Now that we’re back into winter (with even some snow on the ground), I find myself turning to my cast iron skillet for cooking and flavor. This heavy kitchen tool can be relied on to cook everything from crisp bacon to steak to pot pie. And it’s nice that it goes from the stovetop to […]
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Weeknight Ottolenghi Wonder
Have you guys heard of Yotam Ottolenghi? He’s an Israel-born British chef who is basically the king of vegetable-forward, healthy and super tasty cooking. I was gifted his cookbook, Plenty, and I have loved everything I’ve cooked from it. For example, this Chickpea & Greens Saute with greek yogurt. He takes greens, legumes and other […]
Confessions of a Lenten Vegetarian, Part 3
We’re in the final stretch, folks. In approximately seven days, I will be free to eat whatever I want again. I won’t have to say no to Cookout burgers or stick to the vegetarian offerings when eating out. Although I don’t think that life will be too different, here are a few takeaways. It’s not […]
Confessions of a Lenten Vegetarian, Part 2
Well, we’re officially halfway through Lent, folks. Easter is only three weeks away! It has been nice having this time to focus my eating a bit more and follow a fabulous daily devotional by Naptime Diaries. I must say that my vegetarian journey has had some ups and some downs. You can read about the […]
Confessions of a Lenten Vegetarian
We’re kicking off the week here on the blog with a little personal update…a diary of sorts. For the past 11 days or so, I have been eating vegetarian. This was sort of one of my food resolutions for 2016, and I thought what better a time than Lent to give something up and let it […]