food diary

  • Homemade Pasta

    Dena April 14, 2020

    A Short Tale of Pasta and Self-Made Pasta Spaghetti, macaroni, alfredo, tortellini, lasagna, tagliatelle, penne – do any of these titles ring a bell to you? If they do, then you’re probably a pasta lover much like myself. You simply can’t go wrong with pasta. You can flavor pasta any way you want to. Whether you use a pre-made sauce or you make your own sauce. Some pasta can even…

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  • Simple Food: 3-Minute Salad

    Dena May 9, 2017

    This is the most simple recipe that I’ve ever shared. I hope that you’ll love it. Recently when I asked you guys what kind of content you want — a lot of you answered simplicity + recipes. So when I was throwing this together this…

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  • Whole Foods + Plated.com

    Dena November 27, 2013

    If you visit my little blog frequently, you may have noticed that I’ve been talking more and more about whole foods recently. The more that I learn about human biology and nutrition, the more passionate I become about the importance of whole foods. If you’re…

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  • recipe: eggs, raspberry jam + sourdough

    Dena April 24, 2013

    Last week I discovered Trader Joe’s raspberry preserve and it is heaven in a jar. It inspired me to make the easiest — and most delicious — sandwich ever. Two slices of sourdough, toasted. Two eggs over easy. Spread jam generously over one slice of…

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  • Recipe: Vegan Stuffed Peppers

    Dena January 13, 2013

    This weekend we watched two documentaries that reminded us how important a plant-based, whole foods diet is. (Forks Over Knives and Vegucated.) It’s back to clean eating in this house. (And luckily, my pregnancy nausea has finally subsided enough that I have a choice about…

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  • From Farm to Fridge

    Dena August 22, 2012

    Eating clean and green is not easy—don’t let anybody fool you!—but there are things that you can do to simplify. After we picked up our first CSA box, I went straight to work. Cleaning, peeling, and cutting oh my! I made it fun, put on…

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  • Community-Supported Agriculture

    Dena August 19, 2012

    Yesterday we picked up our first CSA (community-supported agriculture) share of the season. Have you heard about CSAs? Community-supported agriculture (in North America sometimes known as community-shared agriculture) is an alternative, locally-based socio-economic model of agriculture and food distribution. A CSA also refers to a…

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  • Food Diary: Saturday Supper

    Dena August 18, 2012

    This morning we headed to our local natural foods shop to pick up our first CSA (community-supported agriculture) share of the season. Tomorrow, I’ll share some details about what came in the box, but for now, a few photographs of tonight’s supper. There is seriously…

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  • Recipe: Peanut Butter Walnut Apple Cookies

    Dena August 7, 2012

    I am a little bit ashamed to admit this… but this weekend I baked something “from scratch” for the very first time! See, I’ve been getting adventurous in the kitchen for awhile, but when it came to baking, I’ve been intimidated. The thing that I…

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