I'm excited about this one! It's so simple yet so good - I think I've made it like six times this month already. I call it a sunshine smoothie bowl because of the color, but to be more specific, it's a tropical smoothie bowl - mango, pineapple, banana, and anything else you might want to add. It's super easy to make -- just some blended frozen fruit and yogurt -- and it tastes just like mango sorbet.

This recipe actually came about at my sister's request! She was visiting home and telling me about this dish she makes at college: lasagna with butternut squash. When I at first heard that, I was so skeptical -- after all, it seems like something that would get you in trouble with generations of Italian tradition. But she likes it a lot, so I figured that I would give it a try and see if I could improve on it.

Butter mochi is becoming more popular these days, or at least I hear about it more often on the food side of Instagram and on trendy cafe menus. I do think that when cultural dishes like this start being seen as 'trendy,' it's important that people stay respectful to history of the original dish.