Cheese keeps me grounded. My love of cheese (and a few other things) tethers me to the real world, in which not everything has to be ridiculously clean and healthy all the time. Sometimes you break ...
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Spicy Black Bean Dip
Sometimes, it's better to go slow. To resist the all-consuming urge to go, go, go, get in as much as you can as fast as you can, instant gratification circus for the low and slow way. There's a ...
Miso Soup
When it rains, it pours. This has been a rough week for me. On top of the stress of life, work, and the holidays, someone I hold close to my heart is in the hospital. Knowing that she's not doing well ...
Miso Turkey Lettuce Cups
I know, I know. You're all probably thinking that I'm nuts. You just had a lot of turkey last week, and you may be eating leftover turkey for well over a month. So why would I suggest you make ...
Roasted Jalapeno Hummus
We all have those gateway foods. We eat them and they make us want to eat other foods that make us feel guilty or we eat them with something else that again, makes up feel guilty. I remember listening ...
Stuffed Pattypan Squash with Quinoa
Life has a way of making things interesting. When I started working on today's post, I had a completely different recipe in mind. I made it, tasted it, liked it, but not enough to share with all of ...






