Tag Archive: winter

Unsweetened Almond Flour Prune Muffins

  I did not think these muffins from Life Is Good were going to be good – mainly because they’re not sweetened at all (except with dried fruit chunks) and because I tasted a bit… Continue reading

Slow Cooker Mexican Quinoa with Black Beans and Butternut Squash

  Planning to start eating well again (…next week) so in preparation I decided to make a bunch of slow cooker stuff that (I hope!) freezes well!  I got this recipe from Chelsea’s Messy Apron and… Continue reading

Sundried Tomato and Pesto-stuffed Eggplant

I think stuffed eggplant is just a winter thing – and since winter seems to not want to quit… Here’s another one!!  I got this basic recipe from Food.com, and really it was… Continue reading

Greek Stuffed Eggplant

More things to do with ground beef!  At least, that’s where I started from since that’s one of the few types of meet they carry at the little grocery store by my apartment.… Continue reading

Chunky Butternut Squash Sage Soup

I bought butternut squash and sage, assuming there would be a great recipe out there that I could use them for. I found this recipe from Epicurious that looked easy enough, just: –… Continue reading

Kale Sausage Split Pea Soup

This one came about because I had sausage and kale and decided to look on Gojee for something to do with them. And there I found a recipe that called for lentils which… Continue reading

Kale, Mushroom, Ricotta Casserole

Well you can probably guess: I had kale, mushrooms, and ricotta in my fridge, and when I googled them I came up with this recipe from Oh My Veggies. I found the end… Continue reading

Guest Post: Oatmeal Almond Meal Pancakes

It is STILL cold out, and everyone is using that as an excuse for everything, including me as an excuse for not wanting to cook.  But my dear friend Meghan is somehow immune… Continue reading

Slow-cooker Root Vegetable Stew

For this one I sort of followed this recipe from LOTFOTL, in that I sautéed the onions with the spices before I put everything in the crock pot, mainly followed their spice suggestions,… Continue reading

Caramelized Pears

Dinner party dessert! This Southern Living cookbook is really amazing. They have everything divided by season in terms of what’s available (albeit in the south) but it means that when I choose a… Continue reading