I have to admit, I sit with a glass of wine and read cookbooks on Saturday evenings. It is relaxing for me and I love to find new recipes to try. This book Veggiyana: The Darma of Cooking is a wonderful read. The author, Sandra Garson studied food history at Harvard and her expertise in this area really shines in this book. It is full of great vegetarian recipes from around the world and it has so many fun facts and history lessons about the foods and where they come from.
The book begins with Sandra’s experience in Nepal and helping provide nutritious food for students at a boarding school. She helped the students improve their energy levels and strengthen their immune systems.
About the Book
Veggiyana provides 108 tasty, beloved, and simple recipes from around the world. And generously sprinkled throughout are perfectly spiced morsels of time-tested wisdom on how to live a life that nourishes both body and spirit. Veggiyana brings the vitality of the world’s kitchens to your own with time-less wisdom and recipes to delight and inspire.
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I have a lot of love for my slow cooker. My crock pot. It makes my life so much easier!! Each Thursday during the Fall and Winter The Centsible Family will showcase a slow cooker (crock-pot) recipe that one of the Mavens of Money have tried and tasted. By sharing we hope you will be able to save a little time during the week as we all know saving time is just as valuable as saving money. And you will be able to enjoy a hot meal at the end of your day.
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This blueberry coffee cake is delightful and delicious. You can substitute other berries if you want but we always go back to the blueberries. We use ones we pick in our yard!! This is a great dish for pot lucks or brunches, too. Can be made ahead but there’s something over the top wonderful about having this while still warm!! 
