I am probably the world’s worst omnivore. Is that even a thing? What I mean is: I don’t particularly like meat apart from the occasional burger or barbeque, and I eat fish/seafood between once a week and once a month. I can go for weeks without even thinking about meat…and while dairy is another story, […]
Fuel
Matcha vanilla cake with white chocolate cardamom cream cheese frosting
I hinted at this cake weeks ago, and finally got around to writing up the recipe. I did not, however, get around to taking better photos. On the plus side, you can see what this matcha vanilla cake looks like unstaged, in a messy kitchen, on a dinner plate with frosting smears. Still not bad, […]
Sweet Potato Soul cookbook review
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review. Whether you expect delicious vegan soul food or a plethora of recipes featuring sweet potatoes, Sweet Potato Soul: 100 Easy Vegan Recipes for the Southern Flavors of Smoke, Sugar, Spice, and Soul lives up to its title. Jenne Claiborne writes a blog by the same title, where […]
Cookbooks for winter vegetable inspiration
I live in a place with short summers – which is fine by me, since I’m not a summer person. But the one drawback is the short season for summer vegetables. I subscribe to a CSA for as much of the year as possible, and by the end of October, my boxes contain a deluge […]
Post-workout snacks when it’s too hot to eat
I don’t know about you, but running and working out in the summer heat really does a number on my appetite. Just give me a glass of ice water, please. Maybe I’ll be hungry after I sit in front of the A/C for an hour or two. But fitness and nutrition professionals (which, disclaimer, I […]
“Vibrant India” cookbook review
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review. You won’t recognize many of the recipes in Vibrant India from your local Indian restaurant (unless it’s a South Indian restaurant – lucky you!) I am not familiar enough with South Indian food to give you a thorough explanation, but fortunately the author provides that in […]
Pickle everything {using your CSA produce}
Since the winter CSA season is about to start, maybe it’s time to pick back up with the CSA posts? Instead of the what I got/what I did with it format, from now on I plan to write more generally about ways to use CSA produce. Some posts will be on ideas for using specific vegetables, and some […]
DIY backpacking meals: just add water
When setting up camp after a full day of backpacking, I’m ready to get food in my mouth as quickly and easily as possible. But I also want a hot meal, and I’m not into the price tag of dehydrated backpacking meals. Solution: DIY backpacking meals prepared with foods already in my pantry that only require […]
Late spring CSA share
I intended for this to be a weekly post series, but, well, it turns out there are only so many things I can write about greens! Piles and piles of greens. So I am finally back with a late spring CSA share, which has a bit more variety in the “things that are not greens” […]
Week 2 spring CSA share
If you’re not sure what a CSA share is, check out my first post on them. So I was mostly successful at using all of my first CSA share before I picked up the second one. When I picked up my week 2 spring CSA share Wednesday night, we still had all the rhubarb and about […]