• Asparagus with Pink Peppercorn Hollandaise

    Pink peppercorns add a fresh modern zip to the classic standby of hollandaise and asparagus.

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    Asparagus with Pink Peppercorn Hollandaise

    Asparagus Hollandaise

  • Baked Hot Chocolate

    This is a pretty amazing dish- a mix between cake, pudding, and hot chocolatey goodness. Perfect for cool spring nights. Recipe from the Essence of Chocolate by Joel Scharffenberger, Robert Steinberg, and Deborah Jones, book link: http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781401302382

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    Baked Hot Chocolate

    Baked Hot Chocolate

  • How to Brew an Infusion

    How to make any dried herb infusion. For a flower infusion reduce steeping time to 6 hours.

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    How to Brew an Infusion

    How to Brew an Infusion

  • Scotch Eggs

    Scotch Eggs are a delicious portable food from the British Isles. Eggs wrapped in sausage and fried? How could you go wrong? Leah Spinrad does it gluten free!

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    Scotch Eggs

    Scotch Eggs

  • Fire Cider Part 2

    The long awaited conclusion to my Fire Cider Tutorial. How to strain, store, and use your Fire Cider.

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    Fire Cider Part 2

    Fire Cider Part 2

  • December Menu

    A great menu of long-keeping vegetables. Beet Borscht, Turkey Stuffed Collard Greens, Roast Butternut Squash, Baked Apples

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    December Menu

    December Menu

  • How To: Poach an Egg

    Leah demos a brilliant way to poach eggs!

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    How To: Poach an Egg

    How To: Poach an Egg

Success Stories

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“Working with Leah has been amazing! I no longer overeat and I have a much more positive attitude about life in general!”

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Taking out the trash in a snowstorm

Preparing for the 30 Day No Food Waste Challenge

Are you going on this crazy journey with me? I hope you are!! We are going to learn a lot and I am going to be sharing my daily inspiration  reminders, personal food waste weight, and recipes for the stuff that normally goes bad. (cilantro hummus anyone?) Late to the party?  Learn what this 30 Day [...]

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30 Day No Food Waste Challenge!

That is it. No more outer lettuce leaves and half-apples that have languished too long in my refrigerator. No more sprouting onions. No more moth-infested orzo. THIS ENDS TONIGHT!

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Photo by Hannah Cohen Photography

Where I have been. Where I am going.

  Hello all of ya’ll out in the blogosphere. You may have noticed I’ve been neglecting this lovely website over the past few months. And I will tell you, they have been interesting months. I have branched out of simple food blogging and into a fabulous business as a Food Empowerment Mentor. It was a difficult [...]

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