Whole Wheat Chocolate Cake

Stay with me, here! I did my time eating carob cakes trying to be chocolate, and whole wheat indiscriminately substituted for regular flour where it had no business. So I'm not trying to force chocolate cake into some sort off unnatural healthfulness.

Here's the problem. We moved about a week ago. When we move, it's not pretty:

Thankfully, our place is not that bad now, but it's not a lot better. Which means most of our life is still in boxes. We also haven't taken time to go to the grocery store and really stock up since we moved. So when I get a craving for something sweet, and don't want to leave home to get it, I have to scrounge a little to make it work.

Creamy Brussels Sprouts

These Brussels sprouts are delicious, easy, and something a little different. If you have picky eaters who won't try them if they recognize them, shred the brussels sprouts. 

Cannot Stoppa This Tapa! Polenta and Guacamole

I haven't used polenta in years, and recently it showed up in our pantry. Here's what I came up with:

These lovely tapas are polenta with guacamole, cilantro, and greek yogurt. It is amazingly simple to make.

It's LEFTOVER MADNESS!!!!!

So. . .I wanted to do a posting on uses of tahini that didn't involve hummus. Now I love hummus, but decided I didn't need to showcase it again. Because I've done that. More than once. But the information I found pretty much involved odd recipes that probably tasted great, but didn't sound wonderful (one for Sesame Flapjacks With Tahini-Maple Syrup was intriguing, but didn't sound like me), or using thinned tahini as a sauce for almost anything, which seemed basic to me, and I'm feeling kind of sophisticated today. My husband always laughs when I say that, but you may not know me, so I might get away with it here.

Boozed Up Edible Eggs

I eat a lot of eggs. . .they are cheap protein, full of nutrients, and can be made a variety of different ways.  Unfortunately, I also can get tired of eggs quickly, to the point that I push them around listlessly on my plate at breakfast and decide to have a big lunch instead of finishing them. 

Hamburger Sliders, Yellow Squash with Feta, Cannellini Beans with Spinach

This is a fun and quick meal.  If you are a vegetarian, veggie burgers, a big slice of grilled portobello or a vegetable saute can be used in the sliders.

"Refried" Beans

This is perhaps the simplest recipe of all time: