Category Archives: Recipes

Kitchen riffs

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Melissa @ HerGreenLife

It seems like just yesterday it was October, and still hot, and I was itching for cooler weather and “oven season.”  Well, oven season is in full swing, and our recent icy weekend gave me a chance to spend extra … Continue reading →

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Oatmeal Plus

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Melissa @ HerGreenLife

A bowl of oatmeal has been an almost constant breakfast companion for over ten years now.  While I am clearly a creature of habit, my bowl has evolved over the years.  Here’s a quick look at my oatmeal evolution, followed … Continue reading →

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Souper food

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Melissa @ HerGreenLife

Originally posted on Her Green Life:
This past week, we cooked a few of our favorite staple recipes, including vegetable upside-down cake and garbanzo bean soup, using almost all local ingredients.  We thought these dishes tasted good before, but you…

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Warm chocolate: Four ways

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Melissa @ HerGreenLife

I like my chocolate dark and warm.  Here are a few of my favorite preparations, just in time for Valentine’s day. Drinking Chocolate What passes for hot chocolate in most places is far too sweet and too watery for my … Continue reading →

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The Pudla! post

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Melissa @ HerGreenLife

What in the world is pudla? In four words: Savory chickpea flour pancake.  Pudla hails from India. I stumbled across pudla in one of those internet rabbit holes.  It started as a search for recipes for mixed-nut nut butters, which … Continue reading →

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