When Victoria and I got together to watch Army Wives, I brought over a veggie tray… and since I LOVE vegetables, I went a little overboard, I think. Which is totally fine, because, seriously? Veggies rock. So later that night, for some reason my husband wanted to eat (Didn’t I feed him yesterday??), so I… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Recipes
This Chicken Vegetable (Zucchini, Eggplant, Baby Corn) Stir-Fry was SO GOOD
This was one of those dinners-on-a-whim. We had some zucchini and eggplant lying around (funny how that happens now that we have a vegetable garden!) and I wanted something with that and chicken. Enter, stir-fry. Grain-free, if you make it without the rice. Duh. Here’s how we roll: Husband cuts goopy gross stuff off of… Continue Reading
Vegetable garden bounty! And ERROR eggplant recipe
Check out those eggplants and cucumbers! The cucumbers went into a delicious cucumber salad… just de-seed, chop, and toss with some fat-free sour cream, a sprinkling of ranch dressing mix (dry), and some rice vinegar. Very tasty! Unfortunately, the eggplants had a less happy fate. Thankfully for all of us, I tossed this recipe in… Continue Reading
Crab Cakes for dinner!
We were in the grocery store looking at pickles (the refrigerated ones, mmmm) when I noticed a refrigerated can of crab meat. On a whim, I threw it into the cart so I could attempt crab cakes… You see, lately, probably 90% of my restaurant experiences have included crab cakes, and I’m a fan! I… Continue Reading
Eggplant Patties – Veggie burger base, maybe?
So there I was, face to face with a huge pile of eggplants. The guy requested eggplant parmesan again, but I wasn’t in the mood for breaded crispy stuff. Or the usual accompanying pasta. So I decided to make eggplant patties and eggplant balls (which would go great as a meatball substitute in spaghetti or… Continue Reading
Zucchini Cakes (a la Crab Cakes)
I LOVE zucchini and I wish our little plant would make more than it is producing now! There are so many recipes I want to try, and of course I want to repeat the ones I already know I like… I know some people are overrun with them though, so hopefully this will give you… Continue Reading
Not-Fried Crunchy Breaded Eggplant Dipping Sticks
Out of all of our plants, so far the eggplant has proven the most productive. If we wanted to, I’m sure we could pick 6 eggplants at any given time, though we tend to leave them on the plant for a few days after they’re ready until we want them (which doesn’t seem to affect… Continue Reading
Zucchini Eggplant stir fry with saffron rice
Again, straight from our garden… It’s so fantastic to go out into the garden and pick dinner! I know people get tired of their zucchini plants by the end of the summer, but I don’t think I will. In fact, I’m already planning to plant TWO next year instead of just one. Haha. Our Japanese… Continue Reading
More Garden zucchini – this time in an easy quiche!
I’d never made a quiche before, and I have NO IDEA why… they’re so easy and delicious. I imagine that I’ll be making them more frequently from now on! We had three more zucchinis that were ready to eat, so I decided to make a quiche. I started with my flaky pastry crust recipe, which… Continue Reading
Deceptively easy chocolate waffles (Devil’s food cake…mmm)
Seriously, these are so delicious and incredibly easy. While I make my chocolate cake from scratch, my scratch-made chocolate waffles have never quite measured up to these. My mother was always throwing random stuff into the waffle iron when we girls were little. Two of my favorites were devil’s food waffles and cornbread waffles. We… Continue Reading
Cantaloupe and Strawberry Fruit smoothie recipe – For Catherine
Catherine, correct me if I’m wrong… but I think this is how it went. The first time I met my dear friend Catherine, she had just moved into my hall (I was a Resident Assistant) as a freshman in college. She knew that there was a no-hotplate rule in our residence hall, and concerned, asked… Continue Reading
Zucchinis galore! – Fried rice and veggie platter
We’ve harvested quite a few zucchinis from our garden by now, and thoroughly enjoyed each one. I’m LOVING the fact that I can go out into the back yard and pluck dinner off of a plant we’ve nurtured since it was a seedling. The first garden-zucchini-laden meal we’ve had this summer was a vegetable fried… Continue Reading
Hi! I'm Emily. I'm a Navy wife and stay at home mom of two beautiful children. I cook simple, delicious, grain-free recipes, do crafts, decorate my home on a budget, and keep a happy household. I tandem breastfeed, babywear, cloth diaper, practice elimination communication, homebirth, and co-sleep, but I'm not a hippie.
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