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Banana Brownies by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking With the Grand Thanksgiving Feast approaching, I've been trying to be especially diligent during the past two weeks with minimalistic grocery shopping, putting to use items in ... Read on »

Creamy Spinach Quesadillas by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking When I left work this morning I drove home with even more enthusiasm than usual, knowing that Zach was waiting at the house for me! Zach completed his robotic surgery rotation ... Read on »

Monkfish or Tofu Scaloppine by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking We've had a rush of unseasonably warm weather these past few days, allowing leisurely afternoons on the back porch with a glass of iced tea, and long hikes through the woods, ... Read on »

Double Peanut Butter Cookies by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking The celebration of friends continues! Following the Grand Lasagna Night on Wednesday, Zach and I were blessed to have Kathleen spend 3 more fabulous days with us, complete wit ... Read on »

PB&J Banana Cookies by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking I was scheduled to work last night, but spent the first part of the evening "temporarily on-call." In other words, the Medical Surgical floor where I work was quiet ... Read on »

Baked Chickpea Falafel by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking On Friday night, Zach and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary!! (If you happen to recall the post about our 2nd anniversary, you may at this point be shaking your head in confusi ... Read on »

Polenta Parmesan Muffins by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Despite our consistently chaotic schedules, we've become particularly fond of having friends over for dinner on a weeknight. As impractical as it might seem, there's something ... Read on »

Oven-Roasted Eggplant Parmesan by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking This Eggplant Parmesan went to the nutritionist, and discovered she was a healthy dish. She realized she didn't need to be battered and fried to feel good about herself. She l ... Read on »

Spooky Spider Double Chocolate Cupcakes by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking For the record, I am tremendously afraid of spiders. Nothing will send me closer to the clinical definition of a panic attack than the sight of a spider strolling across our k ... Read on »

Halloween Carrot Tzimmes by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Happy Halloween! Celebrating Halloween is actually fairly new to me... When I was growing up, my family didn't celebrate Halloween - the Jewish holiday for "dressing up&q ... Read on »

Pumpkin Corn Bread by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Less than two days remain until Halloween! The house is festooned with decorations... and pumpkin cornbread is baking in the oven! While Zach isn't usually a fan of pumpkin (I ... Read on »

Maple Pecan Pie by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Last Sunday night found me doing two very uncharacteristic things - following a recipe nearly to the letter, and preparing a pecan pie from a recipe other than my grandmother' ... Read on »

Asparagus, Caramelized Onion, and Mushroom Bread Pudding by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Friday was one of those challenging days when nothing really went wrong, per se, but not much went exactly right, either. I woke up still recovering from a nasty stomach bug ... Read on »

Apple Cider Bread by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking With Halloween rapidly approaching, I've been contemplating recipes for hot mulled wine and spiced apple cider, which led me to conclude that it's high time I baked something ... Read on »

Two-Potato Stew with Peanut Sauce by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking While the sudden plummet in temperatures may have taken us by surprise here down South, the chill air is delightfully conducive to hearty stews and casseroles, just the sort o ... Read on »

Wilted Spinach Salad with Sesame-Marinated Mushrooms by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking One of the great parts about living on the edge of Atlanta, as we do, poised between the city's mammoth metropolis to our south, into which Zach drives for most of his clinica ... Read on »

Apple-Bran Oatmeal by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Firstly, a giant thank you to Sangeetha of Kothiyavunu for incredibly generously bestowing not one, not two, but four awards upon this humble blog! Sangeetha, truly, you are t ... Read on »

Tangy Stovetop Babaganoush by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking With such a plethora of continually emerging, novel kitchen gadgets to assist and amuse us in the kitchen, it's easy to accept the most basic of kitchen components, such as an ... Read on »

Black Russian Brownies by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Such a glorious, peaceful weekend, the past three days... The forecast called for rain all weekend, but the weather stubbornly remained flawless - sunny, breezy, and in the 70 ... Read on »

Graham Flour Biscuits by Astra Libris .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking One of the brilliant things about being a foodie is that one becomes the proverbial kid in a candy store - every moment, every meal, every trip to the grocery store is filled ... Read on »

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