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“I love your donut holes”
Hi everyone! Happy Sunday! Thank you so very much for all of your lovely comments on the graduation post– ya’ll definitely know how to make a girl smile! Also, I added the recipes for my final to the Raw Recipes page for those of you who’d like to start (un)cooking 🙂 Yesterday morning, I had…
Read More →Official Cheffer
Hey everyone! Happy Saturday! What a whirlwind…. and now, I’m a certified raw foods Level 1 chef! (About half our class and our two instructors, Ladan and Whitney) Yesterday was seriously crazy trying to get everything put together and prepped for our three course meal. Mayjah thanks to the twins who got me a…
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Local Honey and Walnut Baklava
Local honey and walnut Baklava Phyllo Dough: -Meat of 2 young Thai coconuts -3/4 C. soaked cashews -2 T. Flax meal -Pinch salt -1/4 C. honey -1/2 C. water -1 T. vanilla Blend all ingredients until smooth. Spread onto Teflex sheets and dehydrate until dry but still pliable. Filling: -2 C. walnuts -2 t. cinnamon…
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Apricot Mint and Cauliflower Rice Dolmas
Dolmas: For the filling: -1 C. dried apricots, plumped in water and finely chopped -1/2 head of cauliflower, processed in the food processor so that it resembles rice -juice of 1 lemon -heaping T. of fresh mint -2 T. chopped Italian parsely -1 clove garlic, finely minced -1/2 t. salt -pepper to taste -pinch of…
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Mediterranean Appetizer Trio
Yellow Almond-Flax Crackers -2 C. soaked almonds – ¾ C. water -1/2 t. sea salt -1 T. nutritional yeast -1/2 t. turmeric -1 t. chopped fresh oregano -1 T. ground flax seeds -2 T. lemon juice -1 T. cumin seed -salt and pepper to taste Blend all ingredients on high in the Vita-Mix until smooth.…
Read More →The menu, revealed
Hey everyone! HAPPY FRIDAY! Wahoooo! Hooray for the weekend and double hooray that I get to see that pilot guy tonight 😀 My last night at work was great –I was greeted with a ticket for a Four Shot and an ice cream- but it got even better because I got to join the twins…
Read More →The Day the Taste buds Died
Hey guys! How’s it going?? I loved reading your guesses for whom our celebrity taster is going to be. You may have just hit the nail on the head. That’s all I’m saying 😀 SO EXCITED! Today was an off-day from the gym, so I slept in a little made a fun bfast. Chia pudding!…
Read More →A granted wish
Hey guys! Happy almost weekend! Got anything exciting going on?? I get to see my husband. I’m kinda nervous, I hope he still likes me 😉 I’m way excited to take him on a date tomorrow night after our class final. Before work last night, I busted open a new type of smoothie since I’m…
Read More →I scream for autumn
Heyyyyyy 😀 How are ya, bloggies?? Did you have your Indian food yet today?? I wish I could say I have a belly full of baigan bhartha, but alas, that is not the case. We actually got out of class super early and I was thinking of hitting up the Indian buffet but I’m trying…
Read More →Nerd Alert
Hello!! Happy Wednesday aka Indian Food Day. I can’t believe I haven’t had Indian food in a month!!! Please have some in my honor and I’ll be happily feasting on Baigan Bhartha when I get back to Valdizzy next week 😀 Yesterday morning, Michelle and I hit up the gym per usual and I had…
Read More →Veggie-versary
Hi everyone! How’s your morning treating ya?? I can’t believe I forgot to recognize my actual veggie-versary, so why not celebrate it today?? On September 7th last year, the day before the pilot left on a 6-month deployment, I made the decision to become quasitarian. It was pretty random and spontaneous and I just decided…
Read More →Recipe testing is no joke
Hey everyone! Hope your day’s been going well 😀 Recipe testing is seriously biznass. I thought it was going to be a breezy task, since the only brush with recipe testing I’ve had is the many episodes of Barefoot Contessa I’ve watched. In a couple of episodes, the lovely Ina Garden “tries out” new recipes…
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