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…
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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…
Grilled or Roasted Cauliflower Steak Burgers with Chimichurri Sauce
Happy Fall everyone! I feel like Fall snuck up on me. I am still having a hard time relinquishing summer. Where I live, the fall nip in the air has started making its presence known, but there are still quite a few hot days that feel like summer again. Some days all I want is…
Crockpot Red Thai Veggie Curry
Mmmmm…Thai curry. Somebody please make me stop eating these Thai Lime & Chili Almonds from Trader Joe’s. I just ate one of the little dried chili’s and my mouth feels like hot lava. And I’m too lazy to go upstairs to get a drink, so I just keep eating them! I am a huge sucker…
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,…
A Healthy St. Patrick’s Day Dinner: Asian Green Veggie Cakes with Spicy Mayo Dipping Sauce
My husband and I are pretty different personalities in the kitchen. I often cling to a recipe for dear life, never straying. He almost never uses a recipe. I have always admired the way he takes whole spices and grinds them himself to make curry, never peeking at a recipe. Its different every time,…
Southwest Eggrolls with Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Dipping Sauce (Vegan)
What happens when you really want to make enchiladas or burritos, but you are fresh out of tortilla’s? You make due with egg roll wrappers! That is what happened to me the other night. I had to get creative! These egg rolls are super tasty. They are filled with all sorts of healthy stuff like…
Loaded Sweet Potatoes with Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce (Vegan)
I need to take a minute to gush, here. And I mean gush and rave and jump up and down with excitement. What could get me so excited? CREAMY ROASTED RED PEPPER SAUCE!!! Oh. My. Goodness. This stuff is amazing and addicting and I think I am drooling on the key board. Can I…
