During the month of January, I did a 30 day eating challenge, where I cut out sugar, grains, meat, most dairy, and processed food. I allowed myself a few sharp cheeses, Greek yogurt, and some natural sugar when used in savory meals. I ate vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds, and eggs. I did this…
drink
Homemade Ginger Ale (Similar to Northstar Café’s)
One of the best things in life is a little place called Northstar Café in Columbus, Ohio. It is my very favorite restaurant. I always want to go there when we eat out. The ambience and atmosphere is modern and bright, the workers are happy and helpful, and the food is all natural, local, organic,…
My Adventures in Juicing
Since my last post I did something I never thought I would do…I bought a juicer. My husband and I put together all of our Amazon gift cards that we got for Christmas and made the plunge. We were pretty excited to see this beauty on our doorstep (The box, not the baby. Although, she…
Tropical Green Smoothie
I love Saturdays! Its Tuesday now. Blah. Today my house is a mess and my daughter is teething, but last Saturday was spectacular. What a great day! Do you ever have just an truly relaxing, happy day and you just want to bottle it up so you can open in up, like a scent, any…
National Breakfast Month: Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Breakfast Shake, General Mill’s BFAST, and a GIVEAWAY!!!
I have this really cool friend. Her name is Meg. She is really good at making sugar cookies. We swap cookie cutters, squeezy bottles, and food coloring markers. If I need a super good variety of big cupcake frosting tips, I call Meg. If I need some hazelnut flavoring, I call Meg. If I need…
Mango Lassi
I have to admit, I didn’t actually know what a mango lassi was until last summer. Never even heard of it. Then one day I went to an Indian buffet that had endless mango lassi as part of the buffet. I think that was all I ate at the buffet. Glass after glass of the…
Blood Orange Soda (Homemade Soda Tutorial)
Sometimes when I am walking through the soda section at a grocery store, I wish they sold really unique flavors like peach, pear, rhubarb, kiwi, blueberry, pomegranate, watermelon, apple, etc.. True, you can get these flavors at some specialty stores, but they aren’t your basic soda flavors. Well, did you know that it is actually…
Harry Potter Countdown: Butter Beer
Maybe you are like me. If you are you will love the next couple of posts. Maybe you aren’t like me. If your not, you will probably think I am obsessive and crazy. That’s ok. Your loss. If you are like me, you are counting down the days until the next Harry Potter movie comes…
Lemon-Lime Slush
I made it to Ohio! I know it took me forever to post a new recipe, but I just barely got me internet hooked up. Can I just talk about my new home for a minute? It is awesome! There are so many awesome restaurants, foreign food markets, and farmers markets! We even have a…
Fourth of July Watermelon Agua Fresca
I was surprised to find an email in my inbox from my husband requesting that Edible Experiments make a Watermelon Aqua Fresca. He included a bunch of different recipes that he had found. He makes me laugh. I love him. Well, Benjamin, here it is! A beautiful, red, refreshing, cold, wonderful Aqua Fresca, just in…
