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Cole’s Law

I didn’t do too much today, but since hubby cleaned out the slaw, I decided I should make another batch, because I am really loving having the cabbage around.  I freakin’ love cabbage these days.  It ends up being so crisp, and so sweet.  And it’s so cheap!…

Date Goo

One of the bigger challenges of a whole foods plant based way of eating is how to introduce some sweetness into recipes without refined sugar.  Now some of the experts will say that a small amount of refined sugar is not the end of the world and others…

Protein is protein

This was a great article with a lot of information I wasn’t actually familiar with.  The idea that we need to eat “complete” proteins needs to be debunked.  As well as the idea that people on a plant-based diet don’t get enough protein. Vegetarian Protein Is Just As…

Windfall blueberry experiments

  We made our first attempts at creating something interesting from yesterday’s blueberry bounty. The first is a sort of blueberry oat bar. It started out as an attempt at blueberry hummus. I find myself dubious of sweet hummus concoctions but gave it a try with equal amounts…

About Ediflora

Around February of last year, we’d decided that we’d had it with our aging, ballooning, deteriorating selves and resolved to do something about it. What started out as a just wanting to lose some extra weight though has morphed into something bigger, longer lasting, and healthier than a…

Blueberry Season

Woke up to rain in Chicagoland, which we were needing as it was rather hot the last couple of days and I was having to water my container vegetables that were looking a bit droopy.  Months ago I’d marked on my calendar to think about heading to Michigan…

Chocolate Chia + Flax Pudding

I’ve been reading recipes for making chia seed puddings and while I could totally see  how it would work, hadn’t actually gone about doing it.  Until now. That was easy, peasy and probably super nutritious.  I woke up this morning and wasn’t hungry like usual. Take 1/3 cup…