Tonight we watched Goats. It reminded me of our stay in Arizona. I love the dry hot air. After our week long visit; I could absolutely imagine myself living in the desert. People that live in the desert are serious about sun safety. They drink lots of water, wear light colors and even take coolers to the grocery store so their ice cream won't melt.

I remember days reaching up to 115, and spending (slightly) less hot nights enjoying the moon over the mountains. We stayed in our friend's dreamy airy house by a mountain. She hikes up the mountain every morning; and after, cools off with a swim. We quickly adopted her routine and even enjoyed fresh strawberries by the pool. Every time I eat strawberries it takes me back to Arizona.

My friend Erika makes the most beautiful meals. Her plates are thoughtfully planned, perfectly balanced and packed with super foods like chia, hemp hearts, hemp oil, flax seeds and coconut oil. I'm excited to share some of her most delicious recipes throughout the month. I have to start with the one below because it instantly had my heart.

From Erika: "I made my own cereal from the bulk section of my local health food store. 3tbsp chia seeds, 3tbsp buckwheat, 3/4tbsp flax seeds, 1tbsp maple sweetened cranberries, 1tbsp goji berries, 1tbsp hemp hearts, 12 raw chopped almonds (all organic). Add to a small container, mix in 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk (or almond) and agave to taste. Let sit for 10 min or so, mix and serve."

Erika is the fashion designer behind high end lingerie label Purrfect Pineapples. Everything is professionally sewn, hand-made and adorable. No sweat shops, no animal based materials.

Do these Halloween nails remind you of Dexter?

Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cups.

Revisit my avocado pie, perfect fluffy biscuits, tortellini from scratch and other recipes right here.

Happy Birthday to John Lennon & Sean Lennon!

I was hired to interview Sean Lennon a few years ago.

Sean told me about how Eric Clapton taught him a guitar riff that Eric learned from John Lennon many years before.

PS: Sean Lennon looks just like his dad! Check out his label, Chimera Music.

PPS: Image via Yoko Ono's Official Instagram @yokoonoofficial

The other night I made a quick, oil free, fat free chile relleno.

I de-seeded a poblano chile and put half of a lime and some garlic cloves inside and roasted it. No need to add any oil. The lime will get oozy and seep into the chile.

On the stove, I steamed (using my bamboo steamer) some cubed and peeled sweet potato and some corn.

When the poblanos are ready and fork tender, remove them from the oven and take out the lime and garlic. Squeeze the lime ooze into the chile. Fill the poblano with steamed sweet potato and corn.

We covered the chiles with our vegan queso.

My husband and I own Food for Lovers. We created The World's First Vegan Queso. It's dairy free, fat free, soy free, nut free and oil free. It's really creamy and flavorful; but the entire jar only has 240 calories, 24 g of protein, 0 cholesterol and 0 fat. My vegan queso started as one of my first blog posts. It got so popular that I started selling it to restaurants and was soon picked up by Whole Foods Market. You can buy us all over the country and even Australia! (We still can't believe any of that because it's so cool.) In fact, we're some of the youngest food manufacturers in the country.

Bonus to steaming and roasting? You have time to do other things! I had time to make a quick ranchero sauce.

You could add: beans, guacamole, pepitas, avocado, mushrooms or veg chorizo!

PS: Today I saw Ryan Gosling at Whole Foods.