dairy-free recipes

campfire cooking 101 :: chili con carne

2 September 2011
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We recently took a back-woods camping trip.  We were hoping for more of a back-country experience, but it was decidedly much more back-woods. Our adventure took place in the Nez Perce National Forest at a location in which we were lead to believe was more remote and secluded than it truly was.  The lack of [...]

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wild blackberry banana ice cream ~ it’s vegan

17 June 2011
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Hello summer vacation.  It is hard to believe that it has been a week already. Yesterday my son wanted to make ice cream, banana ice cream, for his brother.  Isn’t that sweet?  His brother became a brace-face and now his mouth is very tender.  This recipe was a total accident.  I still am shocked at [...]

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embrace the morning: green smoothie

17 May 2011
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I was inspired by a segment I saw on the Today Show yesterday called Beating the Bloat.  I hate that feeling and according to Kimberly Snyder eating fruit on an empty stomach is a way to avoid that problem and to jump start weight loss. She reasons that fruit digests quickly and if you eat [...]

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crispy pea crisps

13 May 2009
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I consider myself lucky that I have the hsa*ba Burmese Cookbook by Tin Cho Chan. To be honest I have never thought about Burmese food before. Cho started following me on Twitter and I then I found out about her website and her book. She states that hsa ba means please eat. OK, I’m interested. [...]

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Potato Chips from the Microwave? Come On

30 January 2009
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  I was sitting in the Orthodontists office the other day, I guess I had nothing better to do. Anyway, while flipping though the pages of Eating Well Magazine I saw a recipe for microwave potato chips. Really? That doesn’t seem possible or even tasty, yet I was so intrigued I had to give it [...]

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