new blog

i decided to combine my two blogs into one, so i'm now blogging over at "the joy of becoming"!  i'll be posting recipes over there as well as updates about the cookbook!!! so hop on over!!

"ranch" dressing

i used to love putting dressing on everything.  veggies, salad, pizza... you name it.  "ranch" is chock full of a bunch of nasty stuff... but today i succeeded in making some dressing that tastes exactly the same!!!

i started with some kefir, wrapped it up in a cloth, hung it up and drained the whey out, and ended up with kefir "cheese".  (i'll talk more about this later!)

then i put it in my vita-mix, added about a cup of milk, 2 teaspoons of spike, 

a teaspoon of salt and blended it all up.

and voila!!  even my incredibly picky sister said that it tasted "just like ranch" and said she wanted to go pick some lettuce for a salad!!  enjoy!!

I'M BAAAACK!!!

well, after a very long absence from this blog... i'm back into business!! i'm going to start working on the cookbook again, and it will hopefully be out soon! i forgot how much i missed cooking!! i hurt my arm and haven't really cooked in about 4 months or so... and it feels so good to be back!!!!!!

keep your eyes out for new recipes and updates here!! here's a bit of an idea of what's coming in the next little while!!