This soup is one of our go-tos all fall and winter long. It is fast, easy, and requires zero measuring (although I did try to add measurements while writing this recipe!). We don’t always add the roasted chickpeas, but it is a fabulous addition when we have five extra minutes to make them. This is…
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The Best Slow Cooker Vegetarian Chili
Most of the recipes I ate growing up have been replaced with other things (thank you morning sickness round one), but my mom’s chili recipe just can’t be beat. When we stopped eating meat a few years ago I swapped out the ground beef for lentils and added some vegetables. Our favorite way to eat this is…
Making Whole Wheat Spinach Pasta
This weekend we made pasta making a family affair. A few weeks ago Andrew made a batch for dinner. It was our first experience with homemade pasta and we are all convinced there is no going back to the store bought option (except, of course if we don’t have time to make anything else). We…
Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread Perfection: Recipe Update
Today I made three perfect loaves of sourdough bread. They were not too wet and not too dry. They easily shaped into loaves. They rose a little extra in the oven. They were crunchy on the outside and soft in the inside and tasted perfect. I have finally gotten the hang of making great loaves…
Sourdough for Absolute Beginners
At the beginning of the year, my knowledge of sourdough bread was limited to what we learned on vacation in July 2012: you could buy it in San Francisco, the natural yeast there gives it a distinct flavor, and it is delicious. When I started learning about dealing with gut issues, one option is to…