Something From Nothing Meal of the Week: My dad always said my mom’s best meals were the ones she made when, supposedly, there was “nothing to eat in the house.” My mother is the Queen of Something From Nothing. I try to emulate her tactics using wholesome ingredients. I blog each week about whichever meal […]
Food
Easy Ways to Get Vitamins and Protein
Two condiments (well, what I consider condiments) that I’ve kept around since my vegan days are Nutritional Yeast and Bragg’s Liquid Aminos. Both provide protein and vitamins, both add delicious flavor to food, and they taste great together or alone. The Breakdown: Nutritional Yeast I get it. Something called “yeast” doesn’t bring to mind delectable […]
October #Unprocessed Wrap-Up: a List of Links
It’s over. Or is it? At the start of October Unprocessed, I felt my family was already eating quite unprocessed, but throughout the challenge, I learned that there were some easy changes I could make to complete our unprocessed transition. Last week, I vowed to finish strong with this challenge but I did it without […]
Caramelized Onion-Sausage Pizza
I’ve been obsessed with this pizza dough recipe from Annie’s Eats. It’s easy to perfect and I’ve been experimenting with different toppings ever since I found it. Our favorite is a plain pizza with fresh mozzarella cheese, but I was feeling fall-like and wanted something cozy. Caramelized Onion-Sausage Pizza 1 batch of Annie’s Eats Perfect […]
Happy Halloween! My Favorite Sweets & Some Vintage Pics
Happy Halloween! As a kid, I adored Halloween. There is an actress inside of me that lives for this October night that celebrates costuming and attention-mongering. Most of my trick-or-treating days were spent stomping the streets with my gaggle of cousins, collecting mounds of, well, Mounds and Reese’s Cups. (And Smarties. Ugh–who decides THAT’S a […]
Fill Your Belly: Savory Oatmeal
I’ve always liked a healthy breakfast. As a kid, my favorite cereals were Cracklin’ Oat Bran and Grape Nuts. Why, yes, I had Progeria of the digestive tract, apparently. I liked me sum’ fiber! Let’s skip over my bout in high school where I couldn’t stomach breakfast before 10:00 (why is that? manic hormones? disrupted […]