Meatless Monday – Comfort Food Lightened Up
Today was rainy and chilly. I love a warm meal on a cold evening. But it doesn’t have to be loaded down with things that aren’t good for you. I took a variety of cubed squashes and golden beets tossed...
View ArticleKale Chickpea Salad with Tahini Dressing
I had kale, chickpeas and onions and a jar of tahini dressing I scored from Food 52. May I present one of the easiest weeknight dinners. Ingredients Chickpeas – one can Kale – 3/4 lb finely chopped...
View ArticleMeatless Monday- Meatless Meatballs!!!!
I must confess when I first thought about doing tofu meatballs I was skeptical. I’m not big on foods that try to be meat. You can’t call a carrot a burger, I won’t be duped. But always one to try...
View ArticleFood Yoga- Roasted Tomato and Basil Soup
“Only the pure in heart can make soup.” - Ludwig Van Beethoven This soup looks creamy and it has a creamy flavor without adding milk. I think if you wanted an even heartier flavor you could add...
View ArticleMeatless Monday – Roasted Cauliflower and Carrot Soup with Tricolor Carrot Salad
Happy Meatless Monday! Soup, salad and bread. Yum. I love summer. The sun on my face and heat on my skin make me feel alive. It’s a time of year when ice clinking in tall glasses of water and taking...
View ArticleFood Yoga- Meatless Monday!!
I just read an article about the damaging effects of dividing time between a computer, phone, tablet and TV. It apparently shrinks the brain. So I’ve decided to put my phone away while I bounce from...
View ArticleFood Yoga – Meatless Monday! (Daal Tadka)
Happy Meatless Monday!! This week you may want to try lentils. My recipe this week is brought to you by the blog Zenfully Delicious. I love Indian food and Daal is an easy way to try something new....
View ArticleVegan Diaries- Collard Greens Get a Facelift
In the world of southern and soul food, collard greens are a staple. They are typically cooked with ham hock and lots of fat. And since the leaves are fairly tough cooking greens long and slow is...
View ArticleThe Whole 30
I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned my friend Patrice. Fate has a way of bringing people together and from the moment I met her I knew we’d be friends. She listens to my rants, tells me when I’m being...
View ArticleHealth Yoga- 3 Ways to Optimize Your 40′s
(Guest Post from FoundHealth.com) 3 Ways to Stay Healthy in Your 40s “I want to feel my life while I’m in it.” - Meryl Streep By the time that I turned 40 I was comfortable in my own skin. It wasn’t a...
View ArticleFood Yoga- Roasted Curry Potato Salad
This isn’t your grandma’s potato salad. Hey, don’t get me wrong- I love mayo. Alas, my booty doesn’t allow it very often. I’ve talked a lot about cutting carbs our of my life. It’s an affair that is...
View ArticleFood Yoga- Mushroom Ragout
I’ve been afflicted with a cooking malaise for the last few months. Actually more doldrums than malaise. Sort of like Milo in the Phantom Tollbooth. But this morning, a remedy. I woke from a sound...
View ArticleAdventures in this Yoga Life- Petitions, Eggs and Ahisma
Email petitions are the new chain letter. Chain letters at the very least were easily ignored and at best were good for some ridicule. Seriously send ten or you get bad luck? But petitions are...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Roasted Cauliflower White Pumpkin and Leek Soup
I have such a feeling of gratitude over how I get to eat. The past few weeks opened my eyes. It may be what kept me from acting like a damn fool in the grocery store. Though I did pick up some dark...
View ArticleVegan Diary Confessions 21 Meals $35 (Days 13-14 and Final Thoughts)
I’m really happy to get back to my old food shopping habits. I wanted these recipes to be so much better than they were. But I found myself avoiding having to cook. It wan’t fun. This isn’t normally...
View ArticleVegan Diaries 21 Meals $5 Day (Days 8-12)
Week 1 is done. Some hits, some misses. But all in all I was pleased with what I got out of it. Applying what I’ve learned is on the menu this week. This is not as easy as it seems (see past...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Eat Deliciously with the Seasons
I love restaurants that have a seasonal menu. That usually means they shop at local farms. It also tells me they put some thought into the menu. I’ve applied that same way of thinking to my kitchen....
View ArticleVegan Diaries- Building a Pantry
A delicious, nutritious meal is easy to prepare on the day you come home from the grocery store. But as the food dwindles, the urge to order take-out or grab unhealthy frozen pizza grows. Unplanned...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – 21 Meals, 35 Bucks (Days 6 and 7 and Recap)
This week didn’t turn out as I planned. I wanted to repot that this was super easy and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be eating a yummy vegan life on the cheap. It was hard. With my teaching...
View ArticleSeptember is Hunger Action Month
Here are some sobering facts about hunger in the US. (Courtesy Do Something) 1 in 6 people in America face hunger. Households with children reported a significantly higher food insecurity rate than...
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