Banana Oat Pancakes

by Mirabaking, breakfast, gluten free, oats, pancake, recipes, vegetarian

Do you love pancakes? We love pancakes in our house. They are a great, easy to make, healthy, whole-grain breakfast. Throw in some fresh fruit and maybe a little homemade Greek yogurt and it’s the perfect meal to start your day…filling, nutritious, blood-sugar balancing, and, most importantly, delicious. Of course, pancakes are also delicious at […]

Quench Your Thirst With Agua Fresca

by Miradrinks, fruit, seasons, summer

Agua fresca is Spanish for fresh waters. It’s a refreshing non-alcoholic summer-y drink with origins in Mexico where it is sold by street vendors. In South and Central American stores or restaurants you can sometimes you can find it in large containers where it is ladled out by the glassful. Agua fresca is a great […]

Making Homemade Jam

by Mirafruit, jelly/jam, preserving, questions

Josh wrote in and wondered, “We just made some strawberry jam. Best jelly I’ve ever had. Do you know if you have to use such a huge amount of sugar? The basic recipe we used was adamant not to adjust or the jam would not set properly.”Strawberries are very low in pectin so you do […]

Aromatherapy Field Trip

by Miraherbs and spices, meditation, stress

Steve and I recently took a trip into Houston. We were headed for the Museum of Natural Science but would up making a little detour before visiting the museum. Across the street from the Museum, located at One Hermann Street, is a garden that is open to the public. One part of the garden is […]

Grinding Flour

by Mirabaking, grains, questions, sprouts

Claire wrote in and asked, “I have a question re: grinding your own flours out of grains, say brown rice flour, garbanzo bean flour, etc. When you do it, do you soak the grains/beans before you grind it? I soak everything over night (my grains, beans and nuts) before I cook it. I learned this […]

Cottage Loaf

by Mirabaking, bread, recipes

Over on my Facebook Fan Page I wrote about a recent experiment in bread making. I took one of my favorite quick rise bread recipes and used the baking method from no-knead bread. The bread rose really well. At first I was sort of disappointed because it rose REALLY well, I was making it in […]

Step By Step, Food Changes

by Mirabreakfast, change, questions, substitutions

Meg wrote in with the following, “For me, to truly change my eating habits, I have to go in very small and tasty steps. Once I find a healthier food or drink that I really like, after a few weeks of eating that I don’t miss the junk stuff and don’t feel deprived. It would […]

Curried Carrot Sprout Salad

by Miralegumes, recipes, vegetables, vegetarian

In the tastes-better-than-the-picture category we have today’s lunch offering. A conversation earlier in the day with my friend Blujay about ways to use sprouts brought up the idea of putting them into a curried carrot salad. Salads are so wonderful in the warmer months, keeping a couple on hand in the fridge means you […]

Food Glorious Food

by MiraUncategorized

Okay, that’s a song title. But lyrics are just poems set to music and it’s National Poetry Month. This got me thinking about all the poems that mention food, and there are oh so many of them. My first exposure to food poetry was this little treasure my Grandfather taught me: I eat my peas […]

Tre Colori

by Mirakale, recipes, vegetables, vegetarian

This could more accurately be called “Fridge Rummage” as that’s how all of these ingredients came together but tre colori (three colors in Italian) sounds better. I had a lonely little eggplant that needed to be cooked. Looking into my fridge for inspiration I found a half a red pepper, half of a large Spanish […]