I had planned to make a "healthy" dessert for Guy's birthday, an Orchard Crumble--after the main event, we could eat leftovers for breakfast. Unfortunately, from Sunday to Monday the pears went from perfectly soft to rotten-brown-inedible and I had to switch to Plan B: rum cake. [Note: this cake was originally based on Bacardi's recipe, but the changes … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Rum Cake
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Meatless Monday – Trader Joe’s California-Asian Meal
By the time we arrived home from the Christmas concert matinee, it was dinner time. We needed a quick, easy, family-friendly veggie meal. As I began pulling things from fridge and freezer, I laughed... Every item--fresh, frozen, and condiment--came from Trader Joe's! I don't have hard-and-fast recipes for the items on this menu, mostly because I change … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Trader Joe’s California-Asian Meal
Meatless Monday – Ginger Stout Cake
I remember the first time I tasted real gingerbread: I was 20 years old, on a college study abroad program. Walking in the English Lake District, we stopped to warm ourselves in a bakery. Of course I'd had gingerbread before--gingerbread cookies, ginger snaps, even the bread--but I'd had nothing like this, so gingery-fierce it seemed … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Ginger Stout Cake
Meatless Monday – Birthday Mac & Cheese
The one who made me a mama was turning 18. Because his birthday gift is a 3-day trip to an out-of-town concert venue with family + seven teenage friends over New Year's (yes, we might be nuts, but we also have a lot of experience chaperoning teens...), we decided to have a celebration dinner at … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Birthday Mac & Cheese
Meatless Monday – Greek Veggie Burgers
Due to computer issues and the resulting several computer-less weeks, I have a back-log of Create Challenge posts to share. So what a joy that one friend wrote about creating food and was willing to share a Meatless Monday--and gluten-free to boot--recipe with us today! I didn't know how passionately Sara feels about food, and so … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Greek Veggie Burgers
Meatless Monday – Spicy Coconut Noodles
Happy Halloween! Chili on Halloween has become something of a tradition for our family, mostly because it's healthy comfort food to warm up your insides on a cool fall evening but also because you can make a BIG pot and share it with friends. We have enjoyed Halloween parties with friends most of Tween's school … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Spicy Coconut Noodles
Meatless Monday – Fruit Tart
Friends invited us for dinner at their house. When I asked what we could bring our hostess quipped, "Dessert. If my attempts to cook vegetables go south, at least we'll have wine and dessert!" So I wanted something easy, delish, and striking. Fruit tart! This recipe is versatile--you can change it up with different fruit-and-jam combinations as … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Fruit Tart
Meatless Monday – July 4th Ice Cream
Tween had cake for breakfast. To be fair, it was packaged and presented as a "muffin," but I say we should call a chocolate-chocolate chip "muffin" with cream cheese filling by its true name: cake. Whatever. He's 12 and it's a holiday. Full disclosure, I had ice cream for breakfast. Actually, I had coffee before … Continue reading Meatless Monday – July 4th Ice Cream
Meatless Monday – Chocolate Stout Cake
Last night friends hosted a lovely backyard dinner party. The group was a mix of friends from church and neighborhood. At what became the first annual dinner two years ago, they toasted us off on our Costa Rica sabbatical. At this third annual dinner, neighbors we met two years ago have become friends with whom we … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Chocolate Stout Cake
Meatless Monday – Pancakes!
For Monday morning of Spring Break, Tween requested ice cream for breakfast. Of course he did. What kid wouldn't want an ice cream treat for breakfast? We're enjoying a staycation while the rest of the family travels the world. That might not sound fair, but it's just the right speed for the two of us … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Pancakes!