Every day, I walk a loop around my neighborhood, starting on our road, which is dotted with antique homes, raised ranches, and hay fields. I walk this for about five minutes, then follow a long, occasionally narrow road called Fairfield, which is also dotted with hay fields (lovely ones, as the name suggests), Capes, ranches,… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Vegan
Blackberry Simple Syrup
The first recipe made with our glut of blackberries was blackberry vinegar, which happens to still be steeping away in the basement on a shelf that also houses our multi pack stash of toilet paper. I know, I know, not very aspirational, is it? I’d love to be able to tell you that the vinegar… Continue Reading
Maple-Chipotle Barbecue Sauce
Grocery shopping day at our house is Tuesday. Kind of odd, really, but it makes sense if you know that I do the shopping after I collect what JR and I call “slop” and what the Whole Foods team calls “compost”. The compost is Whole Foods’ waste produce, which they very generously share with us… Continue Reading
Wild Rice and Mushroom Salad for Whole Grain Sampling Day (+ a giveaway)
The giveaway is now closed. Congratulations, Julie! I hope that you enjoy the whole grain goodies! In the interest of full disclosure, I was provided a slew of whole grain products to sample, but was not otherwise compensated for this post. As always, all opinions are my own. Like the 81% of Americans who are… Continue Reading
Maple-Roasted Fennel and Pears
Oh, woe is fennel. Not enough people are enamored of her, and as such, not enough people know her charms. Yes, I did just assign a sex to fennel, though, as finocchio in Italian, I guess it’s already been decided that fennel is male. But the curves! Have you seen the curves? We grow fennel… Continue Reading