Creatively Distracted
Creatively Distracted
Food-related finds and recipes.
Recently, I’ve tried to shift the percentages of fat/protein/carbs I consume day-to-day so that my fat intake is about 60% of total calories. Conventional granola really doesn’t fit into a plan like this, but it is something I really enjoy…
I've been looking for alternatives to my usual Greek yogurt breakfast as an opportunity to incorporate more anti-inflammatory foods and less sugar into the day. This recipe is easy to fix in the morning and travels well on my way to work. By the time I get there it's nice and thick.
This recipe landed in my inbox a few days ago from one of the Spartan Race newsletters. I wanted to give it a try mainly because it called for millet, coconut, and chickpea flours instead of wheat, which sounded interesting.…
Ampersand Cookie Cutter on Shapeways. Printing cookie cutters is brilliant! Tagged: 3d printing, cookies, shapeways, iconolith via my Tumblr
Looking for interesting recipes to make for Thanksgiving, I came across this lovely vegetable tart that is just absolutely gorgeous. What a simple way to make something unexpected out of ordinary ingredients. It is part of a food magazine available on Issuu. If you're interested in seeing the recipe, I am embedding the publication below (note iOS users that it is Flash content).
Apologies to the person who first told me about this site, but I can’t remember who you were anymore. I’ve been meaning to share the Local Harvest site until I had a few spare moments to say a few words.…
Yes, this is yet another mug cake recipe. I’m a fan of the concept of the mug cake – making a single serving and not being stuck with an entire cake to contend with for a week afterward – but…
Last week I was searching through Foodily and came across a recipe for Kale and Vegetable Soup, which looked so absolutely delicious that I made it today. Of course, I modified the ingredients, so below is my recipe, based off…
Finally, this Saturday I made it to the Homegrown Market here in Fairbanks to see what they were stocking in the middle of the winter. I saw lots of Alaska animal products – eggs, chicken, salmon, halibut, rabbit, local grass-fed…
My mom turned me onto this great TED Talk given by William Li. In it he explains how anti-angiogenic treatments have been effectively treating some types of cancer. He goes further to explain there are foods that have this same…
This post is in response to my friend Heidi’s Easy muffin post. Her recipe sounded so healthy and good I just had to try it. There were also 4 over-ripe bananas hanging out in my kitchen, so the timing was…
Yesterday I started following the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Information Office on Twitter (yes, they are Twittering). It’s a good thing too because there have been an alarming number of foods recalled across the country since yesterday afternoon. I…