Happy Mardi Gras! In case you didn't know, today is Mardi Gras and that means Fat Tuesday in French. I wish I had planned ahead and made something Mardi Gras-ish to post today, but alas I did not. I do have a yummy recipe as the title of this post suggests, but first.... Have you ever… Continue reading Mardi Gras & Double Chocolate Chip Pancakes
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Big Bowl of Cozy
There are tons of homemade vegetable soup recipes out there. I've made vegetable soup with pasta and veggies, beans and veggies, whole grains and veggies, and just veggies. There are so many different varieties, it almost never gets boring. Plus I love soup, especially right now when it's so cold outside. But I never really thought of… Continue reading Big Bowl of Cozy
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Pizza Sans Cheese
Welcome! I just redirected my blog to this new site. I'm still working out some of the kinks so some of my links to old posts may not work right now. Bear with me and I'll get them sorted out as soon as possible. Last night I made one of my favorite meals - homemade… Continue reading Pizza Sans Cheese
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A Delicious Breakfast
I love to eat oatmeal for breakfast and today I actually got my booty out of bed early enough to make it. Yea! And today I pretty much made dessert oatmeal: peanut butter and chocolate. Mmmm. Peanut Butter Chocolate Oatmeal Serves 1 1 cup water 1/2 cup old fashioned oats 1 tbsp ground flaxseed Dash… Continue reading A Delicious Breakfast
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Easy Pesto Pasta & Italian Sausage
I've had a cold this week. Ugh! I tried to rest more than usual and ate lots of oranges to help my body heal faster. Luckily it only lasted a few days and I'm feeling much better now. I had skipped my mid-week run in order to go to bed earlier so I moved my… Continue reading Easy Pesto Pasta & Italian Sausage
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Sweet Potato Corn Chowder
So I seem to have a bit of an obsession with orange vegetables lately. I feel like I've been posting a lot about pumpkin, butternut squash and sweet potatoes. Maybe it's just the season? Well here we go again. This recipe is from 365 Easy Vegetarian Recipes. Sweet Potato Corn Chowder Serves 4 1 big… Continue reading Sweet Potato Corn Chowder
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Lentil Chili
I found this recipe AGES ago over at Hillbilly Housewife, a fun website about low cost cooking from scratch. I've had it in my recipe book for a long time and finally got around to making it last week. Click here for the original recipe. Here's the way I made it, with a few modifications:… Continue reading Lentil Chili
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Pumpkin Oatmeal
I've been on an oatmeal kick lately. Maybe it's the cold weather that makes me want hot oatmeal for breakfast. Last week I blogged about Banana Berry Oatmeal and this week we are having Pumpkin Oatmeal. I love all things pumpkin but had never thought of putting it in oatmeal until now. Pumpkin is actually… Continue reading Pumpkin Oatmeal
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Roasted Sweet Potatoes
For my birthday last fall my in-laws gave me a toaster oven. I had wanted one for awhile as a way to bake small things without heating up the entire oven. I think it will be particularly useful in the summer months when I want to bake but don't want to heat up the house… Continue reading Roasted Sweet Potatoes
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Butternut Squash & Sausage Pasta
I've really been enjoying exploring vegan cooking and one of the best parts is getting exposed to all sorts of new foods that I might not have ever tried otherwise. One of those foods is Field Roast Grain Meat. Field Roast Grain Meat is actually a meat substitute made out of wheat gluten (sorry celiacs… Continue reading Butternut Squash & Sausage Pasta
Everything Is Homemade 