Category Archives: 5 senses

You’ve got to have dessert

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Kate

If you are going to give up something(or change something up), you have to make sure you treat yourself. Those are just the rules (that I just made up. Right now.) While I was planning my first week of dairy-free … Continue reading →

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Step 1 to a no-cheese lifestyle: Make vegan ricotta cheese

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Kate

We got our last winter share delivery this week, so my kitchen is full of potatoes, carrots, turnips and arugula! The last share of the winter is always the best because of the greenhouse greens. It is a reminder what … Continue reading →

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No Cheese (and Dairy).

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Kate

If you’ve been following along at home, you know that I’ve been making a concerted effort since the summer to be more vegetarian and to eat less meat. Well, this month I’ve decided to take an additional step and to … Continue reading →

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A Foray into Vegan Baking: Welsh Cakes

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Kate

March first was Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant, or Saint David’s Feast Day if you’re not a Welsh speaker and on that day I got it into my head that I should make Welshcakes. I decided that these Welsh cakes should … Continue reading →

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Nutella Coffee

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Kate

When I was visiting my sister last November, I had a chance to tool around her neighborhood with my Dad one morning. We wondered into a local coffee shop and my Dad ordered what he fancied, but I had to … Continue reading →

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Farmhouse Fricassee

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Kate

I really love using my slow cooker. I once joked that having a slow cooker and a coffee pot with a timer on it was better than having a boyfriend (because someone always made me dinner and someone always made … Continue reading →

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Tea and Fruit Bread

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Kate

I was procrastinating. I had some reading to do but I just wasn’t feeling like I could sit still. So, I baked instead. My baking also took the form of cabinet cleaning. I made tea and fruit bread using up … Continue reading →

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Mashed Turnips

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Kate

So, I’m always on the lookout for new recipes that are tasty and that use up my CSA vegetables. Turnips have been a particularly troublesome item because I never really ate them growing up so I’m not sure where I … Continue reading →

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Progress and not-so-much-progress

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Kate

There are a million things I should be doing right now, like reading and working on things for my dissertation, but mostly what I’ve done today has been to cook and to knit. I did read a little this morning, … Continue reading →

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Stuff I have in my house soup

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Kate

Unfortunately my photography improvisation is not as up to snuff as my food improvisation. Every now and then I make a type of soup that I call “stuff I have in my house” soup. Guess what goes in it? That’s … Continue reading →

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