Giving Thanks
Thanksgiving is such a wonderful holiday, especially if you can ignore the commercialism and the whole black Friday aspect of it (which I can). I love nothing more than being in the kitchen surrounded...
View ArticleRe-assess
In all the busy-ness of December, I had gotten in the habit of visiting Chick-fil-A pretty regularly for french fries. I decided that I needed to curtail this habit and cut out fried foods. To help...
View ArticleVegan@home
It’s important to me and my husband that our kids learn to make healthy choices, knowing that we won’t be around forever to help with that. Therefore the kids are only vegan at home and make whatever...
View ArticleHearty Soups
It’s been chilly here so my focus has been on meals to warm us inside and out. As I’ve mentioned before in Stoup’s On, my husband and daughters do not prefer soups with lots of broth, which helps me...
View ArticleSnow Days
Having the kids out of school for more days than anticipated means the kitchen becomes a revolving door and a big mess if I don’t plan ahead. Making meals and snacks in advance means my workday...
View ArticleHeart Health
Instead of focusing on candy hearts this Valentine’s day, focus on your heart health and the gains you can make with a few small changes. Your friends and family will appreciate you being around to...
View ArticleSweet Potatoes Galore
Sometimes to keep things interesting in the kitchen and (always) to make cooking as efficient as possible, I use a theme ingredient for the week’s meals. This doesn’t mean that we have the theme...
View ArticleTake Out Meals
Three of our meals in the past couple of weeks were what I consider take-out meals. They were made at home but were out of the ordinary in some way – either made with more expensive ingredients,...
View ArticleGo Vegan for Earth Day
Earth day is coming soon (April 22nd) and what better way to appreciate the Earth than to go vegan for the day?!? By changing your diet, you have the power to reduce global warming, deforestation,...
View ArticleNew Summer Faves
We’ve added a few new summer favorites to our repertoire that I hope you enjoy as much as we have. The first I developed as muffins but as soon as you add icing, they turn into cupcakes- and geez does...
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