In the midst of renovating my kitchen (before, demo, after) my work life took me into the direction of looking at and talking about food waste. It turns out we waste a lot of food. …
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Waste not, want not, then eat scones
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Faux Fettuccine on Meatless Monday
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 …
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Meatless Monday: Eating “Good and Cheap”
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 …
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Meatless Monday: Easy Vegetable Fried Rice
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 …
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Meatless Monday: Power Salad
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 …
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Meatless Monday: (Vegan) Squashy Soup
I finally cooked something for real!! It took awhile. My baby is almost 3 months old. But I finally cooked a real, new recipe from scratch. The butternut squash had only been sitting on my …
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Meatless Monday Polenta with Black Beans and Sweet Corn
I realized something this week. At 5 months pregnant, I have the same reaction when I open my closet as when I open my fridge. There’s stuff in there, but nothing looks like it’ll work …
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Citrus Roasted Beet Salad for Meatless Monday
I hated beets as a kid. What kid didn’t, right? They smelled funny, stained your plate pink, and were never found on a kids’ menu. I thought it was so weird that my brother would …
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies–Perfect for Meatless Monday!
Once upon a time I lived in Northern Ireland for a year. This was an amazing, fun, and educational experience. Aside from meeting wonderful people (some of whom I still count as close friends), working …
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Slow Cooker Freezer Spaghetti Veggie Sauce
Confession time. Once upon a time, when I had moved into my own place for the first time, I was a Lean Cuisine junkie. Two friends visited once and looked in my freezer and laughed …
