolate Cookies, Food Photography, healthier cookies, Healthy Cookies, Recipe

Perfect Black Bean Burgers & Traditional Guacamole

April 30, 2015 by AHS

Several winters ago, we decided to branch out cooking-wise with the goal of both experiencing new flavors as well as learning certain anchors and techniques partial to a specific cuisine. The deal was that anytime we’d be making more than a five-minute serving of sustenance, we would cook the chosen cuisine. Our aim was to spend a month on one cuisine and then move onto another. To be honest I forget why, but back then first in the rotation was […]

Categories: Dinner, Lunch, Proteins • Tags: Black Bean Burger, Cinco de Mayo, Food Photography, Guacamole, Healthy Recipe, Mexican Food, Photography, Recipe

Mushroom & Swiss-Chard Quesadillas

April 30, 2015 by AHS

A second week-day friendly, healthy & satiating lunch or supper, in honor of our Mini-Mexican Appreciation Month, is here to stay in our rotation. These quesadillas are perfect – not overly cheesy, pick-upable (thanks to cooking the filling separately, to avoid a floppy, soppy mess), veggie packed and topped with lean protein via Greek yogurt. The play of textures between the crunchy, baked tortillas and the soft but substantive mushrooms and chard makes them super satisfying in spite of a […]

Categories: Dinner • Tags: Cinco de Mayo, Food Photography, Healthy Lunch, Lean Protein, Mexican, Mushrooms, Photography, Quesadillas, Recipe, Swiss Chard

Paul’s Perfect Poached Eggs

April 23, 2015 by AHS

Aren’t poached eggs just the best at times? It’s amazing that what’s one of the simplest of dishes – an egg boiled in water – can be so comforting, satisfying, delicious and nutritious all at once. We buy them by the dozen for a few dollars, but are also willing to shell out multiples of that sum if the mood for eggs strikes us while out for brunch. It does seem like the ones we order in restaurants can be […]

Categories: Kitchen Tips • Tags: breakfast, Classic Breakfast, Cooking, Cooking Techniques, Easy Recipe, Food Photography, Healthy Breakfast, Kitchen Tips, Photography, Poached Eggs

Potage Parmentier avec Micro Verts (Potato Leek Soup with Micro Greens)

April 21, 2015 by AHS

Because leeks are locally available over the winter through early spring, I have been wanting to try the classic soup Potage Parmentier, aka Potato Leek soup, before it’s time for new seasonals. Finally, I did. This soup was really fun to make because I took the liberty of making some updates to the classic recipe. Some variations of Potato Leek Soup actually call for water and heavy cream, including that from the maestra herself, Julia Child. With all due respect […]

Categories: Soups • Tags: Chicken Broth, Dinner, Food Photography, Lunch, Micro Greens, Photography, Photography (2), Potato Leek Soup, Recipe, Soup, Truffle Salt, Updated Recipe

Chocolatey Chia Pudding with Strawberries & Hazelnuts

April 20, 2015 by AHS

Monday morning means we’re talking make-ahead breakfasts that will start the week off strong without sacrificing flavor or fun, and as such we kicked this week off with Chocolatey Chia Pudding. By using unsweetened cocoa powder and topping with hazelnuts, we’ve updated what has been flavor-wise for me one of the most life enhancing foods – Nutella – for a certifiably healthy breakfast. Along with strawberries, cocoa offers antioxidant benefits, but perhaps even more importantly on a Monday morning is […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Oatmeals & Mueslis • Tags: breakfast, Chia, Food Photography, Hazelnuts, Healthy Breakfast, Make Ahead, Make Ahead Breakfast, Nutella, Omega-3, Photography

Sunshine in a Cup

April 19, 2015 by AHS

Green smoothies have quickly become a regular part of our routine, (here are two that we love) so much so that it’s already time to shake things up a bit in the ingredients department. Which is why I’m so glad to have begun to learn about the super-high nutritional content found in micro-greens, the teeny leaves found in the produce section next to the lettuce. They are often confused with sprouts, and understandably so – while the name seems to […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Smoothies • Tags: Food Photography, Green Smoothie, Healthy Breakfast, Healthy Smoothie, Microgreens, Photography, Smoothie

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Pasta with Sausage & Double Broccoli Rabe

April 17, 2015 by AHS

Exciting news here, I am soon to be working with a great restaurant that happens to be in my neighborhood on a feature to appear in print! I’m currently working with the same publisher on a few digital projects, but the print piece will be a first for me and having wanted to be a magazine contributor since high school, I am really excited. I can’t wait to share the feature once it’s published, but the meantime I wanted to […]

