In the spirit of Forgiveness Sunday and with the start of Great Lent upon us, the mere thoughts of chocolate pudding seem counteractive to resolving guilt, regret and shame that tends to follow after indulging into chocolate pudding.  What if I told you…chocolate pudding can still taste great without the dairy, soy, gluten or..or…dare I… Continue reading chocolate pudding.

A comfort zone is a good thing but nothing rarely grow there. Plus, on a really deep down level, it gets kind of boring after awhile. I always thought of myself more open to different types of fruits especially compared to the Orthodox Gentleman’s simple taste palette but eggplant is not one of those fruits… Continue reading vegan eggplant parmigiana

I’m taking a slight break from sharing recipes to talk about a concern I have lately. Like most women between the ages of 19-35, we have a variety of social media accounts and it’s hard not to see a variety of posts flooding your feed at all hours of the day convincing you of how… Continue reading Woman to Woman: The Truth about Isagenix and Other MLMs that you should probably know. 

There’s a lot of things I haven’t done that I’m finally getting around to….like pulling recipes from cookbooks I buy and stockpile instead of finding new recipes on Pinterest and other recipe blogs. There’s many as I’m not ashamed to admit that that’s partially what taught me how to cook. Tosca Reno’s the Eat Clean… Continue reading morning power salad. 

We always get bad weather here in the northeast around Valentine’s Day weekend. This year, we had an ice storm with power outages on a Sunday in parts of our area. There was something eerily beautiful about icicles clinging to power lines and trees and with hardly any cars on the road, it made for… Continue reading How to encourage the spiritual life of your husband.

If there’s ever a time I “cheated” while being plant based, it’s during the summertime. I grew up in northeastern PA where nearly every town is famous for an ice cream parlor and then there’s Rita’s Italian Ice. I actually was never an Italian ice girl (though my Long Island friends keep raving about Ralph’s… Continue reading sugar free peanut butter milkshakes.

Congratulations, kid. You’ve made it to one year and Crumbs isn’t so much of a baby blog now…so, does that mean my blog is in the terrible toddler years?!  I started up a blog with virtually no expectations. Sure, I like to write but haven’t wrote anything awhile and wanted to rekindle that lost talent… Continue reading 1st Blogging Anniversary