I seriously considered calling this “Garden Ratatouille” because I have almost every single ingredient growing in my garden (I’m only missing shallots, garlic, and bay leaves). But whatever you call it, ratatouille just tastes like summer, and it’s a wonderful way to use up the abundance of summer veg you may have in your garden...
Christmas Foodie No. 14: Vegan Thumbprint Cookie Mix
A Christmas Foodie idea for the vegan in your life! Vegan Thumbprint Cookie mix in a jar, our Laughing Lemon Pie Christmas Foodie No. 14. This fantastic recipe was graciously given to LLP at our tour of the new Whole Foods Bradburn in Westminster (full-sized (ie readable) recipe image at bottom of post). I...
Banana Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (GF, vegan)
Confession: I bought a beautiful bunch of yellow bananas, secretly hoping they’d go brown. You know you have a problem when you pack a banana as a ‘just in case’ snack, while simultaneously knowing full well that it’ll come home uneaten, bruised, and battered. Ah, Perfect! When the brown spots outnumber the yellow you...
Eating for Health and Pleasure: The Pleasure Diet
I have a big problem whenever I’m faced with the idea of going on a “diet:” I’m just not willing to give up entire food groups. For a long time, I thought this was a flaw in my personality. I thought that I just didn’t have the willpower to want to give up brownies, or...
5 Good Mood Foods
by Sara Sullivan RECHARGE NOW! Every day, millions of Americans complain of being tired & moody. Most of us chalk it up to having too much to do and not enough time to do it. But often the true culprit is an everyday habit: what we eat, which impacts how we cope emotionally. The food-mood...
Exactly How I Used Apps (+Other Tech Tools) To Change How I Eat Forever
by Maya Gaddie This is a guest post from Maya Gaddie, the creator of This is How You Tech and a vegan foodie, who loves making busy lives easier. She helps you open your mind, own your value and take action. In this post, she gives you the low down on exactly how she...
7 Ways to Easily Eat Raw on the Cheap
Hey there, Lacy here! We’re going to be hosting a few guest posters over the next few weeks! Today I’d like to welcome Simone Samuels of The Wellness Warung. Today, she’s talking about great (and totally inexpensive) ways to incorporate more raw foods into your diet. Whether you’re ready to try a raw diet or...
Guacamole Party! For the Dip and Sip Challenge
A few weeks ago I got a lovely email: would I be interested in hosting a guacamole party and participating in a little Dip and Sip challenge, judged by Gaby Dalkin in celebration of national guacamole day and her new book, Absolutely Avocados? ME? Guacamole party? That’s a match made in heaven.
Grapefruit Tarragon Popsicles
There is just something about summer that screams for popsicles, isn’t there? I don’t care how old you are. I had been looking for some super cute popsicle molds and when I came across some rocket pop molds at HomeGoods, I was sold. (They’re BPA-free, too!)
Eating Healthy vs. Food Fads
As you probably know if you’ve signed up for my newsletter, as soon as you are confirmed, I ask you a couple of questions about where you are at with food. I got this great response the other day: I am so new to this healthy food thing but after watching a few documentaries...