blackberry and basil crisp

blackberry basil crisp?

My friend Melissa recently gave birth to a beautiful baby boy and I am on "casserole" duty this week. I am headed to the farmer's market tomorrow to pick up fresh ingredients for the meal I am going to prepare for Mel and her family. I was planning on including some sort of dessert but was fresh out of ideas until I came across a recipe for a blackberry and basil crisp! Summer time means berries galore at the down town market and you can smell the basil from Capitola! Would never think of this combo on my own but am super stoked to give it a try!      

Vegan update

So I must admit that as a result of my insanely busy summer schedule, my veganism has suffered. I was neglecting to sustain my vegan diet through cooking healthy balanced meals and planning ahead. Though I am currently no longer able to call myself vegan, I am continuing my campaign to eat as healthy as possible for myself, my local community and the planet. I have incorporated farm fresh eggs, some seafood, and occasionally some meat if I know exactly where it came from. I am obsessed with learning everything there is to know about the history and future of food culture in America. So I am going to keep cooking and blogging and hopefully you will still have a place in your inbox for my no longer entirely vegan, but still really care blog posts!

Lia and Dara's sweet potato and basil curry over organic brown rice from my friend Eve at the market! :)

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raw zucchini pasta with spicy peanut sauce. yummy!

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heirloom and basil stuffed avo on a bed of arugula! vegan and raw!

pizza!

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We ate crab, week 5

So Joe asks if it's ok if he makes a crab pasta at our house. He and Devin had gone crab fishing in Halfmoon Bay and caught enough crab to feed an army. Since I have been cooking meat with all of my pots and pans for years now, I couldn't see the harm in letting him heat up some crab meat in my newly vegan kitchen. Codie and I were still at work when Joe sent her the text about cooking the crab. We were both feeling challenged  with keeping our vegan diet interesting and crab pasta sounded pretty amazing. For the next hour at work we debated weather or not to eat the crab. It was local and we knew exactly where it came from not to mention it needed to be eaten. We had a discussion earlier that day about possibly incorporating some wild caught seafood into our diets but decided not to for now. Long story short we ate the crab!!! Joe made an awesome non-dairy Alfredo with peas and fresh herbs, oh and crab. It tasted amazing. Not quite as amazing were the nightmares Codie had or the overwhelming feeling of remorse I woke up with. I felt nasty, like I cheated on my boyfriend or told a long kept secret. We have since gone strictly back on our vegan diets. Though I am not married to being entirely vegan for eternity, I am not ready to fall off the veggie wagon. I still have more to learn and more to share. All I know is Codie and I were both butt hurt after eating the crab.....

little house of veggie’s yummy looking pasta recipe - The Kind Life

little house of veggie’s yummy looking pasta recipe - The Kind Life