When guests come in to town I often take them to at least one of my five favorite local ice cream shops.  Two of them

So, we are halfway through the week.  I’ve been enjoying the meals I planned but I haven’t had a chance, until no, to post them

I whipped this hummus up this morning and it was delicious!  I hope you enjoy it, too. 2 cans of chickpeas (rinsed and drained) or

We’re in our 4th week now of eating plant-based and the changes have been amazing.  To fill you in, 3.5 weeks ago we watched the

I am getting later and later on getting these menu posts up and I realized I haven’t made any updates since I posted the last

The table format for the menu was fun but it was cutting off the end of the week.  So I am just going to list

Towards the beginning/middle of last week I was feeling pretty bummed about the food I was making.  I made a couple of ‘dud’ recipes and

We are not even two weeks into this adventure yet and today was difficult. It started out as a great day but had a lot

Here is the menu and recipes for this coming week. I think I did a little bit better planning the full week this time.  Links

Saturday is typically our pancakes morning so adapting our traditional recipe would have been a little challenging (though not impossible).  So I returned to a

Netflix so kindly recommended other documentaries that would enjoy since I just watched, “Forks Over Knives”.  From the list I chose, “Vegucated.”  I made the

We are 3 days in to our ‘plant based, whole foods’ lifestyle change.  I have been surprised by several things.  First, the children are actually

Here is the manu plan that I have come up with.  Click the links to see the recipes: I am not quite finished with this

Today, my family and I watched Forks Over Knives.  The movie had been recommended to us by several friends and I finally had the chance

This article is thought provoking http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/nyregion/health-board-approves-bloombergs-soda-ban.html.  New York city health department has banned the sale of soda and sugary drinks larger than 16 oz.  I ignored

Today was the first real opportunity for the decision my family has made to change our food choices to be put to the test.  For

I spent the evening in my kitchen preparing food.  The children are truly starting to understand now that we we do now: the picking, the

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I would say, as a rule, we eat fairly healthy and well in this house. But, Monday night has become gym night for my husband

Today we had the privilege to get out for fresh air and a picnic.  We were meeting good friends and taking just peanut butter and

Ok. I didn’t actually make Cherry Jubilee but we have had quite a celebration of cherries around here recently.  Sour cherries come in ripe (usually)