Eat Your Vegetables

Kitchen sink chili, as unusual as it is tasty (and HOT)

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/jan/21/248095/ It’s no secret that if you follow this blog, you know that this winter I’ve been digging the sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts combination. Steamed or roasted, I love putting them on salads or veggie burgers or just eating them ...

Warding off the chill with Crock-pot chili

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/jan/13/247731/ Dang, it’s cold out there. It’s just so classic “Kansas” that we went from 60 degrees one day (Friday) to hovering around freezing the next. Boo. By the time we’d been through that horrible temperature swing, we were all ...

The benefits of hemp seed (No, it won’t make you high)

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/jan/06/247306/ I often get asked why I use the ingredients I do in the original recipes you see in this space. Readers want to know if they really need coconut oil, goji berries, cacao nibs, etc., and other things that most folks don’t have on ...

A great salad to start the new year

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2012/dec/30/246948/ It's Jan. 1, peeps! (Or Jan. 2 for many of you who might not be eyeballing our site on a holiday.) If you're visiting this blog in the new year because you've decided you'd eat more whole, fresh foods, you've come to the right place. ...

A post-holiday present to yourself: A pomegranate

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2012/dec/23/246690/ If you're like me, you've got to restock to your fridge and pantry after the food explosion that is the holidays. My fridge has run the gamut over the past few days, going from empty-ish to stuffed to its frozen little gills to ...

Delicious Thai-inspired chili

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2012/dec/16/246420/ Confession: I'm not a huge chili person. Yeah, yeah, this is a major flaw of mine. I mean, I know people who love chili better than anything else when it comes to winter. Better than snowflakes, hot chocolate or an open fire. Me? ...