Cranberry Sauce for Fakers

It's Thanksgiving Eve! And I'm so thankful for my darling friends who read this oft-neglected blog. I thought I would post a little something I just made -- cranberry sauce. I should have typed "made" because I cheated and used a can (gasp!) of cranberry sauce. I do love figuring out how to doctor up decent food into good tasting stuff. No, not gourmet, but if you are honestly making everything for a full thanksgiving dinner from scratch without any help, then you're reading this blog because you're amazing and you just want to make me feel good about myself. Bless you.

I am no cranberry connoisseur -- my family always had this cranberry jello salad that secretly no one actually likes. Which means that this little recipe tastes pretty darn good to me. Give it a try and let me know what you think!

Saladita!

Imagine this: a vegetarian who didn't really like to eat veggies. See also: Me, approximately a year ago. I was what I like to call a "vegaquarian" (a vegetarian who eats fish, er pescatarian). That lasted four years until I drove past an In and Out Burger. But that's another story. The real story here, folks, is that I found a veggie dish that I actually crave. Here it is:

Shake it up.

Hi friends -- I've been taking a break here because, let's face it, my behind needs to take a break from all the cupcakes and cookies and ice cream. Time to start posting some healthier options that I've found that are still pretty yummy.

Exhibit A: The breakfast fruit shake of glory. This fruit shake is delicious and (I'm told that) because it has protein powder, it doesn't shake up your blood sugar level as much as other sweet smoothies do.