Vegan Chili? At best it’s an oxymoron. In Texas I reckon it’s more akin to treason. Since this recipe isn’t mine I’m begging you, ‘please don’t shoot the messenger’. Y’all know I wouldn’t risk my Lone Star birthright unless this chili was good. Yes, it is vegan. And vegetarian. And healthy. It also has beans in it, lots of ’em….
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Market Monday: The Family Dinner
I picked up The Family Dinner on a whim at Costco a couple weeks ago. I’m a sucker for good looking book covers and the title of this cheery, bright yellow book had me at family dinner. A day or so later I started reading the book. I devoured it in one sitting. No pun intended. The premise of the…
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Breakfast with Littlest
Some mornings after the older Littles have hurried off to school, Littlest and I linger in the kitchen for breakfast. Perched in her usual spot ‘up the counter’ she keeps me joyfully entertained as I bus dishes and think about prepping dinner. I snapped this photo last week on such a morning. I had just made hard boiled eggs and…
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Chicken Tortilla Soup
Once upon a time… At one of my wedding showers, the hostesses requested that the quests bring their favorite recipe to share with me, the bride-to-be. I treasure this box of handwritten recipes from family and friends. Holding the cards in my hand, lingering over memories as I cook somehow makes the flavors brighter, the meal more special. This recipe…
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Market Monday: Roasted Blueberry Chipotle Sauce
I love how summer marks the Littles’ fingertips with purple, blue, and red tints from picking and eating berries by the basketful. Today is November 1st and fresh, seasonal fruit is slipping further and further out of reach as the cooler, shorter days of winter approach. But, there are still ways to enjoy hints of summer’s bounty in surprising ways….
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