Author: Allie Zerby

spaghetti squash pizza crust

spaghetti squash pizza crust

Allie Zerby

Vegetable crust pizzas have been popping up for the past several years. Replacing the usual yeasted flour dough base with shredded vegetables like zucchini and cauliflower, these low-carb, gluten-free alternatives fulfill your pizza craving without the wheat.

I’ll be honest, I was skeptical about this trend for a while. Don’t get me wrong- I love vegetables, and of course, I love pizza. I just felt that pizza was one of those things that shouldn’t be messed with. However, I decided to give the trend a try and am glad that I did.

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living in new york city

living in new york city

Allie Zerby

Four years ago, I moved to NYC from Colorado with a car packed full of clothes, my laptop, and a whole lot of expectations. While I loved the five years I spent in Colorado, I craved a faster pace of life. I figured since I had an itch to live in NYC, I owed it to myself to test it out, and there is no better time to do so than in your twenties.

While I was growing up on Long Island, I made frequent trips to the City, but it is hard to truly know what it is like to live here until you actually do it.

Everyone’s New York saga is different, but for me personally, the realities of moving to the City have exceeded all of my expectations.  Read more →

cookie-dough cookie

cookie-dough cookie

Allie Zerby

My approach to eating can be summed up in one word: balance. No one food will make you fat, and no one food will make you thin. So a long time ago I stopped asking, “Is this a good food?” You create a terrible relationship with food when you think you have to completely avoid what you love. This instills a mindset of restriction, which leads to frustration, which leads to a lack of consistency, which leads to… well, you know the drill: You end up giving nutrition the middle finger, go to town on everything in your pantry, and feel even worse about yourself.

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south dakota: black hills & badlands

south dakota: black hills & badlands

Allie Zerby

Before heading on this trip, I knew little about South Dakota. I knew I wanted to visit it as part of my goal of seeing all 50 states, but I essentially considered South Dakota a flyover state, so I wasn’t in a huge rush to get there. The only spot I figured I would visit during a trip to South Dakota was Mount Rushmore. When my dad suggested this trip, we did some research and learned that the state offers so much more. This trip was one that validated my goal of seeing all 50 states. We went to see Mount Rushmore, but what we discovered is how beautiful everything else in South Dakota is.

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travel goal: visit all fifty states

travel goal: visit all fifty states

Allie Zerby

There’s no doubt in my mind that my American passport is powerful, and I should use it to go see the rest of the world, but I also feel that there is a lot of power in getting to explore your own country. For me, it has never been enough to just visit America’s world famous locations. Sure, New York City is phenomenal (I live here for a reason!) and Seattle remains high on my to-do list.

But what about those other places in between? What about the mountains of Montana, the swamps of south Florida, and the shoreline of Oregon? What about the smaller states—Vermont, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire—up in the Northeast? What about the larger ones—Nevada, Wyoming, and New Mexico—west of the Mississippi? I want to see all of these places, which is why I’ve decided to make it a goal of mine to visit all 50 states during my lifetime.

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