I love, love, love garbanzo beans (chickpeas). I like to add them to so many dishes – from my daily salad, to satisfying soups, to sandwich spreads, to pasta recipes, and so much more! I even eat them by the handful, (drained well, but right out of the can) or they can be tossed with […]
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Cookbook Review and Recipe: V is for Vegan by Kerstin Rodgers
I didn’t know much about Kerstin Rodgers (aka MsMarmiteLover) before picking up her book V is for Vegan, but now I feel she is someone I want to hang out with and talk about food, travel, photography, and her exciting adventures. I mean, who else can say that a song by the band Madness was written […]
Laura Theodore’s Top Five Tips for Vegan-Ease Cuisine
Here are my Top Five Tips for starting on the path to Vegan-Ease Cuisine: Easy vegan meals, without sacrificing great taste or giving up the textures and flavors we all love! 1. If you are new to vegan eating, start by serving one non-meat, plant-based meal each week for dinner. Try preparing hearty and satisfying […]
Get Ready – Get Set – Get Diced
“Smells like a restaurant in here!” That’s the best compliment I could get after a long day of work. Wait…what does that mean it smells like all of the other times?!? A little background here…I used to LOVE to cook. When my kids were little, we would go over to the Saturday farmer’s market or […]
Contouring 101 for Pale Skinned Beauties
My first introduction to the concept of contouring was Kim Kardashian, and for a long time I didn’t understand how I could introduce it to my makeup routine. If you aren’t familiar with contouring, it’s essentially visual trickery by using darker skin toned makeup in key areas to slim and chisel your features. The concept […]