Archive for August, 2010

Cauliflower Soup? Why yes, thank you…

Monday, August 9th, 2010

The new September VT has a spread of cauliflower recipes.  At my house, cauliflower is an overlooked vegetable.  Is it just me, or is cauliflower expensive?  Plus, I have it in my head that cauliflower is kindof bland.  Which is exactly what the recipes in the VT article make use ...

25 Things I’ve Learned About Pregnancy by Week 25

Monday, August 9th, 2010

1. The appetite is not a myth.  They were not making it up.  I am actually hungry every 2-3 hours.  Plus, my stomach doesn't hold as much because baby is pressing against it, so I can't eat as much in any one sitting. Which means I'm hungry more often. 2. Don't ...

Allergen-Free Kid Food

Friday, August 6th, 2010

One of my friends, L,  has a sweet 13-month-old baby boy who is very sensitive to several foods, including eggs, milk (dairy), wheat, fish, beef, chicken, pork, corn, and lamb.  Basically he has to be on a gluten-free, corn-free, soy-free, vegan diet.  Eosinophilic esophagitis is the name of lil fella's ...

Oh How I Love Iowa

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Iowa Businesses Face New Rules on Breastfeeding, from MSNBC...

Mung Beans

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

A while back I bought some dry mung beans, not knowing what to do with them.  I think I had read that they are in the same family as adzuki beans, which I love for their versatility and low-gas-producing factor.  Mung beans are little green beans common in East Asian ...

Scones and Homemade Ricotta

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

I don't usually post about dairy recipes.  I don't usually make dairy-related recipes.  But today when I came across ecoMILF's post about homemade ricotta and how easy it is to make, I had to give it a try.  See, several weeks back, Hubs and I had a lovely tea at ...

Rainbow Grocery Adventure

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

I had already planned to go grocery shopping this morning, but after my snapping from the Midwife this morning, I decided to high-tail it to Rainbow Grocery, in the Mission District in San Francisco.  It's a worker-owned co-op grocery.  It smells just like the co-op in Iowa City (Do all ...

Vegeater gets Oh Snapped

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

This morning Hubs and I had our first official appointment with the lovely Midwife we have hired.  It was a fun visit, and baby I are doing great.  Lovely Midwife is a very smart and experienced lady who shares my firm belief that the food we eat determines how healthy ...