Meatless Mondays: All the Cool Kids Are Doing it

One of my oldest and dearest friends, Tina, and I often talk about and swap vegetarian/meatless meal ideals and recipes. She was a vegetarian for many years, and is a great and creative influence for my 1-3 meatless days a week goals. She shared with me today this link: Paul McCartney on Meat Free Mondays The article shares this video of Paul advocating Meat Free Mondays and the good they do to our young people. I like how he shares all the points- not just health, but the economic and environmental impact reducing our meat intake has. Plus,...

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Mocha Sorbet

Here's a delicious treat we've been noshing here at the the Disheveled house. I make this without an ice cream maker, because I do not have one, but feel free to toss the mixed ingredients in one if you have it! You will need: 4 cups of coffee, doesn't have to be piping hot- warm enough to dissolve the sugar is fine 1 cup of sugar 1/4 cup cocoa powder (not hot cocoa mix!) a dash of salt a splash of vanilla Mix it all up until the sugar is...

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In a Hurry Dinner Rolls

I whip up these rolls when we've decided we want bread with our dinner- but the time for kneading and long rises has passed. You will need: 1 1/4 C flour 2 TBS sugar 1 tsp salt 2 1/4 tsp (one package) yeast. I use the "quick-rise" for this recipe, but if you use regular it'll still rise pretty fast. 1 C very warm water 2 TBS shortening 1 egg In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt and yeast.   Add the water, shortening...

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Homemade Natural Soft Scrub

Here's another use for Dr. Bronner's Castile soap that I use around the house. It's quick and easy to make, so you can always whip it up when needed, and not have it sit around. Simply mix together 3 parts baking soda, and one part Dr. Bronner's or other Castile soap. Cut together with a fork, it'll start to look like a tiny batch of biscuits. =-) Stir in drops of water, as needed, until it becomes a creamy paste. There are many "recipes"...

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What The Heck Is This!?

I was prepping a few heads of garlic (sale!) the other day to roast in olive oil, and I came across something strange... Yellow (goldenrod even- close to orange!), slightly wrinkly, strong smelling garlic- so strange! What the? I quickly went to Google. Well, after I got my garlic in the oven... Apparently there is some sort of harmless condition called "waxy breakdown" that happens when garlic is exposed to too high of heat. Usually during...

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