A "clean" brownie recipe for your guilt-free enjoyment. Oatmeal Date Brownies from Vegetables and Vegetarian Cooking by Roz Denny and Christine Ingram. The secret of these moist, chewy brownies is not to overbake them. Oatmeal Date Brownies 5 oz dark chocolate (I used 1-3.5 oz 70% dark chocolate bar.) 4 tbsp butter, melted ¾ cup…

Ghee (aka clarified butter) liquified… Ghee solidified… Because of its higher smoke point, ghee doesn't burn like butter, but it adds a wonderful, rich flavor like butter, so it is perfect for sauteing and frying. Making ghee involves separating the water from the milk solids. The easiest method is to make it in a crockpot. It couldn't be…

My friend, Cindy, gave me a thick… I'm talking thick Complete Encyclopedia of Vegetables and Vegetarian Cooking by Roz Denny and Christine Ingram. As I flipped through the pages to familiarize myself with the book's overall focus, my fingers stopped flipping when my eyes fell upon an avocado and lime ice cream recipe. I've stated…

Here's an easy one. Orange juice-infused slaw sweetened with a touch of honey. Crunchy, chewy, a little sweet. The recipe is from a January 2006 issue of Delicious Living-a free magazine often available at health food stores.   1/2 cup orange juice (I increased to 3/4 cup.) 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil (I omitted the olive oil and subbed 1 tbsp…

This split pea soup recipe comes via Rosemary, a guest who stayed at our B&B several years ago. The original name for the recipe is Green Velvet Soup… which it is. Velvety, that is. If it is pureed post cooking. However, I may have pureed one too many culinary delights that I have placed in front of…

Oh, I'm in love… with these sweet bees party printables. The kit includes: 1) cupcake wrappers and toppers   2) drink labels-I hand stamped* the word honey on a label then secured it to my honey jar with several rounds of lightweight jute. 3) garland 4) pennant straw toppers 5) envelope printed on white cardstock with coordinating stationery 6) envelope front printed on brown kraft paper/grocery bag  7)…

Upon watching this beet cake video created by Matt and Julie, husband and wife duo via their Tiger in a Jar venture where they "document life through film and pictures," the simple act of  measuring flour or cracking an egg will never be the same. Artistic expression. It's a beautiful thing.  beet cake from tiger in…

Here's an easy one. Make your own naturally sweetened applesauce in the time it takes to open a jar of the store-bought variety. The bonus is that it's uncooked and the peels are included, so the nutrition is equivalent to eating a raw apple. I served it this morning atop buckwheat/quinoa pancakes with just a drizzle of…

I first "met" Robyn Openshaw, aka Green Smoothie Girl, when I visited her blog of the same name a couple years ago. Last evening, we truly met when I attended her seminar in Orlando. A simple trick that I learned from Robyn's smoothie demonstration is to whirl the greens and the liquid first, then add the fruit and whatever…

It began with a cranberry orange muffin recipe in my November/December 2011 issue of Clean Eating Magazine. The muffins turned out quite good, but it was the cranberry orange relish component in the muffins that got my attention. The naturally sweet relish is perfect for a mid-morning or afternoon snack, a brown bag lunch, and a crunchy addition atop a…