Cooking Up A Canine Christmas

Have I shared the details of how crossing lives with our little rescue dog, Riley, was kismet? I’m about to, anyway. Warning: when I get going in “dog Mom” mode, I’m sappy at best. Saccharine even, if you’re being a grump. Growing up, our family dog, a terrier cross, was a key factor behind improved allergies, I believe. I loved her so much, I think my brain actually managed to talk my body out...

Gluten free almond chip cup cakes (or muffins)

I maybe shouldn’t admit it, but this recipe, thrown together on a whim, kinda rocked my world the other week. Partially because I happened to be especially hungry post-hill reps,  but mostly because they’re just so yummy. Created last minute as part of Amanda’s and my Max Muscle Cupcake Project; this was, basically, answering the question: if we lighten up cupcakes, then pour a whole bunch of sport product...

Good Reads by Joy Bauer/Baked Tilapia with Tomato ...

You wouldn’t ordinarily expect cookbooks to be bedtime page-turners, but when I received my two new Joy Bauer books in the mail a few weeks ago, I couldn’t put them down. Since then, summer’s allowed me to become engrossed in a variety of great reads (I kept delaying officially finishing Kathryn Stockett’s The Help, it’s so good, obscenely stretching it out by switching over to triathlon  World...

Homemade Almond Milk (Chocolate Pudding)

This week I had one of those random flashbacks that seem to come up and smother you for no reason, then *poof*, vanish. It was more of a feeling than a recollection, actually. For an instant, I got a surge of the overwhelming dizziness that surprised me the when I moved back to the States after just a year in Taiwan. Ironically, it was the deluge of words, the signage that I could read and understand, that was the cause....

Gingerly Planning, Still (Ginger lemon bread, Ging...

It’s been more than a week, and despite a string of flavorful and aromatic meals whittling it down, our amazing bulk of ginger root continues to throw its weight around in the crisper drawer. I’d even venture to say the time to wrap and freeze a good-sized portion of it is imminent. That said, our hardy nightshade has been treating us well, especially during a week that seemed rife with so many stress-inducing...

Naturally Homemade Energy Bars 4: Chocolatey Quino...

I’ve been starting to feel caught in a looping time warp, or at the very least  like a broken record, given post after post of oat-brimming energy/breakfast bars. When our friend Brendan challenged me with a nut, soy, dairy, oat and wheat free energy bar, however, I couldn’t resist. Plus, the fact that I could not include my staple oats presented an opportunity to break free from the redundancy I was creating,...