If I could capture Summer in a bottle I would crawl inside of it and live there forever. The smells, the heat, the tastes…they are here and then gone in the blink of an eye. I have begun gathering (hoarding) Summer fruit at its peak and chopping and freezing it for a later date. I […]
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A few weeks ago while at the farmers market picking up our CSA share, I overheard my friend Charlie from Living Stones farm telling another customer to add beets to her mashed potatoes. He told her that they would add a soft sweetness and earthiness. Plus, they would turn the mash pink or purplish, depending […]
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Happy Meatless Monday. Since becoming vegan I have found that making a weekly trip to my local bulk food store is really worth it. Many of the items that I use all the time are there in their least expensive form like dried beans, nuts, and nutritional yeast. Last time I was there, I was wandering […]
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This week we watched the movie The Witness. It is a documentary that follows the transformation of Brooklyn born Eddie Lama to an impassioned animal advocate. As the story begins, Eddie is unaffected and uninterested in animals of any kind…companion or otherwise. He offers to pet sit for the kitten of a beautiful woman he would […]
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Image courtesy of Naturallivingmoms.com This has been one of the hottest, most fantastic summers I can remember in a long time. It is hot when I wake up and hot when I get in bed. I absolutely love it. The air is moist and steamy in a way that almost steals your hunger. Chilled soups […]
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Tuesday morning’s post began the discussion about consuming honey. I shared that over the past year of this vegan journey I had decided to no longer purchase or consume honey. As I wrote about it, I realized that it really felt important to me. I was happy to share, begin a dialogue and anxious to […]
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Bake in a 350 degree oven until the tops are slightly domed and shiny and look like a thoroughly cooked brownie. The insides will remain liquidy. I served ours with Chocolate Obsession vegan ice cream and the anticipation of a child waiting at the locked gates of Disney World. This is one of the most […]
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Image courtesy of blog.bougiecandle.com This weekend we were at a birthday party with scads of people we did not know. The vegan thing came up and there were a few questions. One of them was why won’t you eat honey? More than other aspects of veganism, I have found that so many are perplexed by […]
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Waiting For Her Guests to Arrive Thursday night we had a soiree to celebrate Chloe’s birthday, she turned three. It was a vegan feast that included hot dogs on the grill, my new favorite Watermelon Gazpacho, My Big Fat Greek Dip and Dark Chocolate Oreo Cupcakes. Our guests brought vegan delicacies to share and we […]
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Kale Trail Update I did it…I secured our spots in the Women’s Half Marathon in St. Petersburg, Fla. Training is one thing…renting a condo is another, (built in vacation if we freaked out and didn’t run) but paying for our spots was a financial and emotional commitment. I felt excited and nervous as if something […]
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