This garlic bread is so delicious and easy to make. All that’s in it is… a long loaf of honey wheat bread some butter… …mixed with some mayo… …mixed with some shredded mozzarella… …mixed with some garlic salt… …mixed with some oregano. Just spread the mixed-together stuff over the bread, and toast it in the… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Meatless
Boxed Macaroni and Cheese – My way
OK this is pretty odd… I have “a way” that I like to make boxed macaroni and cheese. Which is kind of ridiculous, but it always turns out really yummily. YES! Spiderman! I cook the pasta in salted water… And meanwhile, I mix the milk and fake gross cheese powder.… Continue Reading
Olive Tapenade – Easy recipe and 10 ways to use it!
So, I’m really really bad at doing follow-up posts, post series, etc. Case in point: This hummus post from APRIL, in which I said I’d also be posting my tapenade recipe and how to make pita chips. I haven’t forgotten about those other posts, but the passage of time has also sort of… gone really… Continue Reading
Eggplant, Tomato, Spinach Nachos
Look what we got! Guess where we got it! Yeah, our garden. *blush* So I put it to work for dinner, veggie-nacho style! I cut up the tomatoes and de-seeded them (because I can’t stand the seeds and seed snot). And peeled, chopped, and salted/oozed the eggplant (you know, the whole leeching out the bitter… Continue Reading
Fresh vegetable pasta salad – grape tomatoes, peppers, and broccoli
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
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
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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