I’ve been eating horribly the last few weeks, which is about how long I’ve been in school. I’m sure these two things are connected. When stressed, I go toward the familiar foods, and I’ve been eating loads and loads of high-fat carbs, chicken (ugh), and sugar. I’ve gained three pounds. I can feel it around…
Category Archives: Recipes
How to peel and eat a pomegranate
So! You bought a pomegranate. You were feeling brave. Maybe you were one of those kids who ate worm cookies in school (like my husband, true story), and now you’re like, “Hell, it’s JUST A FRUIT! I can do this.” And then you get one home and you’re frozen with fear, and you have no…
Vegan Black Bean Soup in a Vita-Mix (or other blender)
I keep reading other food blogs that have the most gorgeous photos, and I’m actually a pretty good photographer so you’d think I’d follow suit with some edible art of my own. What ends up happening is that by the time I remember to get my camera off my desk, I’ve already written most of…
Strange but tasty raw-food corn crackers
Raw foods are something I’ve been getting into over the last year or so. I’m a big fan of raw food blogs (like The Sunny Raw Kitchen), and fascinated by stories of personal transformation through raw foods (like Angela Stokes). It might seem strange that someone like me, so personally hostile to all things vegetable,…
Green Goddess Hummus
One of the best ways I’ve found to get veggies, especially greens, into my diet, is to blend them into things. This works with smoothies, and it also works great with dips and spreads. While looking at Fat Free Vegan to find something yummy, I came across a recipe for something called Green Goddess Hummus,…
Tweaking the Kale Smoothie
A lot of people taste the smoothies I make and think they taste too “green”. I can handle the flavor because I’ve gotten used to it over time. But there are ways to tweak it: Make sure your fruit is very ripe. Maybe even overripe. You can toss some pretty funky bananas into those things,…
Kale smoothies FTW
I know what you’re thinking. Believe me, I do. If someone told me ten years ago that I’d someday be enjoying smoothies made from kale, I’d have told them they were a couple bulbs short of a box. But here it is, in all its considerable glory: Hollie’s Favorite Kale Smoothie 3 C cold water…
