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The Local (Smoothie)

In college, friends and I would occasionally eat at a fancy little sandwich shop near our dorm. It was ridiculously expensive for our meager college budget ($7 a sandwich!), but the grub was yummy. The sandwiches had kitschy names–my favorite was ‘the Thanksgiving. Roasted turkey, mayo, cranberry sauce, AND stuffing. Now that I’ve got you drooling and […]

Posted 09 October 2010 | beverage   blueberries   breakfast   snacks   strawberries   vegetarian | Comments Off on The Local (Smoothie) Tagged: , , ,

Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

Note: If you found your way here from www.babble.com, welcome! If you didn’t, then please visit and read my essay about, you guessed it, cookies! If you haven’t figured it out already, I adore cookies. They are my favorite treat (and occasional breakfast.) They’re the perfect food (if nutritional value is not a consideration). You […]

Posted 06 October 2010 | baked goods   comfort food   cookies   dessert   kid stuff | Comments (3)

Fried Tofu and Cabbage with Peanut Sauce

My kiddo helped me shop this past week, and he was insistent that we purchase a purple cabbage. He also shouted ‘cabbage! cabbage! cabbage!’ as we made our way through the produce department. This lasted until we got to the sweet potatoes, and then he changed his tune to (you guessed it) ‘sweet potatoes! sweet […]

Posted 30 September 2010 | one dish dinner   Vegetables   vegetarian | Comments (6) Tagged: , ,

Favorite Date Cookies

My son, Cookie Monster, and I all have something in common (along with a large percentage of the US): our favorite cookie, hands down, is a chocolate chip cookie (Best recipe ever here.) My husband isn’t a cookie fanatic, but if he had to choose, it would be a simple date cookie that is a […]

Posted 27 September 2010 | baked goods   cookies   dessert   kid stuff | Comments (9) Tagged: , ,

Mushroom Barley Soup

Each morning I get my son out of bed, say ‘Good morning!’ and lift up his window shade to let the light in and begin our day. The burning bush just outside has turned a brilliant scarlet, seemingly overnight. That, coupled with a few chilly nights, lets me know that fall is upon us–and I […]

Posted 23 September 2010 | comfort food   soup   vegetarian | Comments Off on Mushroom Barley Soup Tagged: , ,