Category Archives: quinoa

Summer Means Salads

In one of the two US history classes I took in High School I remember learning that Washington, DC was constructed on a swamp. As a result, the heat and humidity in our nation’s capitol is constantly oppressive – at … Continue reading

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Bowls and Baking

I recently came into a significant Amazon.com gift certificate — not so recent that the money isn’t already gone, though! I participated in this study of first year teachers, and I went crazy with books on interactive math activities, Adele, … Continue reading

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Salad from now until forever

It has been a while since I’ve posted for a wide variety of highly legitimate reasons. Now here are some pictures of food with comments. These are Kahlua balls. VEGAN Kahlua balls, no less. They are as delicious as they … Continue reading

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Keyboard disaser!

So it is T minus 2 weeks until graduation and my keyboard no longer functions. This is undoubtedly due to a questionable combination last night of lesson planning, housemates, middle school music, and wine. Mainly the wine plus typing part. … Continue reading

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Things that include cinnamon as a major component

Greetings blogosphere! I’m writing to you from my kitchen, with maple syrup dripped on my pajama pants. Microwaved pancakes with syrup and walnuts are delicious, as are two cups of coffee. This week I once again made that delicious cauliflower … Continue reading

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curry, cake, and the best muffins yet

Hello! This week we have a slightly different problem with the doodles, you’ll see. I’m choosing not to worry about it. I made lots and lots of delicious things this week, starting with a chickpea-broccoli casserole from Vegan with a … Continue reading

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Chocolate muffins & sponge ruiners

Hello all! I’ve been playing with beets this week. You can’t tell anymore, but right at first, it was pretty obvious. That’s my cheese grater, or as Mitch Hedburg (RIP) would say, a sponge ruiner — it creates little bits … Continue reading

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… and we’re back!

… in the immortal words of gchat. I haven’t blogged in so long due to heartbreak and forgetting my camera cord when I was in Arizona. But this is not a feelings blog or a forgetfulness blog, so let’s get … Continue reading

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Bake sale and housemate thanksgiving

Happy Wednesday, everyone! I’m currently eating pancakes and drinking coffee in my pajamas. Best Wednesday ever. Let’s start off ages ago, last Sunday, when I made orange scones for a bake sale. The dough wouldn’t come together properly, so I … Continue reading

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Experiencing Veganomicon

As I probably mentioned — at least I mentioned this to all of my friends! —  I recently got my very own copy of Veganomicon. This week I took full advantage of it, cooking two recipes from it. But first, … Continue reading

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