Slow Cooker Everyday Challenge: Days 5 and 7, post...

It was inevitable, really. I had to beg a sick day from the slow cooker challenge. Not a break from slow cooking, mind you, just from posting about it. This “bug” (which is really too diminutive a word for the repulsive, green slimey, lung-flapping viral/bacterial ball it is) has been a real b***. Because misery loves company,  it’s tempting now to go into extreme detail about the progression of chest...

Slow Cooker Everyday Challenge: Day 3, Black Bean ...

I’m going to aim for being a poster child in brevity today. Everything that comes spewing out of my mouth this afternoon seems slurred and clouded, because I am presently exhausted. Our school has felt like a cesspool of bacteria, and I’ve been fighting (and gradually winning, I might add) a severely disadvantaged battle against the crud clogging my head. Disadvantaged because it’s making it practically...

Feels Like Cheating: Toasted Chick Peas (Citrus-y ...

Remember the first time you tried crispy kale, roasted with a little olive oil and sea salt? If so, then surely you remember, too, the bubbly glee that rose up through your chest and into your throat, when you found kale could indeed be a nutritional power house of a substitute for potato chips? Assuming, that is, that you’ve had crispy kale. If not, try it. You’ll know exactly what I mean. Of course, this post...

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Burritos

If we’ve talked this week, you’re probably expecting the amazing ricotta recipes I stumbled on recently, and I promise you they’ll be here soon, and worth the wait. The truth today is, however, I’ve had a head-spinning packed week; it’s been all about looming Boston, just one week away, a couple of hovering deadlines, clusters of birthdays and friends’ good news to acknowledge, and...

Spicy carrot, lentil and peanut salad

Lately my usual “lighten up” fun favorites pastime has shifted a little, to other compatibly focused goals that can be somewhat less exciting, but make more of a resonant, daily impact. One, I’m trying add wholesome variety to  the breakfast routine, swapping the bowl of not always all that fortified cereal for whole grains based breakfast bowls more often. Another, I’ve been exploring ways of...

Greener Gobbling

This post includes a recipe for lentil and bean loaf.   So, it seems sacrilegious for  us omnivores to leave turkey off the grocery list on Thanksgiving, but this past weekend I experienced firsthand how it can indeed be sacrificed without marring a festive spread…or, at least, it doesn’t necessarily have to be quite so center stage. I was really excited about cooking a veggie Thanksgiving for my friend...