I try to eat well and avoid too many carb filled and sugary foods, but those are required baking around this time of the year. With the holidays season coming up it’s hard to avoid unhealthy things. At least if you do the baking yourself, from scratch, you’re less likely to eat too much (that’s… [read more]
Oopsie Veggie Burgers: Low Carbing on Work Days
It’s hard to pack a healthy, robust vegetarian lunch. I work long hours (12-13 hour shifts). It’s too easy to run by the vending machine for a bag of chips halfway through my shift, and sometimes even grab some trail mix or crackers later. I work at a hospital, so there’s always free bagels, nutri-grain… [read more]
Chi-Chi-Chi Chia Brownies
Chia seeds are popular today and being showcased as a superfood. It comes from a plant called Salvia hispanica and is found in southern Mexico. I first really was intrigued about it when I read Born to Run, which is about a tribe of Mexicans called the Tarahumara who run for hundreds of miles without… [read more]
Squash Alfredo Corkscrews: Not Healthy, but Delicious
This meal proves that I’m a junk food vegetarian. I said previously that I didn’t really like acorn squash. If I blend it up and put it over pasta, apparently I find it delicious. I guess the problem is that it vaguely resembled something good for me before. I had an acorn squash in the… [read more]
Fit For a King: King Cakes for Two (or three)
Traditional King Cake isn’t really cake. It tastes more like a cinnamon roll that got in a paintball fight. It’s delicious, but the problem with a traditional King Cake is that it feeds about 24 people. I think some bakeries in New Orleans and places that really celebrate Fat Tuesday in style make smaller ones,… [read more]
Cauliflower Chili: Recipe Fails
I hate cauliflower. When I got last month’s Food Network Magazine, they had a great photo on the cover of a spicy vegetarian chili (here’s the recipe). I love chili. You can make one pot of chili and have food for a week. There’s chili “burritos” with veggies and a low carb tortilla. There’s chili… [read more]
You’ve Got Peanut Butter in My Chocolate: Low Carb, Gluten Free Reese’s Brownies
I used to love marble peanut butter brownies when I was a kid. Peanut butter and chocolate just go together. When I started thinking about what kind of healthy holiday treat I wanted to make for Simply Sugar and Gluten Free’s holiday recipe sharing session, I thought about brownies. I attempted this recipe with a… [read more]