With all of our recent travels and visitors, s’mores and dark chocolate honey mints, martinis and more martinis, my body has been thrown entirely off-kilter and is telling me so … Continue reading Savory Smoothies: Sapping the Joy from My Morning
Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss by Joel Fuhrman My rating: 2 of 5 stars I like the concept behind the eating plan in … Continue reading Book Review: Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman
If everything yesterday felt completely up in the air, things feel more settled today. It’s not that there have been any definite, positive changes since yesterday, job-wise. It’s more that … Continue reading Ah, the Aroma of Arame…
Between the lovely rains that came through today and cleaned out a good chunk of the pollution and the wonderful workout I had this afternoon, I’m feeling in a much … Continue reading Ah, Endorphins and Clean(er) Air…
We made these on our happy stay-at-home day yesterday for dinner. I was worried when I saw how wet the mixture was. Letting it sit in the fridge was a … Continue reading Mung Bean Burgers with Kiwi Lime Salsa
(NaNoWriMo Day 26 Word Count: 48,072.) We loved this soup. Well, the rest of the family liked it and ate it, but I loved it. I ate it for lunch for three … Continue reading Split Pea Soup with Fresh Peas and Potatoes
NaNoWriMo Day 21 Word Count: 37,869 I know that many of you eat raw cookie dough even if there are eggs in it. But I’m certain I’m not the only … Continue reading GF/CF Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies (and Week 16 Review)
When I offered a taste of this smoothie to my husband, he was enthusiastic. “Oh! You put chocolate in it?” he asked. “Um, no.” “Oh.” “Do you want me to … Continue reading Not so Green “Green” Smoothie
NaNoWriMo Day 8 word count: 14,608 I baked bread today! GF/CF bread, of course. This is a variation on the Champion Sandwich Bread from Living Without magazine. (Update: Sorry, it … Continue reading Champion Sandwich Bread
Day 4 word count: 7263 What’s up with me and the late nights? Perhaps if I stopped procrastinating my writing so much, I’d finish up at a more reasonable hour. … Continue reading Barack Obama Bean Soup
Inspired by the chocolate ice cream recipe that came with my VitaMix. This recipe makes about 5 cups. If you want to, you can cut the recipe in half. That’s … Continue reading 5-Minute Dairy-Free Chocolate Ice Cream
I started this post Sunday evening, then abandoned it when I began feeling ill. I won’t go into details, but suffice it to say I’ve lost 6 pounds in less … Continue reading Week 10 Review: Dietary Disarray
Imperfect Happiness 