Chickpea Edamame & Kalamata Olive Salad with Cumin + Kitchen Remodel!
I might start posting a lot more salads on the blog for the next month or so as I may not have access to a full kitchen for a while. After 18 years of living with our kitchen from hell, we've finally decided it's time to do some much needed work. We debated whether to do a complete gut job or more of a facelift, and, for many reasons to be explained in … Read More...
Friday’s Surf & Turf #52
Here’s this week’s list of articles I came across on the internet that I thought were interesting. Most of the articles are about health, nutrition, the environment and sustainability, but a few might have nothing to do with those topics. Some have video or audio. Some may make you laugh, or cry, or scratch your head, or warm your heart. Please … Read More...
Post-St. Patrick’s Day Spinach & Avocado Detox Soup
Are you still in bed or slumped over your desk at work re-thinking your St. Patrick's Day festivities choices? If so, then this detoxing soup is just what you need to get you back on track. My husband and I opted to stay home yesterday. He had picked up some kind of super flu bug on a recent business trip (as did his boss) and brought it home to … Read More...
Friday’s Surf & Turf #51
Here’s this week’s list of 10 articles I came across on the internet that I thought were interesting. Most of the articles are about health, nutrition, the environment and sustainability, but a few might have nothing to do with those topics. Some have video or audio. Some may make you laugh, or cry, or scratch your head, or warm your heart. Please … Read More...
Vegan Jambalaya + Book Review: Rice Bowl by Pragati Bidkar
This delicious recipe is from Pragati Bidkar's latest book, Rice Bowl: Vegetarian Rice Recipes from India and the World, which she self published. I was thrilled when Pragati, author of the food blog KamalKitchen, asked me to take a look at Rice Bowl because I thought her first book, 30 Days of Daal, was fantastic (see this post). And Rice Bowl is a #1 … Read More...
Friday’s Surf & Turf #50
Here’s this week’s list of 10 articles I came across on the internet that I thought were interesting. Most of the articles are about health, nutrition, the environment and sustainability, but a few might have nothing to do with those topics. Some have video or audio. Some may make you laugh, or cry, or scratch your head, or warm your heart. Please … Read More...
Mango Sweet-N-Sour Sauce Stir Fry with Tofu Broccoli Cauliflower & Red Peppers
If there's one dish in a Chinese restaurant my husband absolutely can't stand, it's Sweet-n-Sour anything. He hates the sauce - thinks is sickeningly sweet. I, on the other hand, love sweet-n-sour sauce despite my general lack of a sweet tooth. There's something about that thick, sticky, sweet yet tangy sauce that I find very satisfying. Given that we … Read More...
Mango Sweet-n-Sour Sauce
Did you know that most sweet-n-sour sauces are LOADED with refined sugar - like 1/2 to 1 cup per recipe? I try to avoid sugar whenever possible, so I developed this version of the sauce using, of all things, MANGO! That might sound a bit far-fetched, but it's really not. Most sweet-n-sour dishes are served with pineapple, right? Is mango really that … Read More...
Vegan Basil Pesto & Quinoa Stuffed Tomatoes
If you live in Chicago, you hear this a lot: "If you don't like the weather, wait 15 minutes." That's been so true the past few weeks when the temps have ranged from the single digits to record-breaking 60+ degrees. It can really throw you off balance when you're wearing a T-shirt one day and a parka the next. This weekend was so warm and sunny … Read More...
Friday’s Surf & Turf #49 – Special: The Meat Edition
(This week's Surf & Turf report is a collection of articles about industrialized meat production, its impact on water resources and the environment, the economics of advertising and subsidizing the industry, the health effects of eating a high animal-protein diet, and some thoughts on what you can do.) Here’s this week’s list of articles I came … Read More...