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Lifestyle Blues

I have a lot of things on the horizon and so most of my energy is going towards getting everything together for my dissertation proposal, getting everything ready for a workshop in Amsterdam, getting everything ready so that I can … Continue reading

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Review: The Lean by Kathy Freston

This book seemed so easy and wonderful that it was a book (and an eating plan) I just had to try out. Kathy Freston’s book outlines a 30 day eating plan that asks you to make one new small change … Continue reading

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Stocking Staples

My friend Emily in a recent post highly recommended that you buy frozen veggies when you grocery shop. I think this is a great idea and I do this as well. Don’t know what to have for dinner? Break out … Continue reading

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Coconut Tempeh Nuggets

These sounded delicious to me. Coconut nuggets with some fries and maybe a cocktail with a little rum in it? Yes, that sounds like the perfect summmer shut-up-I’m-a-real-grown-up dinner. Like chicken nuggets but without having a vein snap back at … Continue reading

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VT’s Pineapple skewers with pineapple fried rice

For Easter it seemed appropriate to cook something special for dinner. I decided to do this pair of recipes from the January/February issue of Vegetarian Times. I love pineapple. I love it so much. And, this seemed like the perfect … Continue reading

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VT’s cherry-almond strudel

This is another review of a recipe from this month’s Vegetarian Times. I figured since I had a bunch of phyllo dough, I’d continue to work my way through the fancy phyllo recipes. It turns out, I’ve noticed, that phyllo … Continue reading

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Avocado Egg Salad

At least once a year my Mother and I have the same conversation. It starts out like this: Me: They have egg salad on the menu! I’m going to have egg salad! or, like this: Me: I just dyed easter … Continue reading

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Step 2 no a no-cheese lifestyle: Cheese-less carrot-ricotta quiche

This month’s Vegetarian Times had a series of tasty phyllo dough recipes in it and I happen to have 2 eggs, a bunch of carrots and some phyllo dough. And, now I even have tasty vegan ricotta. So, I followed … Continue reading

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

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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A Foray into Vegan Baking: Welsh Cakes

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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