Don’t let the word ‘vegan’ scare you off. This easy vegan tomato basil soup doesn’t taste vegan. Why Vegan Tomato Basil Soup? Good question! Mostly because, while I don’t mind dairy products, I don’t like cooking with large amounts of cream. I’d rather eat good fats from nuts and keep my heart healthy. I tried …
Healthy (er) Eating
Vegetarian Tuna Casserole: Is it for Real?
Of course not. You can’t have a real fake anything. But my meat-eating friends tell me my vegetarian tuna casserole tastes like tuna casserole, so that’s what I’m calling it! Is Tuna Vegetarian? I remember an incident in Spain while attending college over there for a year. Our choir went on tour, and to save …
The the Best Easy Creamy Vegan Broccoli Soup Recipe
Looking for hearth-healthy recipes? Try this creamy vegan broccoli soup recipe. Simple. Fast. Delicious. #soup #recipe #vegan #hearthealthy
The Beginner’s Guide to Eating Vegetarian
This year I’m offering a beginner’s guide to eating vegetarian (also a guide for people who just want to eat less meat). This will serve as the landing page, so check back each day in October to find recipes and balanced advice on eating vegetarian. If you have any burning questions, let me know in …
The Complete Guide to Breaking Vegetarian
Coming Soon! The Complete Guide to Breaking Vegetarian! Part of self-care involves the way we treat our physical selves—and that means more than just a complete exercise regimen. What we put into our body can help us or hurt us, too. Next month, I’ll have a 31-day series on ‘breaking vegetarian.’ You might think it …
How to Enjoy the Art of Building and Baking
This month has five Sundays, which means this week’s Self-Care Sunday will focus on art. And freedom. Sheds, Crackers, and Art As a teacher, I have the freedom for eight weeks to go on adventures—at times, academic, at other times artistic or physical. Part of my summer vacation adventure this year includes spending time with …
Lifelong Learning—Math Hacks for the Kitchen
Lava Cake Lessons in Math You might wonder what lava cake has to do with math. I’ll explain, but first you need to know about my tumultuous relationship with numbers. I confess that I didn’t do well in math as a youngster. In fact, even though I scored in the 13th percentile in math on …
