Natalie Hemsley

Oct20

Homemade Applesauce

Today I just randomly decided that I wanted something yummy to be smelling up my house and I remembered I wanted to make some homemade applesauce for a recipe that asks for some. I have a box full of apples that we picked last weekend. Perfect, I will have nice sweet apples aroma in my [...]

Oct5

Fresh Pumpkin Puree

So it’s that time of year to buy your pie pumpkins. One thing I learned a while back when I was perfecting my pumpkin pie and pumpkin cheesecake was that canned pumpkin is way different than fresh pumpkin puree. I have used both can and fresh and Josh could totally tell when I just canned [...]

Mar30

“The Kind Diet’s” Clean, Mean Burrito

It is lunch time and I had this recipe from Alicia Silverstone’s book, Clean Mean Burrito. I was kinda not in mood to actually prepare and cook something for lunch. I am used to just microwaving something (not a healthy choice), or just doing something quick like a sandwich that requires no pots or pans. [...]

Mar29

Dessert time…Single Serve Brownie

Dessert time is one of my favorite times after being pregnant. I have a sweet tooth now that I never had before, which makes it harder to lose the rest of my baby weight. I found a great blog site called happyherbivore.com that is a site that the girl goes through her adventure of being [...]

Mar28

Vegan Bean and Soy Cheese Enchiladas

Today I got all my grocery shopping done at Trader Joe’s for the start of my Vegan adventure. I started off Sunday for dinner with an easy recipe that I usually made with chicken but saw a recipe for a bean enchilada on the Hungry Girl site and thought I would give it a shot. [...]