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  Huge congrats to Carrie and Marla for their exciting release of The Tasteful Life community site this week.   I think that this community arrives at the perfect time – while most of us are still eyeing our bank accounts warily, we want a great centralized spot for affordable ways to live a tasteful [...]

Tired of icing your cupcakes the same old knife-slathering way?  Check out this handy dandy icing how-to video to learn about classic, 'the bathing cap' and flower icing designs.  Get creative with your sugar-ing, people

  Okay, so it's technically not 'NEW', but I've been writing off and on in a more food focused online space of geekery.  Meet www.hungrykatie.com, a step up and away from my very first food blog attempt earlier this year. Weekly menus, explorations into veganizing my favorite dishes, raising a veggie kiddo, cooking nerd Web [...]

  Cutie Gwen Bell has kicked off her Best Of 2009 Blog Challenge – taking the last days of this year to review the peeps, events and awesomeness that has made 2009 the bomb diggitiy.  Each day has a different focus that hundreds of Bloggers are making their own.  Check it! Food is a big [...]

  A random somewhat cupcake-related note:  I have started (or actually, re-started depending on how long you've been reading my happykatie blog) a separate food blog called happymeal.  This is the spot you'll find my recipes, food notes, kitchen gadget geek outs and oh-so-much-more.  I cook primarily vegan food (A is vegan and E is [...]

  Our house eats granola and cereal like a drowning man eats oxygen.  Which really made so much more sense in my head, but whatever.  We really, really like the stuff and sometimes are guilty of spending too much cash on it. Here are a few homemade granola recipes that are healthy, delicious and much [...]

   Ah, the Fall.  Bright colors on trees, brisk sunshine-y air worthy of unpacking pretty handknit scarves and cute tall boots to wear with corduroy skirts.  It's my favorite season, even though in Houston we really only get to enjoy it for a couple of weeks (if we're lucky) and it's not nearly as pretty [...]

We live in Houston, TX so are lucky enough to live in a big city with an ample supply of Indian and Pakistani restaurants.  Lately, some of our favorites have been getting pricier and, in one notable case – much to our chagrin, have been lowering their standards of deliciousness. I've always enjoyed making simple [...]

Nothing says healthy good eating like a bowl full of Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah).  It is a perfect food.  The Mother Grain.  A sacred Incan crop.  And absolutely delicious. With the highest protein of any grain, all 8 amino acids, Vitamins A and E, calcium, fiber and more…  it is a complete protein and a versatile [...]

We are passionate about the food we eat.  Sure, we're the kind of food / hippie nerds that love to add hemp seeds, nutritional yeast flakes and New Mexican chili powder to everything – but that's what's makes us "special".  And really, the more we cook at home, the more vegan-friendly, tasty and **cheap** it [...]