Martha Washington, the first first lady, said that, “The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not on our circumstances.” Oh, how wise she was. In “The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness,” Marcus Buckingham researched and found that the happiest women at some point in their lives simply made a […]
Recipes
Three Sisters Navajo Harvest Vegetable Recipe
Today I guest-posted on the blog for the Fort Collins, Colorado, Homegrown Harvest celebration coming in October. To help with their cause, I offered up a favorite recipe from my now-out-of-print, award-winning first cookbook: Three Sisters Navajo Harvest. Quick, easy and scrumptious, my friend and coach, The Reluctant Vegan Rachelle Lee, was just telling me […]
Egg-free Egg Substitutes
In my last post I described how I substituted banana and flax seeds for eggs in a recipe for gluten-free cupcakes. There were better ways to go, as I’m learning. Among many other things, we’ve been eliminating eggs from my son’s diet as we work to cure his chronic constipation. We’ve seen amazing results since […]
Gluten-free Coconut Flour Muffins
After all the anxiety I’ve endured since getting my first mammogram in July, seeing the spots, getting a second opinion, and then having them removed with a stereotactic biopsy last Thursday, hearing the news that all were benign (!!) has put me in a happy place. 🙂 Not only were all the spots benign, but […]
Make Your Recipes Soy-free and Gluten-free
A Glorious One-Pot Meals reader asks: “I have two sensitivities – soy and gluten, so two questions. 1. Is it possible to substitute rice or quinoa pasta for wheat pasta? Rice pasta doesn’t seem to hold up as well normally, so I wasn’t sure it would turn to mush in the pot. 2. Is there […]
