Friday Foodie: Southwestern Kale and Avocado Salad
Friday Foodie: Southwestern Kale and Avocado salad This is a great salad that can easily become a meal with a few chopped nuts sprinkled on top and a bowl of fruit for a side. Let me know if you have...
View ArticleFriday Foodie: Raw Corn and Radish Salad
Friday Foodie: Raw Corn and Radish Salad with spicy lime dressing I adapted this delicious recipe from Food and Wine, by Nick Fauchald. The original recipe called for too much oil in my opinion, so I...
View ArticleFriday Foodie: Papaya, Guava and Star Fruit
Friday Foodie: Papaya, Guava and Star Fruit Hi Friday Foodies! I am coming to you from Belize today! I thought I would share with you how to use a few tropical fruits that you can find in the super...
View ArticleFriday Foodie Minute: Avocado and Tomato Salad
Friday Foodie Minute: Avocado and Tomato Salad This salad takes not much more than a minute to throw together, yet is incredibly delicious. The avocado makes it rich enough to eat for a meal or divide...
View ArticleFriday Foodie: Basil Pesto with Walnuts (vegan)
Friday Foodie: Basil Pesto with Walnuts (vegan) Hi Friday Foodies! Today I am showing you how to make a basil pesto. A freeze is predicted here tonight, so I want to use up the basil before it is gone....
View ArticleFriday Foodie: How to cook a spaghetti squash
Friday Foodie: How to cook a spaghetti squash Last week I showed you how to make a basil walnut pesto. This week, let’s make spaghetti squash and serve it up with some of that pesto. This is also good...
View ArticleFriday Foodie: An Asparagus Minute
Friday Foodie: An Asparagus Minute Fall and spring are the best times to enjoy asparagus and so I thought I would share with you a simple way to rid the spear of the woody, chewy ends. This works...
View ArticleFriday Foodie: Travel Tips
Friday Foodie: Travel Tips Just a few travel tips for you today. Traveling can be really tough on the healthy eating, so try a few of these on your travels. Enjoy a dessert or two along the way, or...
View ArticleFriday Foodie: Black Bean Soup
Friday Foodie: Black Bean Soup This is one of my all time favorite soup recipes, adapted from the Vegan Piggy, a blogspot that has been inactive for several years now. I changed up the amount of broth,...
View ArticleFriday Foodie: Breakfast or Snack Bar
Friday Foodie: Breakfast or Snack Bar You are going to LOVE these. Super simple and quick to make, they are a great breakfast bar or an afternoon snack. If you enjoyed this video, please share it with...
View ArticleMy 2013 Book List
Happy New Year! Every year, I am asked to share my book list. Goodreads has made that easier than ever with the ability to share on my FB page. You can find that here: JaneAnnThompson and see my full...
View ArticleA New Year; A New Beginning
Those of you who are regular readers might notice the new header on my blog: Buy, Cook, Eat. I am taking this blog in a bit of a new direction this year. I sort of dropped off the radar the last few...
View ArticleFriday Foodie: Kidney Bean and Pomegranate Salad
Friday Foodie: Kidney Bean and Pomegranate Salad It’s Friday Foodie Time! It’s Friday Foodie Time! Let’s cook and have some wine, It’s Friday Foodie Time! (Some of you are old enough to know the tune...
View ArticleSEE Bars
SEE BARS – Super Easy Energy Bars: This is my new fruit and nut bars with a bit of chocolate. Cut them in bars for a trail snack to keep your energy up, or cut bite size pieces for a small snack....
View ArticleA Memoriam to my mom: Colossal Crescent Cheeseburger
My mom, Neta Joyce McCulloch Thompson, died last Monday night, January 27th. Having been in pain most of her adult life, she is now released from that, but it doesn’t make it easy for her to be gone. I...
View ArticleAn American in England
An American in England! Our adventure began on February 11, 2014, when our flight, which was to be on the 12th, was canceled. Rescheduled for the 14th, with three layovers instead of two, all went...
View ArticleA Meal to Remember
Sometimes you have to hit the road to find a meal to remember! Seems like yesterday I was here… and then here… and finally… Monday we hit the road again, but this time, I only had my little blue...
View ArticleBread and Coffee and Millionaire’s Shortbread, oh my!
Bread and Coffee and Millionaire’s Shortbread, oh my! Arriving in Ipswich, UK, late one afternoon, I took a stroll around the town to take some pics and see what was going on down by the water. Ipswich...
View ArticleBooks, Pubs, Flats and Heaven
I traveled with my husband on his business last week, a journey which took us to Truro, Cornwall and the County Arms, to Braunton, Devon and The George to Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales and Malsters, all...
View ArticleBreakfast in Britain
Breakfast in Britain is a bit of a brain twist for Americans. They serve beans (pretty much like the pork n’ beans in a can we know from home) and mushrooms, cooked tomatoes, along with bacon, ham or...
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