Black Bean and Butternut Squash Chili

October 11th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Dinner Time - (2 Comments)

Life is settling back into a post-marathon norm around here. I spent much of today getting caught up on all things food and laundry now that I’m hobbling around a little bit less and taking the stairs slightly faster than yesterday.

Or at the very least I’m not doing the “step up with my right leg, drag my left leg up behind me like a sack of potatoes” thing anyway.

Dinner got started this morning when I threw this guy from last week’s CSA share into the oven – not immediately sure what I was going to do with him.  Read more...

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What Kind of Day?

October 2nd, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Lunch - (1 Comments)

I don’t know what the weather is like where you are,

Cold Wet Day

but it’s A Cold, Wet and Dreary kind of day here.

Wet Ground Wet Sidewalk

Or maybe A Soup, Sandwich and Writing on Your Bread with Mustard kind of day?

Egg Salad with Avocado and Cabbage Soup

Yeah, I like that kind of day much better.

So I guess that means we better make some soup.  Soup that’s gonna start with cabbage and leeks.

Leeks

Leeks that need their scary, hairy parts sliced off.  Scary, hairy parts that need to find something fun to do.

Coconut Oil Leek Hair  Read more...

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Sweet Potato Sunday

September 18th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Lunch - (6 Comments)

One potato, two potato, three potato, four…

One Potato Two Potato Three Potato Four

I’ve been staring at these sweet potatoes on my shelf for over a week now and finally decided today was the day to do something with them.

Well, two of them anyway.

Only Used Two

Sweet Potato Pancakes

2 Sweet Potatoes, shredded (you can peel them or simply scrub them and slice off any questionable spots)
1/2 c flour
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 c apple sauce (or a couple tablespoons of some other sweetener like agave or even sugar if desired)
2 – 3 Tbsp canola oil
dash of salt
dash of cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
(optional chili powder if you like them spicy!)  Read more...

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Three Things About Three Things

December 16th, 2010 | Posted by Alison Spath in Late Night Craziness - (9 Comments)

Lately I’ve been keeping an eye out for grain free, sugar free breakfast ideas.  Thanks to The Primal Blueprint, I’ve been feeling this urge to put a little space between me and my typical breakfast of champi-oats.

Ask and apparently you shall receive!  Didn’t a recipe for a bitter chocolate pumpkin cake land in my virtual lap?  I saw it here first at Heather Eats Almond Butter and then clicky clicked my way over to a Spoonful of Sugar Free for the original recipe for this wonder of sugarless, no grain, breakfast wonders.  Read more...

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