Category Archives: Life

Day to Day Life: Week 6

Somewhere in my brain I decided it was a good week for a juice fast. This particular juice absolutely required me not breathing in while I drank. Kale, beets, beet greens, romaine lettuce, cucumber, celery, kiwi, meyer lemon, apples, ginger. … Continue reading

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Day to Day Life: Week 5

 What happens when you try to make juice, but mid-beet juicing your juicer decides to simply die? I don’t suggest what this photo says I decided to do. Beat remaining beets to pulp in your food processor, then hand squeeze … Continue reading

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Homemade Banana Pancakes

It has taken me two decades to appreciate pancakes. What’s wrong with me? How is the idea of dessert-breakfast not appealing? Perhaps it’s simply that I’m not big on breakfast. I like black coffee and a glass of water. It’s … Continue reading

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Double Herb and Cheese-Stuffed Crust Veggie Pot Pie

It’s a mouthful. The title. The dish. The meal. I couldn’t tell you the last time I had a pot pie before this one… vegetarian or not. I remember frozen, TV dinner style chicken pot pies every now and then … Continue reading

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Day to Day Life: Week 3

I’ve got no help to offer when it comes to ideas of how you lose a shoe when it’s nearly 20 degrees outside… Well, nothing overly logical except that it wasn’t on your foot to begin with. This week started … Continue reading

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Chicken Seitan Tortellini and Pesto Soup

Let’s talk about persistence. In the last week, I’ve had the three recipes I’ve blogged, posted on Tastespotting, Foodgawker, and Healthy Aperture. One of those recipes came with two rejections, thus three submission attempts at each site… As well as … Continue reading

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When Winter Moves From Inside-Out

Since I was about twelve, I’ve known what it’s like to ride out lows that feel like they’re going to bury me alive. That’s a decade and a half filled with periods of wanting to close myself off to the … Continue reading

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Beet Root Brownies

January is one of those months. The kind where cold isn’t an exciting snowy winter time adventure. That happened back in December. It’s lingering and face-chilling. January is too early into the new year to be hopeful for spring green … Continue reading

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Day to Day Life: Week 2

I love how quiet it is when it’s snowing. Sitting on our front porch watching how each flake catches the wind seemingly in a different pattern while drinking a hot cup of coffee feels like well spent time. What?!  This was … Continue reading

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Vegetable Chow Mein with Tofu

Despite being half Japanese and growing up in a home where we occasionally ate Asian-inspired dishes, the truth is, I don’t cook a lot of Asian food. I enjoy eating it. If I had to live on things like nori … Continue reading

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