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Vegan Comfort Food: Blue Cornmeal Muffins & Broccoli Soup

Looking outside was dismal enough, wind screeching, rain dumping. Went and looked at Weather Underground's map...yikes, shouldn't have. The Cascade Mountains are being pounded with snow, a swath of green/yellow and orange over most of Western Washington (blue in the mountains). OK, soup day it is! It just seemed right. Up first though, I had… Continue reading Vegan Comfort Food: Blue Cornmeal Muffins & Broccoli Soup

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Book Review: The Total Food Allergy Health and Diet Guide (w/ recipe)

I recently was sent a copy of The Total Food Allergy Health and Diet Guide: Includes 150 Recipes for Managing Food Allergies and Intolerances by Eliminating Common Allergens and Gluten - a new book that came out last month. This is a truly in-depth book for those with any of the 10 major allergies: Peanuts,… Continue reading Book Review: The Total Food Allergy Health and Diet Guide (w/ recipe)

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Cookbook Review: 250 Best Beans, Lentils & Tofu Recipes

I had received a copy of 250 Best Beans, Lentils and Tofu Recipes: Healthy, Wholesome Foods, then it went missing. For weeks I looked for it. Then I found it squirreled away, in Walker's art desk. I am sure that is where it belonged. Well, at least I had it back, although he had doodled all over it. I had… Continue reading Cookbook Review: 250 Best Beans, Lentils & Tofu Recipes

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Cookbook Review: Cooking Confidence

With an introduction and 6 sections of recipes, Joanne Weir's newest cookbook, Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence: Dinner Made Simple, gets right down to business. Her goal is to help people cook with confidence (hah....I couldn't resist that), in each section she covers various techniques, such as whipping egg whites, making asparagus ribbons and many more. It also… Continue reading Cookbook Review: Cooking Confidence