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black bean tostadas
I’m always on the look-out for quick and easy meal options, ideas for those nights that the guys take over dinner prep and want some good food to appear without a great amount of fuss. Long winded recipes don’t cut it with them, but these really easy Black Bean Tostadas make for a perfect summer […]
mindful eating
If you recall, Whole Foods invited me to participate in a 28-day challenge based on the Engine 2 eating plan (I hate the word ‘diet’ and won’t use it) that calls for a 100% plant based way of food consumption. It goes so far as to exclude fats and salt as well. My take on […]
shrimp panzanella salad
Summer tomato season is heading our way. I don’t have a huge garden plot to grow produce in, but I always grow tomatoes as there is nothing finer on this earth than a homegrown organic tomato. Come August, we’re usually over-run with them, and are eating them in everything. And really, there’s nothing better than […]
the Engine 2 challenge
May is looking a bit different around the kitchen. It’s a lot more green. And red. And purple. Don’t forget orange and yellow. I was invited by Whole Foods to take part in a 28-day challenge of consuming a plant-based diet, based on the best-selling book The Engine 2 Diet, written by firefighter Rip Esselstyn, […]
simple meals
We’re trying so hard to go full steam ahead in to Spring. But around here, it seems like Mother Nature just wants to tease us, here with a lovely day then a blast of cold and rain, then yet another lovely day, then once again cold, and more rain. Lakes, streams, ponds, rivers and especially […]
pushing through
Last Spring at this time, our perennial garden was full of glorious color. The tulips were opened…. The Creeping Phlox was a lovely carpet of purple……. There were Johnny Jump Ups leaping up all around the garden beds. And I had managed to keep the Prairie Smoke from being devoured by hungry critters. Which, […]
spicy tuna wraps
I recently started working again. Just part-time, but for good pay and doing something I love, and really, that’s all anyone needs, isn’t it? And I get to think about lunch too, bringing something with me when I work to help spur me through the day, give me a good dose of energy, keep me […]
ready for the ridiculously delicious?
Once again, Marx Foods tempted me with unique goodies to develop an original recipe for their Ridiculously Delicious Recipe Challenge. This particular challenge was open to anyone who won a prize in the previous year through any contest sponsored by Marx Foods. My second place finish in the Iron Foodie Contest last December earned me […]