Cookbook of the Month – Lucid Food
Here I am, January 31st, squeezing in the cookbook of the month post! It’s been a busy, but good month. It only seems appropriate that the cookbook of the month be Louisa Shafia’s “Lucid Food: Cooking for an Eco-Conscious Life,” as so many of the recipes from my cleanse (which pretty much consumed the first … Read more
Broccoli and Edamame Soup
I bet you thought that now that I’m done with my cleanse, I’d go straight back to posting recipes for things that included a lot of cheese, cream, flour, and or/chocolate. Well… that was the plan, it’s just that things don’t always go according to plan. This post was supposed to be about a chocolate … Read more
Winter Cleanse: Week 2 – Menu and Recipes
Week 2 did not go so hot. I just … got tired. I stopped for a sandwich one night on the way home from work because going to the grocery store sounded unbearable. I had a muffin at our staff meeting. I went out for lunch to celebrate the arrival of some new coworkers, and … Read more
Winter Cleanse: Week 1 – Menu and Recipes
Here it is. The big one. The one that’s been occupying an unreasonable amount of my attention all week. The “first week of the cleanse” post. There’s going to be a lot of information packed in here, so I’ll make my introduction brief (there’s a little more info in my preview post here). I decided … Read more
Chili-Chicken Stew with Black Beans and Rice
I really wanted to call this “the fastest soup in the west.” ’Cuz, you know, I just cut up some chicken and opened some cans and threw in some spices and BAM, there was dinner. No pre-meditation, just a sudden flash of inspiration followed by a rush to the kitchen to create the meal I … Read more
