The past two days have been lovely. Thanksgiving was spent with extended family and tons of great food while Black Friday was a quiet day at home eating lots of leftovers. I honestly couldn't ask for a better holiday! I have so much to be thankful for but this year I am especially thankful for my… Continue reading Thanksgiving Review
Category: Food
Dairy-Free Pumpkin Pie
Good Monday morning to you. It's especially good to me because I'm off work all week! Whoop! I'm excited to have a week to spend at home with Jack. So Thanksgiving is on Thursday. My favorite part of Thanksgiving has always been pumpkin pie. I've loved it ever since I was a little kid. I… Continue reading Dairy-Free Pumpkin Pie
Share this:
Share this:
Chickpea Pot Pie
I've been wanting to make a pot pie for awhile now. I saw a rerun episode of Rachel Ray awhile back where she made a pot pie using puff pastry as the shell. Puff pastry is so fun to bake with, not to mention delicious. I thought I would use seitan in place of chicken in… Continue reading Chickpea Pot Pie
Share this:
Share this:
Baby Food: Pears
Jack is diving into the world of solids so naturally, I made my first baby food! I peeled, cored and chopped approximately two pounds of organic Bartlett pears that I found on sale for $1 per pound. Then I steamed them for 8 minutes until they were soft. The steamed chunks of pear went into… Continue reading Baby Food: Pears
Share this:
Share this:
Trader Joe’s
Trader Joe's finally opened up two locations in Kansas City a couple weeks ago. People have been asking them to open stores here for years (myself included). I was so excited when they announced the locations that I vowed to go on opening day. Benzo wanted to go too so we all went as a family after… Continue reading Trader Joe’s
Share this:
Share this:
Homemade Frozen Pizzas
Freezer Meal Cooking Day yesterday was a success! I didn't get as much done as I wanted, but I did get four meals prepped and into the freezer. I made two pans of to-be-baked ziti and two homemade pizzas. I have about half of the ingredients ready for black bean burritos so hopefully this afternoon… Continue reading Homemade Frozen Pizzas
Share this:
Share this:
Farm Animal Cake Pops
I want to be honest right up front: I did not make these amazing cake pops! These were made by my friend Jenni. She made them for the same church function for which I made the Funk bars. The theme of the night was Hee-Haw, so she made farm animal cake pops including a cute… Continue reading Farm Animal Cake Pops
Share this:
Share this:
We Need the Funk
So many titles I could've gone with for this post: Play That Funky Music Gotta Have that Funk Won't You Take Me to...Funky Town! The last one might have been more fitting because there is actually a bar in Kansas City called Funky Town. I've been there and it's pretty fun. Anyway a week sure… Continue reading We Need the Funk
Share this:
Share this:
Monuts Take Two: Chocolate
So it's back to posts about breakfast. Don't worry, you all only have 2 more months to endure this until I have my baby. I won't even tell you the number of times I've eaten at IHop lately. 🙂 A little over a month ago I posted about monuts. If you didn't catch that post, monuts… Continue reading Monuts Take Two: Chocolate
Share this:
Share this:
Kansas City Food Artisans
This past weekend I was at a craft show again. It was actually an outdoor festival and BBQ competition with a craft show/vendor show section. I was very excited to come across the following booth: As the banner says, Kansas City Food Artisans is an association of high-quality small-batch food producers. All members are small… Continue reading Kansas City Food Artisans
Everything Is Homemade 