This Vegan Chickpea Tomato Wrap makes a super quick and easy lunch that is full of flavor!Often times, I eat whatever Meghan is having for lunch. Â If she's having a mashed banana and tahini sandwich, I go ahead and have one, too. Â Some days, however, I just want something that I know Meghan most ...
Archives for January 2011
Dirty Little Secrets
No recipe tonight folks, just some dirty little secrets. Â The first one involves this guy: In case you're a new reader (welcome!) that guy is my husband, Tim. Â This is the guy who was a professional baseball player when I met him. Â This is the guy who makes me swoon when he serenades me with his ...
Baby Steps To Reducing Toxins: When Natural Products Aren’t Safe
Source A while back, I posted about taking baby steps towards reducing toxins in my life. Â It was something I wanted to stay focused on, so I included it in my Goals for 2011. Â The goal itself wasn't very specific, but it was clear: Â Continue to take steps toward a more natural, toxin-free way of ...
Beat the Winter Blues Fruit Salsa and Cinnamon Chips
This recipe is my attempt to rebel against winter. Â No Mr. Winter, I'm not going to make soup today. Â What's that you say? Â You want me to cook a heavy casserole? Â Sorry, I've had it with your warming comfort foods. Â Enough is enough. Â Do you hear me? Â We. are. over. Â Next Wednesday is Ground Hog ...
The Family Dinner
source I picked up a cookbook (of sorts) at the library last week, The Family Dinner by Laurie David, and it's stirring something inside of me. Â It's not the recipes that are blowing me away (although I'm excited to try a few), but the whole philosophy on which the book was built. Â The importance ...
Maple Multi-Seed Snack Cookies (Nut and Gluten-Free!)
Yesterday the temperature hovered somewhere around zero, the roads were coated with ice, and it was clear that I was not going to leave the house. Â What's a mom to do when she's stuck inside during the winter? Â Bake cookies! Â Healthy cookies, of course. With a vague idea of a sort of snack cookie I ...
Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oats
Steel cut oats are the less-processed brother of rolled oats. Because they are less processed, they retain more nutrients than rolled oats, which of course means steel cut are the oats I want to consume. Until recently, I have only consumed them on a rare occasion, though, because they take so. ...
Polenta Pizza
Last week as I was putting together my family's meal plan, an intriguing idea popped into my head: Â polenta pizza. Â We all love pizza, I thought, why not mix it up with a change from the same old whole wheat dough I usually make? Â I thought I was brilliant for a minute, until I googled it and found ...
A Peek at My Cookbook Collection
I hope everyone had a great weekend! Â Ours was low-key, but we did enjoy a date night in. Â This is where you pretend you are going on a date by making popcorn and watching a movie after the baby goes to bed. Â It feels like a date and you don't have to pay for a babysitter! Â We had some delicious ...
Three Bean Vegetarian Chili in the Slow Cooker
My kitchen had a very good Christmas. Â She was a little selfish, but got everything she wanted. Â She received a fabulous all-purpose cooker that is a rice cooker, slow cooker, and steamer in one. Â It's hard to believe we've gone this long without a slow cooker. Â I've had fun experimenting with it, ...
Raw Banana Bread Cookies
The first time I picked up a Larabar at the grocery store, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Â Meghan became instantly addicted, wanting to eat them for her snack every day. Â At $1.79 a pop, that just wasn't going to happen. Â I started experimenting in the kitchen and found out that ...
Yogurt Parfaits
If you want to feel like you are eating breakfast at a fancy hotel, make a yogurt parfait and put it in a martini glass. Â It's a great way to use those martini glasses you registered for despite the fact you don't drink martinis on a regular basis or ever have eight people over who drink ...