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CSA Haul, Week 19 | Potatoes, Pumpkins, and Tomatoes

We’ve been road tripping the last two weeks, which has meant NO CSA Haul! Don’t worry we’ve had plenty of good food during those two weeks, but still. Driving up the gravel hill with dust clouds racing our back tires to see a sight like this. To see and even touch where each nourishing item …

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Neat Breakfast Mix Review Plus Not-So-Fried Curried Bananas

Neat foods plant-based sausage crumble and patty mixes are promoted as a soy-free/gluten-free/GMO-free/guilt-free alternative to meat. Their mixes are a base of pecans, garbanzo bean flour, gf oats, and sometimes cornmeal. I received a package of their breakfast sausage mix in my September Vegan Cuts‘ subscription and was beyond excited to try them out. What …

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Smoked Cheese Stuffed Dates [vegan]

Where to begin? This is a medjool date recipe. A baked medjool date recipe. What?! I know. I hadn’t baked them before either. In the omnivore world medjool dates are commonly consumed wrapped in bacon. Never tried that as I only liked crispy burnt bacon and those were always soft and raw looking. In the …

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Cozy Curry Oats

Follow my blog with Bloglovin I reinvent the wheel daily. I just can’t help myself and I’m always looking to do that with oatmeal. It’s such perfect basic grain that you can combine it with savory or sweet flavors and sometimes a combination of both. Curry was once an elusive spice for me, but I …

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Consciousness Boosting Cherry Strawberry Dressing

When you make a beautiful salad it needs the perfect dressing. One that helps all of the ingredients shine and burst with flavor. I’m always on the lookout to make an oil-free or low-fat dressing mostly because it means I can pour even MORE of it on my salad. Allowing each fig wedge, apple chunk, and …

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Philly Style Green Bean Sauté

Oh man! These green beans though. I’ve dubbed them ‘philly style’ because they remind me so much of a Philadelphia cheesesteak sandwich. Which is kind of funny because I think I’ve only had 2 or 3 cheesesteaks in my life and they were chicken. Some things just stay with you. Like mushrooms and onions. Our CSA …

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Almond Joy Oatmeal

It was Wednesday or Thursday morning last week and I really just wanted chocolate for breakfast. You know those days slash times of the month. Miraculously there weren’t any ready to grab bars, candy, or semi-sweet chocolate chips. So I made the responsible choice to have oatmeal. Oatmeal doesn’t have to mean rigid, restrictive, or …

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Herbie’s Deli Shop in Northern Idaho

We are back on the road and only a few minutes from Herbie’s Deli Shop as I write this now. I’m tethered to my phone and have my laptop comfortably resting on my lap in the front seat. Is car sickness a choice? Because right now I’m having no trouble at all typing staring at …

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Instant Pot | Spanish Rice

I’ve had my Instant Pot almost two years now! My love grows exponentially with every use. If you’ve been reading for some time you know I like to bulk prepare food every so often. It makes life easier and means you have healthier options on hand when you get hungry. One of those bulk preps is …

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How to Dry Sauté Zucchini Noodles That Aren’t Watery!

The first time I cooked zucchini noodles they were tasty but watery. Like soup! I didn’t want soup. I wanted spaghetti! Let’s talk about how to do this right, because you don’t want to resign to biting off the end of a zucchini and dipping it into spaghetti sauce. Nope. We aren’t desperate. This technique will help …

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