Stuffed is what you’ll be when you finish eating wild rice stuffed acorn squash. I promise, you won’t even miss the meat.  :)

We’ve actually been home lately and I’m striving to cook much more often.  I’m actually cooking 5-6 nights a week and most lunches.  Well, sometimes we just have to get out of the house or we’ll have an incident similar to The Shining.  That’s one of the perils of owning a business and working from home with your spouse.  Luckily, we haven’t killed each other… yet.  :)

I would love to share one quick thing that is totally brag-worthy… We had our very first feature in the national publication, Inside Weddings.  It was EIGHT pages of gorgeous Indian wedding goodness. We’ve been published in many other publications over the years, but this was a big-un and very exciting for us. Do check it out here!  That hubby of mine… he’s a photographic genius!

So back to the recipe… I made this delicious Wild Rice Pilaf recently and had, well, a ton of it left over and had to get creative to use up the remains.  It is yummy and easy. And the best part…? Completely plant based if you use vegetable stock in the pilaf. What’s not to like?!   { Read the rest }

So there have been many changes in our household.  Our new house is finished.  Well, almost finished.  I finally have my dream kitchen that is equally as beautiful as it is functional.  The best part?  A loss of 50 pounds between my husband and myself.  We are both (believe it or not) at our high school weights.  Really?  Yes, really.  I lost 20 pounds (almost 15% of my total weight!!!) and the Mr. lost 30 pounds (also about 15% of his total weight.)  I don’t want to tell you long it has been since high school, except that we’re closer to 40 than 30.  So we’re awfully proud of the weight loss and are striving to KEEP it off!

We’ve also adopted a mostly plant based diet.  Whatchusay?  Yes, Mrs. I heart meat is giving up meat.  Most days.  OK… I might have the occasional steak, but on a daily basis, it’s veg with a side of veg.  Watch this documentary, Forks Over Knives, and you’ll understand why. This is a whole new lifestyle for me.  It means I have to cook more and eat at restaurants less.  It also means that I need to try new recipes, which means I’ll be blogging more!  :)

This is a delicious recipe for a wild rice pilaf that I found on Epicurious and adapted it to my liking.  Served up with some yummy grilled vegetables, who is missing meat?  I also used the pilaf to stuff acorn squash, which was oh so delicious AND healthy.  Stay tuned for that blog post in the near future!

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