So, I made myself and early birthday cake. My birthday isn’t for a couple weeks, but I needed an excuse to create this recipe I have had swirling around in my brain lately. I have so much to say about this cake! Lets break it down, piece by piece. First of all, it has…
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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…
Buckeye Cake: Chocolate Cake, Peanut Butter Cheesecake, Peanut Butter Frosting, Chocolate Glaze, and Homemade Buckeye Candies
I had great plans for the new year. So many healthy recipes and tips on eating healthy. I promise I was working on a really great post about healthy food. I had every intention to post it today. I got a little bit side tracked. Chocolate Peanut Butter cake will do that to a person….
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…
Hot Cocoa Cookies
I have a personal tradition of drinking a cup of hot cocoa on the first snow of every winter. I always load it up with whipped cream drizzled with caramel and sprinkled with a little bit of hot chocolate powder. The first snow of winter calls for a little indulgence. Whether its to celebrate or…
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: Buttercup Squash Pie
When I heard that my favorite ice cream shop, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream had a new buttercup squash flavor for fall, I knew right away that I had to find myself a buttercup squash and make something out of it. I had never heard of buttercup squash before this year, but everything about it…
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…
