Quinoa Pizza Bake

I hate it when I let another person get to me.   I expect my family to upset me because I love them.  I care about the way they feel about me. Saturday I had the worst teaching experience ever!  It wasn’t caused by one of the people in my class. It was the instructor…

NO BAKE VEGAN BROWNIES WITH CHOCOLATE GANACHE

Do you remember those individually wrapped Little Debbie Fudge Brownies? These are not those!  But, when I first saw these No-Bake Vegan Brownies with Chocolate Ganache they were the first things I thought of. I didn’t think of those old school pre-packaged snacks because of how they actually look or taste (because, frankly, I haven’t…

healthy crunchy cocoa and peanut butter bars

Did I mention no-bake? These bars are actually inspired by these Kashi Layered Granola Bars-Peanutty Dark Chocolate. I bought a box of them awhile back and the first time I bit into one I just knew they had to have made the top layer from dates and cocoa.  Sure enough, there were dates and cocoa in…

Ricotta Toast with Red Walnuts Cranberries and Syrup

  This is one of my favorite weekends!  I LOVE springing forward! It only gets better (and lighter) from now until the height of summer! I physically and mentally begin to feel better after the time change. By mid June we’ll be able to sit outside (with sunlight) until 9:30 at night!  I’ll be able to…

Mushroom and Tofu Stuffed Peppers

Ben has asked me more than once why I like red, orange, and yellow bell peppers but not green ones. After reading about them it all makes sense.  All bell peppers begin as green peppers then finally ripen into red peppers.  The other colors lie somewhere in between during the ripening process. According to the…