This recipe was adapted from the August/September issue of Clean Eating magazine, and Eric and I love it! The filling is tangy, creamy and sweet; while the homemade sauce is spicy. Such a great combination of flavors! Sauce 2 28-oz cans tomatoes (whole, diced or chopped) 1 jar roasted red peppers, drained 1 T. dried [...]
Meal Plan for the week
Well, at 37.5 weeks pregnant, I finally feel like cooking again. And I finally have hit a point where I don’t feel like eating only junk! Amazing! So far this week, Eric has made cheeseburgers and Challah French Toast (recipe & pics to come soon). I’ve also made a macaroni & cheese casserole to freeze [...]
Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce

This is really more of a relish/chutney, but who wants to eat Cranberry Chutney for Thanksgiving Dinner?! This is a delicious, extremely easy cranberry sauce that will spice up any meal. Eric and I (you all know who actually cooks it!) bring this to his parents’ house every year for Thanksgiving dinner, and it’s always [...]
Farro Pilaf
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Lessons in Polenta
Book Review: Eating Animals
By Jonathan Safran Foer Rating: 4 stars. This book was great. A little too argumentative to get five stars, but overall a great read. It turns out to be an easy-to-read expose on how meat gets from where it’s raised to your plate. A pretty gruesome tale, all things told–which I expected after watching Food, [...]
Roasted Beef, Mushroom & Barley Soup
This was a recipe we adapted from this month’s Everyday Food. With the weather getting a little cooler, Eric and I have both been in the mood for some hearty, yet healthy, goodness. This makes a large pot of soup, so halve this if you’re only cooking for two. You’ll definitely still have leftovers! Preheat [...]











