Growing up, my mom used to call me the vegetarian who didn't eat vegetables, and now, as an adult, the same can often be said about my diet. While chickpeas aren't veggies, but rather a legume, they're still crazy good for you. They're excellent for a vegetarian diet as they're packed full of protein, fiber, zinc, and folate. They're also low in fat which is an added … [Read more...]
{Make It} Easy Banana Pancakes for Shrove Tuesday
Today is Shrove Tuesday, the term Shrove Tuesday comes from the fact that Pancakes are associated with the day preceding Lent because they were a way to use up rich foods such as eggs, milk, and sugar, before the fasting season of the 40 days of Lent.Any excuse to make pancakes in this house is excuse enough for me! The kids and I are big pancake fans, in fact, boy child has … [Read more...]
{MAKE IT} Egg Stuffed Meat Balls
I was recently invited to be a blogger for the Love Your Local Safeway campaign, and being the good vegetarian that I am, I jumped at the opportunity! I'm a huge Safeway fan, in fact, I fondly recall pushing the mini shopping cart up and down the aisles with my Mom when I was a kid. I'm also a huge lover of beef... Well, my family loves it, and I love everything about it … [Read more...]
{MAKE IT} Homemade Vegetable Broth
I hate waste. Whenever, and wherever possible I try to reuse, re-purpose, and recycle anything that I can. Along the same line of thought as my Bento Bread Scrap French Toast, I decided to start storing all veggie scraps and end of life veggies in a large freezer bag to make homemade vegetable broth. By nature, veggies create a lot of waste as they're often cored, … [Read more...]
{MAKE IT} DIY Tortilla Bowl Stir-Fry Recipe
Every once in a while I like to impress the pants off my family make meal time special by actually giving a shit putting in a little extra effort. This was one of those nights! I've seen these taco bowls on Pinterest lately and decided to give them a try.Unfortunately (fortunately?) I only had large tortilla's so shaping them in an upside down muffin pan, as some of the … [Read more...]
