Summer really is the perfect time to throw a party, isn’t it? The weather welcomes outdoor events, quick preparation, colorful foods to adorn backyard tabletops, and people are just generally. . . . happier (okay, so I’m talking about me. In summer, I am generally happier).
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Coconut Crusted Tofu Bites with Creamy Green Curry Dipping Sauce
It’s holiday season–and what works better at the holidays than a holiday PARTY? My friend Cara is hosting a full month of festivities in the form of a Clean Eating Cocktail Party on her blog, with a new recipe for party food (you know–appetizers, finger foods, snacky stuff and yummy sweet treats) every day this […]
Everyone Deserves Cookies for the Holidays!
Do you remember what it felt like when you were young, when it seemed everyone else had something you didn’t (but you wished you did)? As a gradeschooler, I watched from the sidelines as my friends zoomed around the neighborhood on their new banana-seat bicycles (my parents told me they couldn’t afford one). Then at age 14, I […]
Great Eats on the Road: It’s a Wonderful Town!
[“Hey, Mum, this is a really Big Apple!”] How did the HH and I end up in New York last weekend? Well, it all started last December, after the HH had a car accident. Thankfully, no one was hurt in the fender-bender, but that left my honey without a car. And since I’d been planning […]
Strawberries and Cream Layer Cake, ACD-Friendly and Allergen-Free
As a typical Libra, my baking proclivities tend to vacillate between “Almost-too-simple-to-require-a-recipe” (see LaRaw Bars, Quick Cranberry-Apple Compote, Almond-Crusted Root Vegetable “Fries“) or “So-elaborate-as-to-require-a-week’s-preparation” (see Meaty Spinach Pesto Lasagna, Raw “Linguine” with Bolognese Sauce and Hemp Parmesan, Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Warm Caramel Sauce)–we Libras tend to be “All or Nothing” that way. Somewhere in […]
Raw Gingersnap Cookie Bon Bons
[Note: this recipe is now available in my cookbook, Naturally Sweet and Gluten-Free, along with over 100 more refined sugar-free, gluten-free, egg-free and dairy-free treats!] [Grab a few of these babies and while away the afternoon. . . . photo credit for photo above: Celine Saki] Seriously, what more do you need than the word […]
Coconut Pancakes
[Guess what? Deanna over at The Mommy Bowl is giving away a package of all three of my ebooks! Hop over there to enter–after you read this post, of course! 😉 ] [Topped with Macadamia Spice Butter from Good Morning! ebook plus fresh pineapple chunks] Hope all of you who celebrate are having a great Passover! […]
This Bark is Worth its Bite
Okay, I have a feeling I know what you’re about to say. But just in case, let me clarify. I have heard all of these before: “You just need to get some specially designed clothing.” “You should take up some outdoor sports, like skating or snowshoeing.” “But you get to wear all those plush, stylish sweaters!” “It makes you […]
High-Protein Snack (or Breakfast) Orbs
Our featured ingredient this month is something I use almost daily in my kitchen. This ingredient is versatile for cooking, baking, bath and body applications, and has some impressive nutritional and medicinal characteristics. It is a solid at some temperatures, and a liquid at others. And it smells like the tropics. What could it be? […]
Double Ginger Quinoa Scones
Seems we all focus on the “main event” meals during the holidays, poring over cookbooks or stressing about which dressing would be best with the tofurkey (okay, I know many of you don’t eat tofurkey–but it’s such a fun word to say, isn’t it?). But what about the meals after the big meals? What about […]