Is everyone just about fed up with winter? I am always so jealous when I see pictures of my Arizona friends in shorts living the good life. I just keep looking longingly out my window at my snow covered grill and wishing that I could walk outside and pick a bunch of basil from my…
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Quick and Easy Green Curry with Veggies and Chickpeas
In my last post I talked a little about menu planning. I usually have a menu and I buy ingredients according to that menu. And usually buy some extra produce that I can use for snacks and lunches or just in case I can’t make it to the store in between menu plans. This week…
My Answer to the Question “So…What do you Eat?” (A Guide to Eating More Veggies in 2015 and Tips for Successful Menu Planning)
About four years ago I started slowly cutting meat out of my meals. For about two years I have been eating 95% vegetarian. Why? Well, its complicated. And its not the point of this post. And my point is certainly not to convince everyone to become Vegetarian. Not at all. I am not passionate about…
White Bean and Veggie Taco Soup
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I did! I have had a few technical difficulties with my computer over the last few weeks, so I haven’t been able to post all the recipes that I had planned this month. But we are back in business and I have lots of healthy recipes for the…
Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Mashed Potatoes with Cauliflower
Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I know you probably have your menus all planned out already. But just in case you are still looking for ideas, I thought I’d post a quick recipe for my favorite way to make mashed potatoes. I basically just make mashed potatoes and add a whole head of cauliflower to the…
Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Sweet Potato Kale Stuffing
November is not my favorite month. The desolate, deserted trees,The faded earth, the heavy sky… (from My November Guest by Robert Frost) Perhaps because I’m still clinging to fall and November is so close to winter. Actually, I’m still clinging to summer. I’m still wearing my flip flops, not yet resigned to boots. My toes…
Kale Pesto
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! After eating way to much and a few days of left over pie for breakfast, I’m ready to get back to some healthy food! At least for a short time before Christmas goodies become too abundant. I am a huge fan of pesto sauce. All summer long,…
Pink Applesauce (Small Batch)
A few days ago I went apple picking with my husband and daughter and it was magical. We ate straight from the tree until we were sick and went home with a big bag of the most beautiful, delicious Suncrisp apples. They are the best apples I have ever eaten. We decided right away that…
Loaded Thai Sweet Potatoes
We go through so many sweet potatoes in my house. Almost every week I pack a baking sheet full of them and cook them up. My husband loves them and takes them to school with him to eat with his lunch. He is weird and will hold one in his hand and eat it…
Italian Stuffed Acorn Squash
Every fall I always end up with an assortment of random squash and gourds sitting on my counter top that I did not buy. Please tell me I’m not the only one who goes through this squash dilemma every fall. Half the time some one gives them to us because they are sick of them…