A slow cooker cookbook designed around the principles of the Glycemic Index? The Low GI Slow Cooker: Delicious and Easy Dishes Made Healthy with the Glycemic Index is an interesting read. It jumps in quickly and explains why you should care about the glycemic index (you should no matter how you eat!) and how choosing healthier options you can… Continue reading Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce
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Blueberry Cheesecake Smoothie
You'd have to be cold-hearted to not squeal over how cute Alistaire is 😉 Yeah, totally unrelated to anything else in this post and I am OK with that! Little man turned 16 months old last week as well. Well, also, he has developed a love for blueberries 😉 His brother will have competition in the coming… Continue reading Blueberry Cheesecake Smoothie
Farmer’s Market Tomatoes & Pasta
There is something about mixed heirloom tomatoes that about has me swooning when I see them! Purple, brandy, yellow, orange, pale ghost, striped, green....why do we limit ourselves to pedestrian red? I wish I could say these were off my tomato vines, but not yet, it is still much too early here in Western Washington. Soon though!… Continue reading Farmer’s Market Tomatoes & Pasta
German Chocolate Cake & a Wedding Anniversary
Kirk and I celebrated 7 years of marriage today 🙂 We were married in the botanical gardens at our town's park by the now-husband of one of my good friends, who had been a minister in a earlier part of his life. It was a very low-key wedding, no debt, no real worries. Just friends,… Continue reading German Chocolate Cake & a Wedding Anniversary