Author Archive: Laura Campbell
The Vegetarian Experiment
As the New Year arrived I vowed to get back to adventures in new foods with an emphasis on whole foods healthier living. I apparently should have also vowed to blog more but I’ll focus on one thing at a time for now. As spring creeps in making me all too comfortable that we have …
2012!
When I logged onto this site I knew it had been awhile but was surprised to realize it had been well over a year (having to retrieve my forgotten password should have been my first clue). Somehow between preparing to purchase, purchasing, and settling into my new home time has slipped by at exponential pace. …
My 1st Home
That’s right kiddies, it’s time to stop wasting money on rent and enter the scary world of homeownership! At the very least it’s time to start considering it 😀 So there won’t be many new foods as I am now officially on the PB&J down-payment diet. My lease isn’t up until the end of November …
Green Rice Goodness
This is the best rice I’ve ever eaten. Consider this your warning that if you’re trying for carb control you shouldn’t make this as you may not be able to stop eating it once you start. That is, unless you are one of those strange cilantro haters. How can you hate the greatest herb God ever …
Adventures in New Foods_Tuna Steak
It’s been a month since my last post! Where has the time gone. Sadly, I have not been doing much cooking of late and have reverted back to whatever is handy and readily available, which as you can guess is not necessarily the healthiest or yummiest. Oh well, spring has sprung and it’s time to …
Irish Soda Bread
Happy almost St. Patrick’s Day! In honor of the occasion I will share with you the “family” Irish Soda Bread recipe. At least that is what I had always considered it to be until recently. For as long as I can remember St. Pat’s Day was celebrated with Mom’s Irish Soda Bread, which she only …
Adventures in New Foods-Guinness
That’s right, I had never had Guinness. I do love my beer and tend to prefer ambers but the darkness of Guinness has been a bit off-putting for me. I figured it was time to give the stout a try and when better than now in honor of St. Patrick’s Day; so this week’s new …
Adventures in New Foods-Scallops
This week I tried another new seafood, scallops. Having not been raised a fish eater it’s all new to me, except shrimp that I started eating on a regular basis a few years ago now. I decided to go with Bay Scallops solely because they’re smaller so if I didn’t like them it would at …
Adventures in New Foods-Meyer Lemons
A variety of a fruit is arguably not a new food but I was in a rush to get in and out of the grocery as the battered Philadelphians begrudgingly bought supplies in preparations for yet another winter storm; last week brought our fourth major storm for those counting. I really wanted to make more …
Adventures in New Foods-Kiwano aka Horned Melon
Since half of this past week was spent staggering slowly between bed and couch with sinuses complaining I went the lazy route and picked my new food straight from the shelf based on ease of preparation (as in none). I’ve seen these odd little melons in the grocery before so decided to give the ugly little thing …
Feeling Strangely Fine 