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Day to Day Life: Week Sixteen
The past week looked a bit like this: Overcast skies are some of my favorite skies. I have no qualms about telling you I buy Yogi tea mainly for the little quote that is attached to each teabag. This particular … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day, Kids, Life, Photography
Tagged Ashland, breakfast for dinner, cookies, Day to Day, everyday life, life in photos, National Poetry Month, overcast skies, photo, photo blog, photo post, photography, photos, yogi tea
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Bleu Cheese Mac and Cheese
At times I am nearly positive that I reside in a peculiar realm of craziness. Sometimes my days bring an overwhelming sense of urgency and half the time I am not certain what that is born out of. The days … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Lunch, Sauces, Vegetarian
Tagged adult mac and cheese, bleu cheese pasta, bleu macaroni and cheese, cheesy sauce recipe, creamy mac and cheese, creamy stove top mac and cheese, dinner, mac and cheese, macaroni and bleu cheese, macaroni and cheese recipes, pasta, stinky cheese, vegetarian pasta
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Oatmeal Cookies with Bonus Features
I try not to romanticize baking cookies, but then there are days when I wake up thinking about oatmeal cookies, the scent of butter creamed together with sugar and vanilla… and it seems futile to fight that (too hard). I’m … Continue reading
The Art of Failed Cakes and Mistakes
One of the most rewarding things I’ve learned from really delving into cooking is: mistakes happen. Not that I wasn’t aware of this before. And certainly in the areas of life outside of the kitchen, I’m a mistake aficionado. Life … Continue reading
Slow Cooked Black Beans
The most simplistic recipes often are not born out of a lack of creativity, nor a lack of skills in the kitchen. Sometimes simplicity is both competence and comprehensibility of the ingredients at hand. Knowing that you can put X, … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Gluten-Free, Lunch, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged bean recipes, beans and rice, black beans, crock pot, crock pot beans, crock pot recipes, Meatless Monday, Meatless Monday recipes, meatlessmonday, slow cooked beans, slow cooker beans, turtle beans, vegetarian beans, vegetarian black beans, vegetarian crock pot recipes, veggie black beans
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Day to Day Life: Week 15
This week looked like this: Garlic rubbed sourdough toast with peppery egg and chives. So good. Brown eyed boy. Silas’s mom shared the pickled quail eggs she’s been pickling… delicious. Company for chips. I baked a surprise birthday cake for … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day, Kids, Life, Photography
Tagged Day to Day, day to day life, everyday life, life, life in photos, photography, photos, photos from every day
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Vegan Rémoulade with Nasoya and Blackened Catfish Sandwiches
About a month ago, I was offered the opportunity to try Nasoya’s new vegan mayonnaise. I was told that Nasoya recently perfected their recipe, creating a smoother, creamier Nayonaise. After accepting the offer, I received a jar of original Nayonaise … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Lunch, Sauces, Seafood
Tagged blackened catfish, blackened catfish sandwich, catfish sandwich, creamy sauces, dinner, fish sandwiches, Nasoya, Nasoya recipes, Nayonaise, NayoWhipped, sandwich, sandwiches, seafood, southern catfish sandwich, spicy catfish, vegan, Vegan Mayonnaise, vegan remoulade, Vegan Rémoulade with Nasoya and Blackened Catfish Sandwiches, vegenaise
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Pineapple Sunrise Juice
Let’s discuss something. Pineapple. And how adding pineapple to anything does not make it “Hawaiian.” For instance – Hawaiian pizza, topped with pineapple and Canadian bacon. C’mon now. Being born and raised on Kauai, I have to tell you – … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Breakfast, Gluten-Free, Juice, Kids, Lunch, Vegan
Tagged Breville Juice Fountain, Breville juicer, fresh pineapple juice, ginger, grapefruit, grapefruit juice, Hawaii, home, juice, Kauai, Kauai oceans, pineapple, pineapple mandarin juice, ruby red grapefruit, sunrise juice, sunrises, tangy juice recipe
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Homemade Seitan Fried Chicken
When it came to potlucks when I was a kid, everyone had two requests from my mom: her stir-fried beef broccoli or her fried chicken. Even writing the names of these things down makes my mouth salivate. I remember the … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Meatless Meat, Vegetarian
Tagged best chicken style seitan, homemade seitan, Homemade Seitan Fried Chicken, making seitan, Meatless Monday, meatlessmonday, seitan, seitan chicken, seitan fried chicken, vegetarian, vegetarian fried chicken, veggie meat, vital wheat gluten, wheat meat
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Day to Day Life: Weeks 12, 13 & 14
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind. I thought about skipping two weeks of Day-to-Day posts, but alas… I’m opting for this route instead. Three weeks worth of photos (while the number of them may seem overwhelming, they’re the … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day, Kids, Life, Photography, Travel
Tagged Engfer Pizza, Engfer Pizza Works, every day photos, everyday life, everyday photos, Highway 1, hotel living with kids, Jack Kerouac Alley, juice, Kerouac Alley, Legoland, Native Foods Cafe, northern california, photographs, photos, Piedras Blancas elephant seals, pupusas, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz boardwalk, Southern California, spring time, strawberries, traveling, Ventura Beach
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
