Welcome to Recipes for Disaster, a blog about nurturing body and soul through troubled times

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This blog was born when I went through a difficult time in my life. Here I share the lessons I learned, in the hope that they may help you navigate your own storms and remind you that you’re not alone. Recipes for Disaster features two types of posts:

Recipes for when we’re exhausted or brokenhearted and tempted to drown our sorrows in pints of ice cream or bottles of wine. Never are comforting, simple, nourishing meals more important than when we’re going through difficult times.

Disasters happen to us all throughout life. This section includes musings on how to tame fear, regret, self-criticism, vindictiveness and other demons. How to ask for help. How to grow (it’s never too late!). Simplicity and abundance. Self-compassion and forgiveness (of self and others).

So go make a cup of tea, put on your reading glasses and stay a while—you’re among friends.

Store-Cupboard Special: Tuna, Bean & Red Pepper SaladRecipes

This delicious Mediterranean salad can be rustled up in less than 20 minutes using mostly canned or jarred pantry ingredients. The most time-consuming part is boiling the eggs, so if you want to speed it up further, buy ready-cooked, peeled eggs. And if you already have a jar of olive oil dressing, just add a […]

Asparagus, pea and goat cheese scrambleRecipes

This delicious, quick and easy breakfast dish contains a balance of nourishing fats, high-quality protein and low-glycemic carbs. Best of all, it’s a great way to get vegetables into your breakfast; for if you want to meet the official target of 9-13 servings of vegetables and fruits a day, you should start with breakfast! (Check […]

Turbo Thai Chicken CurryRecipes

This is the perfect meal for a busy weeknight. All you need are vegetables (use whatever’s in season or in your fridge/freezer; mushrooms, zucchini, carrots, asparagus, broccoli, etc. – they all work great here), a few pantry items like Thai curry paste, coconut milk and frozen chicken (or other protein foods like shrimp, extra-firm tofu, […]

Emergency Chocolate CakeRecipes

Have you ever experienced a chocolate cake emergency? I have, and it’s intense. It usually hits at the end of a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day when your willpower reaches zero and all you want to do is dive head-first into a large dessert. Most recently, I experienced it after a white-knuckle drive […]

A Plateful of LoveRecipes

Funny how comfort food means different things to people. For some, it’s mac & cheese. For others it’s tofu and kimchi soup. For me, it’s lentil stew. Not just any old lentil stew; it’s this smoky, meaty, garlicky one I crave — one of my top-three favorite childhood meals. We didn’t have much money when […]

Immune Tune-Up 5: Eat MediterraneanMusings

Oysters! Acai berries! Miso soup! Coconut oil! The Internet is awash with articles breathlessly rattling off lists of “Immune-Boosting Superfoods” to help us bolster our defenses against the coronavirus. In the current climate this is understandable, but not particularly helpful. By all means, if you love oysters, acai berries, miso soup and coconuts, eat them; […]