YDV Monday means Rustic Pizza

Rustic Pizza Nom nom nom…nom..nmmm… This is um…nom nom nom…the YDV Meatless Monday meal.  It’s pretty…nom nom nom…..good.  You should totally try it out.  I did and here’s how it all went down. I went searching at the local health food store for a vegan pizza crust.  I’ve never made a crust myself and the task seemed pretty daunting to me.  I search high (in the refrigerated section) and low (in the dairy section!?) but couldn’t find a crust that didn’t have honey in it.  I made a quick stop at the bread section but didn’t see anything there either.  Sigh.  So I began the hunt for a pizza crust mix.  Yes, I require a mix.  There! I admit it. Moving on… I found this and only this as far as pizza crust mixes were concerned: Sweet.  The gluten free didn’t bother me a bit.  [...]

Blueberry Muffins make Mondays sing…

It's Monday again and what better way to start your week off than with super delicious blueberry muffins? These muffins are less sweet than regular style bakery muffins but the blueberries more than make up for the lack of sugar.

Red Bananas and my taste buds are having a love affair…

So, it's what is loosely referred to as "summer" here and that means that I get to go to farm markets.  It is one of my most favorite things to do because you can find all kinds of things.  Recently I went to the local farm and found red bananas.  Now before ya'll start emailing me to say that these aren't local, I know.  But I don't really buy fruit unless it's summer so it's a treat to me. Anyway, these red bananas.  Have you seen these guys hanging out at the grocery store?  They are pretty high up on the cute scale aren't they?  Turns out they are pretty good for you too.  One red banana contains Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Vitamin E, Thamin (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Niacin (B3), Vitamin B6, Folic Acid (Folate), Magnesium, Zinc and Copper.  Not only that, they are high in Potassium.  Whew!  [...]