sweet potatoes
small white beans
rapini (broccoli rabe)
seasonings:
salt, black pepper, maybe some cayenne, sage, garlic powder?..  It's been days since I made this meal.  I think that's what I seasoned it with..  Also, olive oil drizzled over the top, after plating.

Sweet potatoes steamed in water in skillet.  Then rapini added, then pre-cooked white beans added.

Grits

Last night's dinner:
Grits, green Lima beans, onion, fresh avocado and tomato, extra virgin olive oil, salt & pepper.

Skillet Meal ~ potatoes, Tofurkey Italian sausage, etc.

Potatoes

Tofurkey Italian sausage

Orange & yellow baby carrots*

Green beans*

Broccoli 

Garlic

Salt, pepper, cayenne, sage, oregano

Capers (from jar) 

Dehydrated tomato powder

On the side:

Cottage cheese + capers

Sno peas*

*organic

Frozen banana & blueberry "ice cream"

I am one of many happy Champion juicer owners who enjoys doing this.  Many, including myself, refer to it as ice cream.  But it is really just frozen fruit made creamy by processing it through a Champion juicer.  There is no cream or dairy at all in this yummy treat.  It is vegetarian and vegan, is made with whole foods, and is very simple in its ingredient list:  frozen bananas (which I like to always have on hand) and frozen blueberries.  You can do this with many other types of fruit, of course.

The Champion juicer comes with a blank plate for creating something like this.  (When you want to juice your fresh fruits or veggies, you would not use the blank plate; you would use the screen attachment that comes with the juicer.)

(Click on photos to enlarge.)

Just as creamy as ice cream!
I love how the mug I chose for this (given to me by a friend) has fruit painted on it -- including blueberries!
Perhaps in the near future, I'll make this with bananas, peaches and blueberries -- served in this mug, of course! ;)

I love the swirls of color!
And there was the occasional piece of frozen blueberry to chew on.
YUM.

Even George, the Boston terrier that I am watching for a friend, got to enjoy some!  Too bad I didn't think to take a picture of that. :(

Beautiful colors!

Should I be here or somewhere else???

Hi, friends!

I was excited to have recently begun my food blog here on Blogger (aka Blogspot).  It has certainly been a learning process.  I've tried Blogger before, several years ago when I first learned about blogging and when Blogger, I believe, was still new (or relatively new).  But I think they've changed a lot, and I need to learn how to do everything all over again.  Well, not that I learned how to do everything before, because I didn't then either.  I've already done a few posts in this, my new blog, so I'm learning.

However, I am considering making a switch.  I think I'd like to use Wordpress for my blog.  People say that Wordpress is superior to Blogger if you want to make money off your blog.  I think there's a good chance I will want to start doing some affiliate marketing at some point.  So, yes, I would like to make money off my blog later on down the road.  Or at least have the option to so do.  So I am trying to switch over to Wordpress now.  That's why I haven't posted anything on here lately.

Now I'm dealing with Wordpress being a whole other learning process.  I'm not really finding it to be as easy to use as Blogger has been.  Anyway, If you'd like to check out my progress so far, click here to visit my Wordpress blog.

Combine (1) the learning process of the blogging app(s); and (2) the uploading of photos to the computer and then to the blog; and (3) the actual blogging/typing to go along with the photos..  It's a bit much extra stuff to have on my plate at the moment.  Therefore, it's kinda hard to find the time to devote to this whole new venture, especially considering that I'm sharing a computer with my boyfriend.

All I know right now is that we have some great meals comin' out of this kitchen!  And that I want to share them with others.  I also want to share kitchen / cooking tips, etc.  The medium of blogging, rather than Facebook or whatever else, is the medium that I think I want to use for doing that.  I'd like to share ideas, knowledge and information and help to inspire others.  I'd like to do it in a way that is creative, fun, and a potential source of income.

Thanks for visiting my blog(s).  I hope you will visit again!

this blog on Blogger:  http://soulflower1970.blogspot.com/
newer blog on Wordpress:  http://soulflower1970.wordpress.com/

~ Emily

Using leftover cooked food in a salad! ~ 09-06-2013

Grilled zucchini and radishes ~ 09-05-2013

Joey grilled some veggie burgers and veggies last night.

Veggies were seasoned with:
salt, pepper, olive oil, onion powder, and a tiny bit of cayenne

Yum!

We had this with corn on the cob and veggie burgers.  Everything was cooked on the barbecue grill.  No pics of the rest of the meal.  These veggies were the star of the show!  :)