Sometimes when I'm food shopping, I decide to nab something new to play around with. Rather than always grabbing the same foods to make the same meals, I think it's fun to experiment with food and try out different dishes. At times, I pick out something not really being sure how I'm make it, or what I'll prepare it with. This was the case last week when I grabbed these guys at the farmers' market: I've eaten acorn squash here and there, but can't really remember a time when I made them myself. I checked out a few of my cookbooks to see if a recipe with acorn squash looked appealing to me. Here is what I wound up making: I found this recipe in a cookbook called The Vegan Table and altered a few of the ingredients. From the start, I was doubtful that my hubby would be a fan of it. He isn't ... [Read More]
acorn squash
Baked Acorn Squash & Apple Chips
Happy Friday! I've skipped a few weekly "what this vegetarian ate today" postings, but I'm bringing it back to answer the all too familiar question, "So exactly what do you eat?". My breakfast was cottage cheese + cantaloupe + almonds: For lunch, I ate whole wheat toast + sliced banana + cinnamon peanut butter + sprinkled cinnamon: Speaking of peanut butter, I have a very important question (I'm being only partly sarcastic). Does anyone else think that peanut butter tastes very different from brand to brand? This is the kind of thing I say that makes my hubby think I'm crazy (his taste buds are DULL, while mine are the opposite), but while I was at my parents' house last week, I ate banana with Jiffy peanut butter and wasn't a fan. I can even tell a difference between ... [Read More]