Some Like it Hot

Some Like it Hot

Do you like hot cereal?  It is a comfort food to me. Probably because I used to wake up to the smell of hot cereal and buttered toast {my mom in the kitchen} when I was young. So now, I experiment with all kinds of combinations of grains.  Lately it’s been...
Salad Savvy

Salad Savvy

Do you and your family eat fresh vegetables and greens every day? I know, salads can be labor intensive and time-consuming to make! Not to mention, the same combination of bagged lettuce and bottled dressing gets old, really fast! I used to dread making green salads...
Delicious, Delightful, Delovely~Chocolately Brownies

Delicious, Delightful, Delovely~Chocolately Brownies

Ready for a new brownie recipe that doesn’t call for flour, refined sugar or artificial anything? Here you go! Black Bean Brownies 3 1/4 cups black beans, soaked overnight and cooked* 6 fresh, free-range eggs 2/3 cups cocoa 2 tsp. vanilla 2/3 cup melted butter 1...

Scatter Sunshine

Hey, it’s February, that time for pink hearts, chocolate and maybe a mushy Valentine!  So I’ve decided that this would be a good time to write about relationships, starting with the central relationship for believing people everywhere; our relationship to...

Slow and Steady

Remember the tortoise running his famous race against the hare?  (Were you lucky like I was, to have parents who read Aesop’s Fables to you too?)  Well, the turtle wasn’t fast and flashy like the rabbit, but he was happily and contentedly dedicated to his...