“I like rice. Rice is great if you're hungry and want 2000 of something. ” Mich Ehrenborg, author It's a mystery comparable to why single socks go missing. Every time I make soup, which is often this time of year, we wind up with about one cup left over. It's technically enough for a snack-sized… Continue reading Souped-up rice
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Vegan hot chocolate for 2
“You just need a little perspective. Warmed chocolate can give you that.” chef Giada De Laurentiis, Paris There are two new mugs in our cabinet. They match in ways -- same size, same outline of mountains tracing around the same white exterior. They don't match in others. One has deep blue on the inside and blue… Continue reading Vegan hot chocolate for 2
Choco-nut nice cream
“Sometimes serendipity is just intention unmasked.” Elizabeth Berg, American novelist Plans are good, but life's "mistakes" can be even better. Joy, joy, joy!!! Call it serendipity, call it a blessing -- but messing up one of my own recipes led to something delightful this weekend. What I intended to be a double portion of World's Best Smoothie… Continue reading Choco-nut nice cream
Spoon-free oatmeal
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." -- Benjamin Franklin, American founding father In my perfect world, we would not be getting up before dawn every weekday. But, we are -- and that means breakfast has to be simple. Really simple. In the winter, I have oatmeal. In… Continue reading Spoon-free oatmeal
Dial-it-back pea soup
“...you will still find people who believe that soup will cure any hurt or illness and is no bad thing to have for the funeral either.” John Steinbeck, East of Eden Holidays seem to be all about more. When they're over, I like to clear the slate. I do some extra cleaning. I dejunk. I pare… Continue reading Dial-it-back pea soup
Nora Edinger -- JOY Journal 