Revolutionizing Our Relationship With Food

Revolution - cabbage

Earlier today, while meandering around on Facebook, I ran across a question posted on DanielleLaPorte.com that instantly intrigued me: what do you want to revolutionize? It’s actually something I’ve thought about a lot.  For a very long time. In high school, I went away to study.  Questions, others’ opinions on topics I’d never thought about [...]

Cauliflower – the latest casserole companion + a recipe

Serve!

  Many moons ago, when gluten and dairy were not an issue for me, I used to love making a chili cheddar pasta dish I’d found in Cooking Light.  It was awesome – filled with noodles, milk, butter, and cheese.  But, alas, no more. As I transitioned to a whole foods way of cooking, I [...]

Mango mania!

Mango

I looooove mangos!  All varieties. My favorite thing to do is take a very ripe mango, roll it around until the flesh is pulverized and juicy, and then poke a straw through the skin to drink it. I don’t do this as much in Utah – where mangos arrive green – as I did in [...]

Roasting red peppers for a creamy spice bazaar-inspired soup

Moroccan carrot and red pepper soup

Spicy, bright, and good enough to eat every day! At least, that’s according to my husband, who likes this soup so much he’s taken it to work with him each day this week. Carrots were on sale and the snow had finally hit the mountains after several sunny weeks – soup seemed appropriate.  But what [...]

Have a “berry” happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Valentines Day from Maoomba

A tasty Happy Valentine’s day strawberry heart from Maoomba to you!

Garbanzo beans pop, pop, pop – who knew?

Fresh garbanzo beans

Have you ever eaten a fresh garbanzo bean?  Have you ever even seen one? I’ve eaten chickpeas for years dried and then cooked, but never, until this month, have I seen these wrinkly legumes in their fuzzy little pods. They “pop” when you try to open them, releasing the air inside.  And they taste very [...]

Pinterest for food bloggers and food lovers

Pinterest for food bloggers and food lovers

Why Pinterest matters to food lovers and ways for food bloggers to invite them to the table Are you on Pinterest yet?  If not, and you either write about food or love to eat it, it is time to participate in the visual feast. Pinterest is a virtual pinboard. Pinterest allows you to organize and [...]

Fancy some meatloaf?

Place baking sheet in oven and cook for about 50 minutes, or until bacon is crisp and inside temperature has reached 180 degrees F. (Note, if you use beef or pork, cook to safe internal temperature for those meats instead.)

As a kid, I hated meatloaf.  I think it was the ketchup.  I had a bad experience with it and avoided it well into my 20s.  Unfortunately, it meant I never developed a taste for dishes that included it. This week, I decided to test my taste buds and pulled out an old copy of [...]

How do I love thee, citrus? Let me count the ways!

citrus fruit

I had a completely different plan in mind for this week’s blog post than what I ended up writing - like a lot of people, I was going to make something “Super Bowl-ish”.  The thing is, I’m not much of a football fan.  I am crazy about citrus, though. Earlier this week, I went to a [...]

Crock Pot Pork Carnitas with Cabbage Lime Garnish

Pork carnitas and lime

Cubes of pork shoulder marinated over-night in milk and quartered oranges. A 5-gallon pot with pounds of lard and the pork chunks heated to the brink of boiling, and stirred every so often by a 3-foot, home-made wooden paddle. Pork that is extremely tender, has a slight crisp to the outside, and can easily broken [...]