Spilled Ingredients - Natural Food and Cleaning

Organic Sparkling Cider Recipe for a New Year

Niki — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:53:32 +0000

As I reflect on the difference a year makes, I conclude that it’s huge. I lived in Seattle for every day of 2011. The first time I stepped foot in Seattle was July, 2010. Had you asked me then if ...

Holiday Menu Ideas and Thank You

Niki — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:40:26 +0000

It’s all for something. Right?? The committment to keeping only organic corn and peas in the freezer. The lack of a microwave in the house. The lack of canned foods. The vinegar-scented couch and carpet versus the Resolve option. Not ...

Flourless Chocolate Torte Recipe

Niki — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:17:59 +0000

We ate this dessert on Thanksgiving. We’re going to eat it again this weekend. It was a serious hit then and I can’t wait to indulge again. Scrumptioulicious. Making a homemade flourless chocolate torte as opposed to buying a package ...

Maple Pecan Sweet Potato Patty-Cakes Recipe

Niki — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:33:45 +0000

This recipe makes a nice addition to a holiday meal, adding some vegetarian (and vegan) protein to the table. These maple pecan sweet potato patty-cakes are not lacking in sweetness and have a nice buttery crunch to them. They are ...

All Natural Thanksgiving Menu: Free of BPA, MSG, HFCS and microwaving

Niki — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:33:52 +0000

Our Thanksgiving dinner will be free of BPA, MSG, HFCS, artificial dyes and nuking. We’ll be making tried and tested dishes and the countdown is on. Thanksgiving is next week, already, after all. If you’re wrestling with how to naturalize, ...

Mushroom and Leek Stuffing (No Broth or MSG) Recipe

Niki — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:07:34 +0000

Three dishes make Thanksgiving dinner one of my husband’s favorite meals of all time: turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes. He saves no room for anything else, so these three need to be bangin’. I tested out this no-broth recipe last ...

Quick Homemade Hot Chocolate with Coconut Milk

Niki — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:05:24 +0000

Tis the season for blankets on the couch, keeping the fireplace fire going, and steamy hot chocolate. There’s no evening glass of vino or jumbo mug of morning coffee for me these days. No, it’s been plenty of hot chocolate ...

Butternut Squash Risotto (no broth or MSG) Recipe

Niki — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:11:43 +0000

My three year old daughter dressed up on four different occasions for Halloween this year. She sported her three-toed sloth costume to two Fall Pumpkin Bashes at each of the two Seattle area zoos, then to her creative dance class, ...

Healthy Pregnancy Regimens

Niki — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:16:33 +0000

If I have any motto during pregnancy, it is to do my best, and embrace my flaws. I’d go batty if I didn’t allow myself some breathing room and plenty of flexibility. To err is human, yes indeed. Um, yes, ...

The First Trimester

Niki — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:57:56 +0000

A glorious and draining 14 weeks, that first trimester of pregnancy is. Whoa. Three months of excitement, anxiety, elation, uncertainty, and… for me, nausea. Day, night, in between. Lots of nausea. Barely a green food has been touched or looked ...