Recipes

Peanut Butter Banana Pudding Cake Recipe

Giveaway Winner And the winner of the Tropical Traditions Organic Coconut Flour giveaway is... Sophia! She of the comment: Wow, I would LOVE to try this in a pizza crust!!! SO amazing! Is the coconut taste strong? I once made banana muffins, and forgot the sugar. Thankfully the bananas in…

Raw Recipes

Yesterday, on Day 26 of the Raw Food Challenge, I ate: - 1 leaf romaine lettuce, a couple spoonfuls of cakey apple pie, and 1 glass lemon water with 1 digestive enzyme capsule - Chocolate shake with spinach, 1 1/2 frozen bananas, 1 1/2 cups water, the contents of 1…

Slow-Cooking Roasted Chicken Soup Recipe

Review of Dr. McDougall's Ready to Serve Soups I received all of the above soups from Dr. McDougall's Right Soups about a month ago but kept putting off reviewing them because I kept feeling I should try them again. I've given up and might as well review them now. What…

Cheezy Sauce Recipe

Yesterday, on Day 11 of the Vegan Challenge, I ate: - 1 apple - 1/4 cup almonds and a thick slice gingerbread - Salad with romaine lettuce, spinach, quinoa/bean/veggie mixture, radishes, cucumber, tomato, green pepper, carrots, 1 slice Yves deli "turkey", some raisins, and asparagus - 1 almond butter ball,…

Recipe: Banana Blossom Salad with Chicken

On Thursday I took a cooking class that lasted from 9am-4pm to learn how to cook Khmer dishes, and it was fantastic. There were only six of us students and our teacher took us to the market to tell us all about the different kinds of fruit and herbs. We…

Happy Halloween!

I have wonderful memories of Halloween. As a child, I remember going overboard for the holiday. The mother dear would sew our costumes, the house would be decorated to the nines, and of course there would be plenty of candy come Halloween night! Sometimes unfortunate circumstances would arise. Such as my…

Chocolate and Books!

Okay, so I'm still a bit sick---I've been nursing a sore throat the past couple days with ham and split pea soup, excessive amounts of green tea, yogurt, and oatmeal. Yummy! Also, this morning I made some fantastic hot chocolate: take 3 small squares of Lindor 99% dark chocolate (probably…

Juicing it up!

Yesterday I had my first opportunity to use a Juicer, and let me tell you, it was a blast! I've heard a lot about Juicers but for the most part ignored all of the rave reviews because I'm not much of a juice fan. There are only about two situations…