June 2011

Happy Heart, Happy Belly

June 13, 2011
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Sunday was a great day. Well, aside from finding out that my ‘vertically growing spinach’ had gone to seed and BOLTED! Nooooooo. After reading up on it, I guess it is quite common. I had no idea this was a risk-factor for spinach! Gardening is a practice of trial and error I guess. There was [...]

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From Dirt To Cake

June 12, 2011
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Yesterday, the rain actually held off for most of the day which was nice. We got a lot of gardening done and hit up the nursery for some flowers. I bought some Impatiens, Geraniums, and Bellflowers to plant in the front garden. Before this, mom and I did a lot of weeding and prepped the [...]

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Family Love

June 11, 2011
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The name of the game before mom arrives? Clean House Eric is a big list guy so he always makes a big list for us to cross off when we do a big top-to-bottom house clean. It always makes me laugh when he gives me a list! Mom was very impressed with the renos we’ve [...]

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Vegan Whole Wheat Chocolate Cupcakes with Spiced ‘Buttercream’

June 9, 2011
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I was pleasantly surprised when I woke up this morning! The predicted morning thunderstorms were nowhere in sight which meant that I could get outside for exercise. I had a very windy 5 mile run and thought it was going to pour on me at one point, but then the sun peeked out and the [...]

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The Gluten-Free & Vegan Recipe Challenge

June 8, 2011
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I often like to attack vegan recipe challenges with gusto, spearing my spatula into the air while whisking a flax egg like a crazy person. However, as much as I like to consider myself a fearless vegan baker, there is one type of baking that makes me shake in my boots: Gluten-free baking. I was [...]

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