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This is my life

I really wanted to make this. But you know how it is when you are in between grocery store visits, your grocery budget is tapped and you have to make do with what you have in your pantry? You don’t?...

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Going Dairy Free with Strawberry Vanilla Bean Cupcakes

Have you noticed how many people are going dairy free these days?  And even more so – kids!  So many children are dealing with various allergies and many are dealing with lactose intolerance on top of...

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An “It Could Have Been Vegan” Alfredo Pasta Primavera

I love cheese. I am trying to adopt a more vegan lifestyle, but this is a slow journey for me.  I know it is healthier and the benefits are great, but sometimes I find it so hard to stay away from...

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Summer Musings

A view from our cabin's back deck Its been a whirlwind summer so far. I have directed a week of Therapeutic Riding camp at the wonderful Camp Manitou-Lin which was exhausting and oh so rewarding. We...

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The Simple Things

Living simply is the latest trend. Everyone is talking about it.  I read a ton of blogs and so many of them reveal a desire to cook and eat a simple diet, or adopt a more simple lifestyle. I read some...

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You Know You Want a Taco!

That was the caption on the restaurant sign in my little town on Taco Tuesday night.  It cracked me up and I thought… “yes, yes I do!” I know that most of you are up to your eyeballs in zucchini and...

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On Being Needy and Fresh Marinara

I realize that I have been a bit absent from my blog this summer.  Its not because I haven’t been cooking or thinking of things to write here, its just that well… I’ve been enjoying the summer. At our...

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2012 Highlights and…Zuppa!

Hi everyone.  I know, I know its been way. too. long. I can’t believe I am writing 2013 on our rent check this week.  This year has really flown by.  As I look back on 2012 I realize it was rich.  It...

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A Little Love

When I eat vegan during the month of January every year, I need inspiration.  I check out vegan cookbooks from the library, I look up ideas on finding vegan and I read all the blogs I can find on the...

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In Like a Lion with Black Bean and Sweet Potato Curry

I know I know…. I have to wait patiently for the “out like a lamb” part. Old Man Winter has had a lot of fun with us this winter and last week’s (this week for some of you) snow storm is making me a...

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Joining the Smoothie Craze

I worry at times about what my kids are eating – especially when my oldest declares he is going to be a vegetarian after a questionable meatball was eaten at camp, and my youngest struggles with acid...

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Sweet Sweet Corn Chowder

Oh farmers markets – how I love them. I love arriving to a stream of people with market totes all anxious to find the freshest vegetables, fruits, flowers and breads.  I love walking through the...

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A sour cream start to 2014

Here we are in February. I missed posting anything about New Year’s resolutions because I’m just sort of over that whole thing.  I do always think about things I want to achieve in the coming year,...

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Miso Happy

I am enjoying life! Even though we seem to be busier than ever getting ready for our big year-long travel adventure, the stress of nursing school is pretty much behind me (can you say NCLEX?) and I...

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Licking the bowl

Yep, its been a long time. You see between this and this, its been just a bit busy here! But I am really going to try to get some of the yummy things posted that I have been making lately. Like this...

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Winner winner….healthy dinner!

I know I know…. its been way too long. We traveled. I became a school nurse. We settled in Colorado. We’re getting our groove back… and what comes with that is me… cooking and blogging and teaching...

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