September 29, 2024
At the shop helping with errands. Date night and possibly the most shrinkflation-y avocado roll I ever did see! “where’s the beef?!” This wacky picture my Mom printed and framed now has a home by the side door. Ah I remember making these smoothie bowls. I miss so much stuff! Read more…
August 29, 2024
That’s what this is, I’ve decided. A pit stop. Refueling before I move onward. It is just lasting months, as I knew it would. But the feeling of sacrifice I couldn’t predict. The suspension of a forward progression of time, the isolation in this tangent. The standstill of my other Read more…
August 19, 2024
When I am not flying there are home-type things to do… like go food shopping. This airstream is along the way. I am trying to get better at not spending all my expendable income on food. That means making do with what this DC kitchen offers me, mainly the crock Read more…
July 9, 2024
I finally had a moment to meal plan! And since my Mom and Dad gifted me this crockpot to help me make meals in DC, I did so. I had no idea it’d be possible to make lasagna in a crock pot and now it is going to be my Read more…
June 30, 2024
So there was this brick of tofu I had put in the freezer at home after a quick drain… as you very well may know, freezing tofu alters the texture giving it a more substantial bite. Plus with my heading back to DC, I didn’t want it to go bad Read more…
June 13, 2024
How do you know I am home in Rochester? Well, I’ll likely be at a Wegman’s with this guy at some point. I’ll be munching on my very favorite vegan chocolate bar from Nelly’s: Nutty Nougat …making smoothie bowls ….crafting… …mermaid pieces…. ….making dinner (This is a slow cooker sweet Read more…
May 26, 2024
Yay, I am in a cemetery! So while on short call reserve I get to explore this city. It’s like an extended vacation kind of. But I am pretty much always alone, which is peaceful until the times it is lonely. But then I go to bed and I have Read more…
May 18, 2024
After seeing how my guy was eating while I was gone, we decided to hit up the Rochester Public Market for some fresh ingredients as soon as possible. It was alive in the early morn, in its rhythm and shuffle. He said he missed my chili, so chili he’d soon Read more…
April 29, 2024
Scenes from a brief stay at home… A smoothie bowl of course She tells me what to do The tulips continue to pop! Blackberry pancakes Szechaun Opera
March 15, 2024
{A nice day by Lake Ontario} {Dentist Views} {The best tortillas} {Why I thrift: Left–Thifted for same price of Right–One pair of pants} {Still Chili Time} {Date Night at Bar Bantam} {Tofu} {Pretty Oil} {Thrift Find} {Tofu Scramble} {Basement Organizing} {Doing Ceramics} {My Mermaid Tail} {Roller Girl} {More Thrift Finds} Read more…
March 8, 2024
Making a beautiful and bountiful smoothie bowl is an art! Here are my latest creations… So many berries! A bit more basic Now I have some golden berries! These are so interesting. Have you ever tried them before? A little closer up More of them golden berries! Now with dragon Read more…
February 29, 2024
The shortest month, though a little longer this year, has come and gone. To follow some of the misplaced pieces of its path. The moon. This was from the driveway. I shot as long as I could before frozen fingers put me back inside. With some finally clear skies, more Read more…
February 15, 2024
I have been pretty obsessed with making breakfast bowls as of lately. Most are a mix with my greens powder below. “Garden of Life Raw Organic Perfect Food Green Superfood Juiced Greens Powder” A very important characteristic about this greens powder is: Stevia is just disgusting. Now some shots of Read more…
January 18, 2024
I can’t. This is why: It’s a one pot meal. I don’t need to follow a recipe. I get to add whatever needs using up. It’s delicious. To follow, a few of my concoctions… What is your favorite ingredient to put in your chili?
December 15, 2023
There is so much darn pumpkin puree to use! So for dinner, yet another curry. I know I am often making curry, but this one had great flavor and spice levels. I threw in some cubed baked tofu so it hit all my requirements. I also used up some stuff Read more…
Well we are half way through the last month of 2023. As time continues to fly, some mid-month outtakes. First, the tremendous pumpkin that the teenager picked out for Halloween, preserved nicely in the cold Western New York temperatures on the porch, would need to be processed. I needed the Read more…
November 23, 2023
The big food holiday was here and I planned to make a 6-course all-vegan spread in my new kitchen! And I was surprised and pleased how easy it all went down… I even had time to do batches of dishes between prep tasks. With planning, this can be even more Read more…
November 22, 2023
Life Day is a holiday in the Star Wars galaxy. Detailed in the absolutely cringe-inducing Star Wars Holiday Special, a made-for-tv special made in 1978, the holiday is traditionally celebrated on November 17. Since we would not be celebrating Thanksgiving with the kids, we decided to utilize the cookbook we Read more…
November 16, 2023
The formula for a good vegan chili is pretty straight-forward……. Aromatic vegetables with varied and bright hues …….an assortment of beans of varying color ……….tomato base (crushed and whole and paste) and flavorful stock …….and, finally, a variety of spices! I also whipped up a jalapeño cornbread Ok, so this Read more…
November 11, 2023
More eats made from the pumpkin purée! First, a batch of pumpkin coconut curry I winged. I got the formula down… aromatics, protein, veg, cream (coconut) and a balance of sweet, spicy, umami, acidity… So darn good… I’ll have to write down the ingredients I used next time. Next I Read more…
October 12, 2023
Since beginning Hello Fresh a few weeks back, a service that had once made me scoff “Just go to the grocery store!”, I’ve come to see the value of it. Not only are the portioned kits and illustrated recipe cards are perfect for my guy’s son’s entry into the world Read more…
October 6, 2023
After receiving a bunch of tomatoes from my guy’s dad’s garden, I put them all to good use, making pasta sauce in the slow cooker… so I can do other things with apples. Have you ever made tomato sauce in a slow cooker? Did I commit some kind of sacrilege? Read more…
October 4, 2023
Every apple haul needs to include a batch of applesauce, the O.G. apple dish with deep nostalgic ties. Considering I wanted to get way more creative with my apples, I opted for a small portion with the goal of eating with some yummy vegan pierogis from Polska Chata. First I Read more…
Making apple butter would use a whopping 5 1/2 pounds of apples! No peeling, no hands on work at all until after many hours of baking in the slow cooker. This recipe was easy peasy… The fresh apples ready for their fate Spiced and sugared After the overnight… zombie apples! Read more…
September 24, 2023
My guy’s son is a budding chef! So he’s started to try his skills on some Hello Fresh meals. Because he is a very sweet boy, he includes vegan meals for me to enjoy too. But this first go I would try to replicate his non-vegan meal as a vegan Read more…
September 12, 2023
Beautiful Places Close By, Box-free Baking, Cemeteries, Cookies, Cooking Stuff, Eating Out, Lunch, Nature
This year, the summer seems endless. I never know what day is and thus time is passing in giant chunks of leisure. This is my daily life right now. Until it isn’t. So I am basking. Above, an amazing tempeh rib special from Red Fern. Cornbread, sweet potato mash, pilaf Read more…