After years of not liking almonds, a couple years ago I finally started trying to integrate them into my diet. I began finding that I liked the taste, and it was easy to grind them up and add them to all kinds of things. I don’t like walnuts (besides the taste, they make me feel…
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Mmmm, lemonadey goodness
Greg and Jason and Beth and I went to the Farmer’s Market this morning (after dropping Miles off at the movie theater for a birthday party, fun!), and picked up some snow peas, apples, farm-fresh eggs, and piles of strawberries. I had a glut of lemons at home, so I used my Breville juicer of awesomeness…
Baklava Attempt #3: still toooooooo soggy
I made this last night: Baklava Jason is visiting this weekend, and I tend to want to make some spectacular treat when people are over. For Christmas this year I want to send out piles of almond baklava, but I to do that I need to get the recipe just right. Which requires PRACTICE. Which…
Eating meat: so far, no heart attack
Well, the last three days I’ve had two servings of meat a day, a whole slew of fruits and veggies, and hardly any grains at all. I feel a little confused and guilty admitting this, but I feel amazing. In two days: My anxiety has been much better. Yesterday I almost missed a dose of my…
Are running shoes useless?
On a bbs I’m on, a link was posted in response to a friend asking about shoes for starting the Couch to 5k program. The link went to an article titled, “The painful truth about trainers: are running shoes a waste of money?” What I like is that they come to the conclusion that we’re…
The vegans are gonna kill me (but at least they won’t eat me)
Okay. DEEP BREATH. So….I’m taking a break from trying to go vegan. I’ve been trying for months, and I’m doing horribly. My weight has gone up, my anxiety has gone WAY up, my panic attacks have increased, and while I don’t blame going vegan for any of this specifically, I have been keeping track of…
The nice thing about vegan cookie dough….
…is that you can eat it with your four-year-old!