I went to DC with Vicious Vampress to spend a week with my beloved friend Sir Crovax. My slave, Melissa, the twirly faced one, attended to us… and the large fat cat is named Big Mao, and belongs to Sir Crovax’s housemate…. the cat is so big he bangs on the door loudly to be let in. He also crushes those who he sleeps on.

The only antidote appears to be to fall asleep on HIM.

One of my favorite things in the world is good food, and this trip had PLENTY of that….

The first night, we went to Wegman’s, my favorite grocery store (make one in Raleigh pleaaaase Wegman!) and I found some whole wheat rotini!

So I made meatballs stuffed with mozzarella in a from-scratch marinara, a nice spring salad with curry yogurt dressing, and multi-grain bread toasted with cheese, herbed garlic, and bruschetta. OMFG! I outdid myself. Mmmm food-pig.

More to come soon!

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In the pic of all the deserts you will see two pumpkin pies, apple pie, pumpkin cheesecake , pumpkin brownies, and apple pie. The second photo is just a close up to show my delicious crust of doom.

Nothing here is particularly healthy. But it is all organic, made with “raw sugar” and spelt flour. The brownies are 1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 white.

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Organic Oranges, Cranberries, Granny Smith Apples

Sure, her sauce is fab. There’s just one small problem — too many ingredients are processed. Yucky. Not very gourmet taste, eh? I also added MOAR cinnamon, made mine with stevia, threw in fresh oranges instead of mandarin canned — ew, and fresh roasted my own almonds. I also reduced the sweetener a tiny bit — no need for so much sugar, it’s SUPPOSED to be tart!

Ingredients:
2 pints whole cranberries
2 cups of fresh oranges of your choice, pith removed
1 cup finely chopped apples (optional: peel. i left mine with skins on! extra vitamins.)
1 envelope (1/4 oz.) dry unflavored gelatin
2/3 cup Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated), 1tsp stevia liquid extract, or 2/3 cup “sugar in the raw” or honey/agave
1/4 cup fresh raw almonds
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp orange zest, optional

Follow original directions from here to recreate, but add the oranges WITH the apples instead of after the dish cools, to meld some of the flavor of the oranges in. Also, roast almonds at 350 for 10 minutes, then chop them finely. Much better flavor!

Cranberry Sauce

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Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake!

I nabbed this recipe here: Tyler Florence’s Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bars.

& made a few modifications to make it more than a little bit healthier.

Healthy Substitutions List:
16 ounces low-fat cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup egg whites
2 lemons, zested and juiced
1/2 cup Splenda
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries

After that, I followed the original cooking instructions pretty much to the letter — except swapping out for a heart-shaped tin instead! Careful, they puff all over. Yummy and very healthful.

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