Pumpkin Oatmeal
I’ve been making things with pumpkin lately and we had some leftover that needed to be used. Our daily oatmeal breakfast would be boring if we weren’t always playing with the ingredients. Mix those and you end up with pumpkin oatmeal.
1/2 c old fashioned oats
1/2 c vanilla soy milk
1/4 c pumpkin puree
1/8 to 1/4 tsp cinnamon
dash [...]
Chipotle Pumpkin Soup
It’s autumn and it’s cold out. I enjoy seasonal recipes and wanted to try something new, so pumpkin came to mind. When I thought of pumpkin, the first thing to pop into my head was pumpkin pie, followed by pumpkin scones, followed by pumpkin cookies. It seems that we’re pretty good at turning pumpkin into [...]
Millet Cheese Spread
This is a great spread to use in place of dairy cheese spreads on crackers. Compared to dairy cheese spreads, it is lower in fat, has no cholesterol whatsoever, contains some fiber, is high in B vitamins and is lower in calories. We really like this one on whole wheat Ritz crackers or Triscuits.
Millet Cheese [...]
New “Smart Choice” Label
By mid 2009 you may start seeing a new label, Smart Choice, showing up on some food packaging. The idea is to make it easier to quickly make a better choice without having to read all of the details on the nutrition label or ingredient listing. But what exactly makes a food a “smart choice”? [...]
The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook
The same day I ordered my Zojirushi rice cooker, I also ordered a book: The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook by Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann. I chose this book because I wanted to do more than just cook rice in my rice cooker, a lot more. This book covers many uses for rice cookers and [...]