Real food for active lives: Simple and delicious real food - always gluten-free & dairy-free
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 [...]
Lemons? Think again. These are sweet Palestinian limes… When I went to the Mexican market the other day, I saw some for the first time. I picked one up and nonchalantly tossed it into my cart to try later. I looked up to see an older couple watching me. I winked and walked away. Moments later, [...]
The bunch of big, beautiful, brilliant beets was tossed casually onto the table. Disregarded. Late afternoon sunlight warmed the leaves, leaving them languid. Raw beets? Yeah! Beets are one of the most amazing additions to juice. If you have a juicer, add this to your recipes. If you have a blender, like I [...]
Have you fallen spell to modern fairy and folk tale retellings that have made their way to TV and the movies? Then this post is for you. Poisoned apples, tricky cabbage, and magic pumpkins each make an appearance.
Running in below-freezing temperatures requires a combination of will-power, friendly challenge, and the expectation of a warm meal afterward.
Me: “I’d like your red pepper and chorizo tacos, please. Do they have cheese on them?” Waiter: “No, they’re vegan; we use chorizo made from soy. And, what would you like on the side? We have rice or beans rancheros – but they have chicharrón and bacon in them. They’re definitely not vegan.” Me: “Oh, I’m not vegan. I just can’t have cheese. I’ll have the beans, please.”
I went to a movie with a friend this afternoon, and came home to an empty house. Something about the quiet and the somber skies made me stop for a minute. I needed warmth – the kind that a scarf and a space heater can’t provide. Becoming warm from the inside out, is a special kind of warmth. My choice for catalyzing it: hot tea.
