If there is one thing that I know, its food! I love food. I love cooking. I love eating. I don’t really like cleaning… that’s a different article though…
My problem with meal times came when it was time for me to decide what to make. On the days where I [...]
1 cup elbow macaroni (I use more like 1/2 - 2/3 a box)
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 dash pepper
1 1/4 cups milk
6 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
bread (about 5-10 slices)
Cook macaroni in unsalted water until tender, but firm.
In a medium saucepan, melt butter, stir in flour and pepper. Add milk all at once. [...]
3 1/4 cups flour
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp ground cloves
1 3/4 tsp baking powdder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 can of pumpkin (I use pumpkin that I’ve frozen - about 2 cups)
1 1/3 c sucanat
2/3 c. vanilla almond or rice milk (water works too)
1/2 c. vegetable oil
2 tsp. vanilla (you can omit [...]
1 1/2 cups flour (I either use 1/2 white and 1/2 whole or all whole - I started out 1/2 and 1/2 to see if anyone would notice, but now I’;m doing 100% whole)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sucanat
2 eggs or enough egg substitute/banana/applesauce/whatever to make up for the moisture and stickiness of [...]
4 medium zucchini (about 1 1/2 pounds)
2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
OR
½ teaspoon dried rosemary
10 spinach leaves
8 basil leaves
4 cloves garlic, peeled
1 medium onion, peeled and quartered
1 medium carrot, peeled and quartered
1 ½ teaspoons olive oil
3 large plum tomatoes, chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup dry breadcrumbs
¾ cup (3 ounces) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
1 large egg white
Cut each [...]
Today I altered my mom’s oatmeal chocolate-chip cookie recipe to be vegan, and it turned out amazing! The best part was that we could eat the dough safely! Yum! My casein-allergic son was in heaven
1 cup vegan Earth Balance (or you could use butter)
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar [...]
I have been a vegetarian off-and-on since 1992, and I have found that its easy for me to get stuck in a rut when it comes to my meal planning. Before I know it, I’m only eating a few different meals. I thought I’d go ahead and post some of my lunchtime favorites. [...]
Starter
2 cups warm water
1 Tbls. sugar, honey, or maple syrup (optional)
2 cups all purpose flour
1 Tbl. dry yeast
- Beat all ingredients together in a 2-quart bowl
- Cover the bowl with a towel and place it somewhere warm (use a towel, not plastic wrap, so airborne yeast can enter - it will give your starter a [...]
Everyone has an opinion, right? It seemed like everyone thought that they knew more than me when it came to raising my child. Obviously I needed them to enlighten me on the ways of forcing sleep. Cry-it-out here… cereal-in-a-bottle there… you get the point. At 21, no one thought that [...]
I wanted to post some pictures of my crafty projects here, so voila! This was the first purse that I attempted to knit. It turned out quite cute.
If you wish to make one, I used a size 10 circular needle and wool from Hand Painted Yarn. I cast on 80 stitches and [...]