Avocado Moisturizing Mask

We haven’t done any new homemade body care products in awhile, so when Jim asked me if I wanted to whip together this face mask, I was definitively up for it! It’s really easy to make and it almost instantly gives your skin a great after glow. We’d been out in the sun the whole day, and […]

White Beans & Cabbage

Two in a row for Jim! He makes the most boring ingredients and dish extremely satisfying in this cabbage and bean-based meal. 1/2 head green cabbage, chopped into large pieces and boiled 2 cups white beans (canellini), cooked 1/4 cup white wine 6 cloves garlic, minced 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp sea salt 1/2 […]

Chickpea & Fiddlehead Fern Pasta

It’s a safe bet that any solo post from Jim with either: A. Feature chickpeas B. Feature a vegetable/grain that I have never used before. He hit both these marks in this surpisignly yummy pasta dish. It seems really simple, but Jim always adds something extra to make it a little more complicated (he has […]

Vegan Oatmeal & Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies

Jim really loves his sweets- me being the sweetest of course 😉 Any who, he decided late last night that coming up with a new vegan cookie recipe was a good idea after an utterly exhausting weekend. I was ready to pass out, but he went ahead and found this recipe, that he followed pretty […]

Broccoli & Lemon Zest Asparagus Pasta Toss in Garlic Wine Sauce

Jim and I have been cooking vegetarian for a little over a year. And we only ever learned to cook at ALL, over 2 years ago. The first thing we ever learned to cook was chicken, ziti and broccoli in a white wine and garlic oil sauce. We were extremely proud of it at the […]

Trying to Please Non-Vegans on Easter: Homemade Peanut Butter and Cashew Cups

Holiday food pleasing usually isn’t too hard with my mom’s side of the family, like my aunts and grandmother, who are always willing to try new things. Not so easy to please are my junk food loving brothers. As we colored Easter eggs this past weekend, they binged on hamburgers, milk fat filled breads and […]