Last Friday I took the day off work and made blackberries and biscuits for breakfast. I whipped up the biscuits using this lovely recipe from Holy Cow Vegan, then topped them with a warm blackberry sauce containing no added sugar. The sauce got me feeling …
On Saturday morning, I baked some sugar-free vegan banana bread. It was so good—mildly, pleasantly sweet due solely to the bananas, and nice and hearty and filling because it was made with whole-wheat flour. “It’s really good with butter on it,” Rob said. “Yeah,” I …
Today I took the day off work and, to celebrate, I made some healthy sugar-free muffins using a recipe I found on The Conscious Plant Kitchen and modified just slightly. I also picked some of our homegrown Meiwa kumquats and enjoyed breakfast out on the …
On Saturday morning I tried out this delicious, easy mango smoothie recipe that I found on Minimalist Baker and modified just slightly. The recipe made enough for two smoothies, so . . . I drank them both. I sipped the first one while petting and …
One of my favorite Saturday activities is whipping up a smoothie for myself in the early morning hours. It’s so fun and easy. I use almond butter, almond milk, ripe bananas, and organic frozen strawberries. In the lamplight before dawn, I like to sit with …
On Sundays, Rob and I love to cook big vegetarian feasts. They take all afternoon to make and usually include country-fried seitan steaks, mashed potatoes, cornbread, field peas or butter beans, sautéed kale, and my Not-Too-Sweet Sweet Potato Casserole. I wanted to share the casserole …
Tonight I’m finishing up a rare four-day weekend. It was so much fun and felt like such a luxury! During most of my time off, I worked on a painting of a chubby baby bunny frolicking in a patch of bluets. I took breaks every …
Last night, Halloween night, I whipped up some vegan pumpkin cupcakes as I waited for trick-or-treaters. I thought I might get quite a few visitors. See, I’d gone to our Quincy CVS earlier in the evening for some Hershey’s cookies ‘n creme candy skulls, and …
On Saturday morning I made Vegan Thumbprint Cookies. They turned out just perfect—sweet and salty and cute, with a spot of pink icing in the middle and lots of cheery sprinkles everywhere else. Buntin, our temperamental tortie, assisted me in the kitchen as she usually …
