For the Love

10 Days – 100 Miles – 10 Exotics

Posted by marianhd on October 1, 2015April 9, 2018

This whole blog started with a challenge. Almost exactly 3 years ago I took on the Food Stamp Challenge and fed myself and my unwilling husband on $60 for a week. I learned a TON. …

Challenges, Eat Local, Growing my Food, OF COMMUNITY, OF FOOD, OF HEALTH

What I’ve Been Reading (about food)

Posted by marianhd on July 31, 2015April 9, 2018

Great articles come across my twitter feed, facebook feed, and email, and I often want to share them, but I don’t just want to repeat what they say so well! So here I will just …

Eat Local, Food Thoughts and Experiences, OF FOOD, Public Health

Simple Baked Summer Squash

Posted by marianhd on July 30, 2015April 9, 2018

Farmers’ markets are the best. Don’t you agree? I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather be at 10am on a Saturday. Ok, maybe being served breakfast in bed, but I’d be pretty cranky if I …

OF COMMUNITY, OF FOOD, Recipes, Salad, Vegan

Faux Fettuccine on Meatless Monday

Posted by marianhd on July 27, 2015April 10, 2018

Sometimes I have cravings. Ok, lots of times I have cravings. Like 30 minutes ago when I wanted ice cream so I stopped at Dairy Queen for a twist cone. Mmmm… Most of the time …

Main Dish, Recipes

4 Ways I Fund My Love of Food

Posted by marianhd on June 28, 2015April 10, 2018

By the plethora of hits you get when you Google “how to make money blogging” it’s pretty safe to say that most of us are not making our salary by writing online. Some do, yes. …

OF HOME, Random

Meatless Monday: Caramelized Onion, Mushroom and Spinach Pizza

Posted by marianhd on June 8, 2015April 10, 2018

It’s summer, which means it’s farmers’ market season! For a food lover, there’s nothing better than a farmers’ market for finding fresh and delicious ingredients. Farmers’ markets are fun, too! It’s the best way to …

Food Thoughts and Experiences, Main Dish, OF COMMUNITY, OF FOOD, Recipes

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Meatless Monday: Eating “Good and Cheap”

Posted by marianhd on April 27, 2015April 10, 2018

I went to a small school in Ohio where our foreign language options were German or Spanish. I had the best German teacher ever. She was simply known as Frau, which is the German word …

Main Dish, OF COMMUNITY, OF FOOD, Recipes, SNAP Challenge

Meatless Monday: Easy Vegetable Fried Rice

Posted by marianhd on April 13, 2015April 10, 2018

Once upon a time I tried to make fried rice. It should be easy enough, right? Veggies, rice, a scrambled egg… Turns out the order of operations is kinda important. If you add the beaten …

Main Dish, OF FOOD, Recipes

4 Reasons I’m Glad to Breastfeed in 2015

Posted by marianhd on March 6, 2015April 10, 2018

For the smallest member of my family, I don’t need a recipe to prepare his food with love. It’s 4am and I’m feeding my 3 month old son, flipping through facebook on my phone while he eats, …

Food Thoughts and Experiences, OF FAMILY, OF FOOD

Meatless Monday: Power Salad

Posted by marianhd on February 23, 2015April 10, 2018

While I was pregnant everyone and their mother gave me (and the husband) advice about everything baby-related. “It’s okay to drink some wine. It won’t hurt the baby” “Are you drinking coffee? You know that …

OF FOOD, OF HEALTH, Recipes, Salad, Vegan