happy summer!

It’s the first day of summer! Happy solstice! This weekend was a little crazy for me. You might have noticed that my blog was down for much of it — sorry about that. Yesterday’s project was migrating to a new host (the technical area of blogging is not my forte) which should take care of […]

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mastication and the millet fiasco

We all agree that whole grains are good for us, right? Right. Great, glad that’s out of the way. You’ve switched to whole wheat bread and pasta, you sometimes make brown rice instead of white, you eat oatmeal from time to time… now what? Think about when and how you’re eating those grains. Do you […]

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a few friday faves

Some reading material to get you through the afternoon. Back to the photo editing for me! Kids Radically Changing the Food System is a spot of optimism from Bittman’s blog Why Vegetarians Are Eating Meat from Food & Wine — interesting view An article about Gruet wines from New Mexico which we enjoyed in Las […]

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beach bums

Thank you to everyone who has responded in the poll I recently posted. Your feedback and insight is helpful and appreciated. While in many ways the actual process of blogging (planning and creating content) is for me, I want the product to be enjoyable for others as well. Pageview statistics can tell me a lot […]

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csa share 6/16/10

More veggies already! These are shelling beans! Tiger’s Eye beans, in fact. The yellow ones popped right out of a somewhat-dry pod, so I decided to prep the rest while I was at it. Aren’t they pretty? I have a few ideas for what I might do with them. This is more micro basil — […]

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to your health

We’re at the six-week mark of my health coaching program and I still love it. A few things that have really stuck out to me in the last few weeks: The USDA’s purpose is to promote agricultural interests and protect consumers — in that order. Statins reduce the number of heart attacks by about 25%; […]

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meatless bbq sandwiches

Let’s get straight to the point here: barbecue sauce is delicious. As a vegetarian, I feel that my opportunities to eat barbecue sauce are disappointingly limited. For our first wedding anniversary my husband and I drove to Kansas for a friend’s wedding where they served some of the best BBQ in Kansas City. I ate […]

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get behind me seitan

Other than the available plethora of puns, seitan (say-tahn) is actually a handy weapon in your arsenal of meatless foods. You may know it as mock duck, wheat meat, or just gluten. I’m going to state the obvious here: this is the least gluten-free food ever. It’s made of gluten and spices. The traditional method […]

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white whole wheat burger buns

Whole wheat flour can be tricky on many levels. It takes a bit more effort when used in baked goods, trying to adapt white flour recipes to whole grain can result in disappointing brick-like efforts, and the very healthful properties of whole wheat make it spoil faster than its nutritionally-stripped white cousin. When flour is […]

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spicy jalapeno black bean burgers

My husband and I started dating in 2003. We only saw each other in large groups of people, eventually going on chaperoned dates after a lengthy correspondence, and made the important decision to hold hands before we were married. …At least that’s what we’re going to tell our kids someday. My previous boyfriend was a […]

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