Categories: Dinner, Pastas • Tags: Broccoli Rabe, Dinner, Food Photography, Greens, Italian, Italian Restaurant, Italian Sausage, Local, Photography, Recipe, Restaurant

Deconstructed Pita Pockets with Greek Chicken Salad

April 14, 2015 by AHS

It’s the best when a bunch of separately accumulated ingredients come together into a fantastic meal you didn’t even know was waiting, which is exactly how this deconstructed pita pocket started. It was an abundance of dill that specifically lead to this what’s-in-the-fridge lunch. A large bunch of it lay in the veggie this morning, passed over all weekend for the other herbs nearby. The heaping tablespoon this recipe calls for put a bit of a dent in the supply, […]

Categories: Lunch • Tags: Chicken, Food Photography, Greek Dressing, Healthy Lunch, Healthy Recipe, Kalamata Olives, Lean Protein, Light Lunch, Photography

Make Ahead Monday: Raspberry-Lemon Muffins

April 13, 2015 by AHS

While loving all the make-ahead bowls that have been devoured on Mondays lately, I started to miss baking! It can feel like Fall is the time to really dive into the baked goods, and for obvious reasons. Still I love a muffin (on Monday and for the rest of the week) and really who among us doesn’t? I wanted to make a version suited for spring, but being that we’re between growing seasons – unless I was going to make […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Muffins & Quickbreads • Tags: Food Photography, Healthy Breakfast, Healthy Muffins, Healthy Recipe, Lemon Zest, Muffins, No Refined Sugar, Photography, Raspberries, Recipe, Vegan Friendly

Southwest Turkey Burgers with Mango-Chili Guac

April 9, 2015 by AHS

Oh man is this a good combo! It originated about a week ago, when I was making guacamole on our aforementioned family ski trip. As I worked through the early prep – chopping garlic and onion, Paul handed me a Fresno chili to include. Hmm, delicious, but perhaps a little to much heat for a range of tastes… Adding the pepper was a good idea though, flavorful and pretty, and the antidote to its heat awaited in a Champagne Mango […]

Categories: Dinner, Lunch, Proteins • Tags: Cooking Tips, Dinner, Festive Recipe, Food Photography, Guacamole, Healthy Burger, Healthy Recipe, Recipe, Turkey Burger

Deviled Eggs Take One

April 7, 2015 by AHS

Deviled Eggs may be the easiest Hors d’oeuver in the known universe. They are obviously delicious, and fun because you can make them as fancy or low-key as you wish. They are half make-ahead, since the eggs are hard boiled and may be kept overnight if need be. And because boiling water and adding whole eggs is a mulit-tasking approved step in this recipe, the prep work for Deviled Eggs can take place as you sit down to breakfast or […]

Categories: Proteins, Sides, Snacks • Tags: Capers, Deviled Eggs, Eggs, Food Photography, Healthy Apps, Hors Devours, Make Ahead, Mustard Grains, Olive Oil, Paprika, Protein, Recipe, Recovery Meal

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Granola Cookies with (Optional) Chocolate Chips

April 3, 2015 by AHS

Happy First Friday of April! Aka the first Friday of the month, when a health(ier) cookie is featured here at From the Athlete’s Kitchen. This concept came to be when I resolved to find a middle ground between over the top sugar bombs and clumps of sawdust claiming to be cookies. In March, a few less successful granola cookie tests finally led to the angle of modifying an oatmeal cookie recipe, namely by replacing the oats with granola. I turned […]

Categories: Baked, Cookies, Desserts • Tags: Cookie Recipe, Cookies, Desserts, Food Photography, Granola Cookies, healthier cookies, Recipe

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Paul’s Early Spring Pesto

March 25, 2015 by AHS

YUM! We may be between growing seasons for a few more weeks but this killer pesto by Paul bridges the gap and more!!! I can’t think of a better way to wrap up the getting-through-first-quarter-with-flavor resolution set in early January. Holy smokes this is a good recipe. We first had this pesto with mild fish and cous cous over the weekend, and I can now attest it’s even delicious simply spread over a slice of baguette. This Early Spring Pesto […]

Categories: Pastas, Spreads • Tags: Condiment, Dill, Food Photography, Garlic, Garnish, In Season, Local, Parsley, Pesto, Photography, Pistachios, Recipe

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