Salt & Humor

For me , it easier to take fun photos than it is to write a half way entertaining post to go with them.  What happens is, I end up with way more photos than I ever post.  Then when I sit down to actually write a post, I feel overwhelmed with where to start, or [...]

Not necessarily in that order anyways.  Last night I made my first Autumn pumpkin recipe.  I love pumpkin and love to cook and bake with it.  I think I was just in denial that it is already October.  I saw this dandy lil pumpkin bread recipe over at the Domestic Vegan last night.  I wasted [...]

Bittersweet is the first day of Fall.  The Summer is over, days get shorter and no more garden fresh tomatoes. However, in comes the pumpkins, winter squash, turning leaves and comfort food.  When I think of Fall comfort food, I think of soups, chili and pasta. Veggie Soup: potato, carrot, celery, golden beet, kale, green [...]

Sometimes when a recipe fails I think it only makes me try harder the next time.  The pumpkin muffins yesterday were just OK.  They weren’t great.  While, I still have some pumpkin left I thought I would make pumpkin pancakes this morning.  This morning it was a recipe SUCCESS! Pumpkin-Buckwheat Pancakes 1/4 cup buckwheat flour, [...]

The last three days went by so fast!  Backtracking to Wednesday, I made the easiest stir-fry ever! I sauteed some broccoli slaw, chopped baby bok choy and yellow bell pepper.  Topped it with some teriyaki grilled tofu and peanut sauce.  The peanut sauce was: 2 tbsp. of peanut butter, 2 tsp. soy sauce, 1 juiced [...]

Sweetness! Tonight is my Friday. Why not make cookies. Sounds like a fair enough task for a “Friday” night. I have a favorite recipe from my mom for pumpkin-oat, chocolate chip cookies. I am telling you these have been my favorite cookie forever! I made a full batch a couple weeks ago. Tonight I was [...]