Hello dear blog readers! You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been blogging (or baking) as much over the last few weeks. Between some health issues (now resolved, whoot!) and trying to cut down on my baking so that the DH could lose some weight (it’s hard to watch your weight when your wife is always…
New Year, New Blogging Goals (Plus Dreams of Chocolate-Dipped Kale)
A New Year means Big Dreams for my blog! And more importantly, lots of delicious things! I’ve got some pea soup simmering on the stove right now, and dreams of faro and quinoa dance in my head. I was watching a cooking show last night and now I’m all about the ancient grains! (For about…
Fake-It-Til-You-Make-It Fattoush Salad, & Boosting Nutrition Profiles
The days after Christmas are always filled with delicious foods, and oftentimes, with self-recriminations over eating all those delicious foods (not that I speak from personal experience or anything). So I developed this recipe to be a) delicious and b) healthy! And I made it using only what I had in the house, hence the…
Easy Christmas Peppermint Patties and Why I Had to (Obvs) Make a Second Batch
I sometimes wonder whether I put the word ‘easy’ in front of too many of my recipes. But the thing is…they really ARE easy! Except for today’s recipe, which EXTRA-SUPER-DUPER easy! Also extra-super-duper yummy! What is this easy and delicious treat, you ask? Christmas-themed Peppermint Patties! The patties themselves are made up of only 3 ingredients,…
Lentil Sprouts and Staying Healthy in the Season of Indulgence
At last, dear readers, I have gotten around to writing up this post about lentil sprouts, after blogging about it here and here. (Here too.) It costs literally pennies to grow these sprouts, and they’re uber healthy. (Healthy is important, given all the delicious, calorie-laden yumminess available around the holidays!) Light, and crunchy, like…