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Lentil & Pasta Recipe
I’ve been trying to eat more lentils, quinoa, and cous-cous, but I still find myself pulled toward pastas, breads, and pizzas.Recently, I found a recipe that combines the best of both worlds!… Read MoreFusilli with Lentils, Feta, and Cilantro
Ingredients:
- 1 cup brown or green (not red) lentils
- 2-3 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 c. finely chopped onion
- 1/4 c. finely chopped carrot
- 2 red bell peppers
- 2 c. broth
- 1 lb. shell pasta
- 1/2 lb. feta cheese
- 1/4 c. chopped cilantro
Directions:
- Sort and rinse lentils (I punch slits in an old yogurt container to make a strainer that is fine enough for lentils.)
- Place in a medium saucepan and
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Cookie Party
Matt and I attended a fun birthday party this past weekend. The theme was “Cookies and Beer.”… Read MoreAs a person who is sixteen weeks pregnant, I am neither partaking in sugar nor beer, but I wanted to go nonetheless. (Did I mention that Matt is also not eating sugar in my presence, out of solidarity?)
I decided that I would make ice-cream cookie sandwiches as my contribution to the party, while Matt took a different route and opted to make cookies without sugar. I was skeptical, but, fortunately, he proved me wrong. He used mashed up bananas, butter, soy milk, dried cherries, oatmeal, sundry spices, and sunflower seeds (following this
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Green Smoothie Recipe
At my last visit with my midwife, she said I should work on increasing my iron. I’d really rather not have to take an additional iron supplement (my prenatal already has 167% of the recommended amount). Too much iron can lead to constipation, which is already something that pregnant people have been known to struggle with.… Read MoreInstead, I’m going to try and incorporate more iron-from-food into my diet and see if that brings me up to adequate levels for birth. As a vegetarian, I think the easiest way for me to do this is through spinach.
Now that I’m sailing into the second trimester (I’m due in mid-February), I think
