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Rise and shine smoothie | Home-made deodorant by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Did you wake up on the funky side of the bed? Feeling a little blah or queasy? Not as voracious an appetite as usual? Maybe you need a dose of rise and shine smoothie ... Read on »

Unexpected surprise at a restaurant by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking My half-eaten plate of food. Dave, the coordinator of the Madison vegetarian meetup group just can't seem to organize in only one city. He put me in con ... Read on »

Rich and spicy lima bean chowder by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking I was dining alone the other night which meant my motivation for cooking something interesting was lagging. But I was hungry for spicy and delicious sustenance — and I ... Read on »

Bare Fruit giveaway by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking I recently posted a review of Bare Fruit Cinnamon Apple Chips, a deliciously crisp, organic dried snack that I love. The folks at Bare Fruit have agree to sponsor a gi ... Read on »

Shower me with food instead of water by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking I wasn't planning to write a post just now, I was planning to take a shower, but my next door neighbor is getting a new roof. Usually, there is no direct sight-line in ... Read on »

Fab dried cinnamon apple chips by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Some time ago — longer ago than I'd like to admit — I was offered a sample pack of dried apples from the Bare Fruit snack company, and, if I liked the sample, the op ... Read on »

In love with a chocolate recipe | The darker side of chocolate by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Oh, how I love these raw chocolate morsels. They contain basically walnuts, dates and cacao powder — no additional oils — and are so delicious, surely they are what ... Read on »

Quinoa stuffed peppers | raw chocolate bites | Cute neighbor by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking At a recent family dinner, I served something I haven't made in years, and consider a little retro — stuffed peppers. Do people still make these? Maybe I'm just out of ... Read on »

Chocolate chip scones, GF and delicious | The Allergy-Free Cook Bakes Bread part two by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking After perusing all the tempting recipes in The Allergy-Free Cook Bakes Bread, and having a tough time deciding what to make, I finally decided that since I had tried ... Read on »

Allergy-free baking-book review part one | Spicy taco pizza (GF) by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking When Mary Ellen from Book Publishing Company (The Farm, in Summertown, Tenn.) offered to send me a review copy of The Allergy-Free Cook Bakes Bread, a gluten-free baki ... Read on »

Eating my way through Seattle Vegfest one sample at a time | Dr. Neal Barnard by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Could barely keep up with demand. I spent the better part of the weekend at Seattle Vegfest. Saturday we went to wander around and eat samples, and to ... Read on »

I NEED that | Great cookie sheets | Gluten-free chocolate chip cookies by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Chocolate molds There was an article in the Dining section of today's New York Times called, Must-Have Gadgets for the Kitchen? Think Again. As you'd ex ... Read on »

Fabulous, easy (GF) dinner | Animal rights stop sign by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking On Sunday night our middle son cooked us dinner. It was a simple but amazingly delicious meal that can be served to company with little stress, and much appreciation f ... Read on »

Gluten-free chocolate chip cake by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Remember when black bean brownies were sweeping the blogs, and every other type of bean was making it into one baked good or another? Well, you never saw beans in bake ... Read on »

Hosting a dinner party calmly by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking leftover polenta casserole with extra spinach Does hosting dinner parties make you happy or a nervous wreck? For me, it's a little of both. I want ... Read on »

Sprouted beans by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking About two years ago I wrote a humorous post about going to Costco for the first time and spending $100 on crazily big sizes of foods we may or may not have needed — or ... Read on »

Hearts by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Happy Valentine's Day! Over the weekend I visited a magical place in Seattle called Bedrock. They manufacture artful objects from 100% recycled glass. In addition ... Read on »

Black bean masquerade: glazed black soy beans by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking I really mean to switch back to cooking dried beans again, but it's so fast to open a can, that it's hard to return to an old, less-convenient habit. But with all the ... Read on »

Chinatown: Lucky Creation / The Wok Shop, and how to season a wok | San Francisco by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking While we were in San Francisco I was worried I wasn't taking enough photos — ha! Clearly that wasn't the case, as you can see from my collection of photos from our fou ... Read on »

San Francisco day 3 | Marin farmers market | Herbivore | Haight Ashbury | Dosa South Indian by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Day three was more blustery and less sunny than what we'd experienced so far, but still a far cry from the winter we left behind, so we weren't complaining as we starte ... Read on »

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