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09 Feb ' 02:22
@HuntersLyonesse @WelcomeKitchen Aww, thank you my dear! I' 8 hours ago

Ooh! I'm in the running as one of the top 25 vegetarian mom bloggers! 6 days left to vote for Book of Yum. :) http://t.co/51iN8gsU 8 hours ago

@fourchickens I am sorry to hear that. That is the one issue w/the pasta, I must admit. In that case... enjoy the tinkyada! It is good too! 9 hours ago

@fourchickens I think Le Veneziane Italian corn Pasta is the best gluten-free dried pasta myself. Whole family is a fan! #notsponsored 9 hours ago

@gf_traveller My husband and I moved to Japan as newlyweds, so had a similarly romantic experience. Interesting 2 adjust 2 marriage + japan 13 hours ago
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08 Feb ' 09:21
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08 Feb ' 04:09
@CherylharrisRD Aww thank you Cheryl. :) 9 hours ago

@zestbakery aww aren't you sweet! thanks! :D 10 hours ago

I'd like to make it to 100 votes- please vote for me as one of the top 25 vegan and vegetarian mom bloggers. :) http://t.co/51iN8gsU 11 hours ago

Hey! I'm feeling sassy today since I got nominated as one of the top 25 vegan and vegetarian mom bloggers. Won't... http://t.co/glRfe27k 13 hours ago

Book of Yum has been nominated as one of the top 25 vegan and vegetarian mom blogs. I would love your vote. *hugs* http://t.co/51iN8gsU 13 hours ago
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07 Feb ' 18:08
Hey, I’m in the running for the Circle of Moms Top 25 Vegan and Vegetarian Mom Blogger Award!
You can vote once per blog every 24 hours until February 14th at 8pm EST. I’d love to make it to the final count!

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07 Feb ' 13:44
I made the yummiest kale in a creamy almond butter sauce for dinner. You know you want to like kale too..... http://t.co/C25Un917 3 hours ago

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07 Feb ' 09:10
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07 Feb ' 02:49
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06 Feb ' 22:11
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06 Feb ' 16:20
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Looking for more kale-almond recipes?Addictive Vegan Kale Salad Kale Almond Pesto Almond Crunch Kale Chips
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Kale in Puttanesca Sauce
Gluten-free Cornmeal Dumplings with Red Beans and Kale
Gluten-free Stuffing with Kale, Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms
Kale with Pine Nuts and Raisins
Vegetarian Lasagna with Kale and Cheese
Feta Breakfast Kale

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06 Feb ' 09:53
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This winter has been a hard one for our family at the house of yum. It seems like every week, Toddler Yum comes down with a new illness. The most recent one resulted in my mom and then me coming down with a miserable case of pneumonia. I would certainly like to give my lungs a piece of my mind. What do they think they are doing, throwing in the towel and inviting buggies in to build a home like that? It did make me think a bit about what I should be doing, rather than what I have been doing, to maintain my health. For example… I have to admit, although I’ve never been that much of a sweets girl, ever since I got pregnant with Toddler Yum, I have developed something of a chocolate habit. I like the dark stuff, mind you, none of that nasty sickeningly sweet candy bar or drugstore chocolate box chocolates for me! But still, even though dark chocolate supposedly has some beneficial properties, it contains sugar that I know very well doesn’t do anything good for me. In fact, when I eat sugar, the crash makes me cranky and feel a little bit like someone is scratching my brain, ever so annoyingly. Do any of you ever get that feeling? Maybe it is just me.

Calafia Cafe
Town & Country Village Suite 130
855 El Camino Real (at Embarcadero Road)
Palo Alto California
(650) 322-9200

I did some reading and found out that Calafia was started by a chef named Charlie Ayers that was the head chef at Google for six years after being a caterer for the Grateful Dead. Not only that, but he has his own book called Food 2.0: Secrets from the Chef Who Fed Google. According to the booklist description, “Raw, organic, and fermented is Charlie s mantra, which is reflected in more than 90 easy-to-prepare recipes, whether it s a Kick-start Breakfast, a Power Lunch, or a Light, Bright Dinner. And, following the world-famous formula Charlie used at Google headquarters, the meals and snacks are designed to feed your brain exactly what it needs at different points throughout the workday.” It has been a while since I went to a restaurant that I found as exciting as this one, and after reading more about the chef I can understand why. It isn’t a raw-foods cookbook, and not even a vegetarian cookbook, but I was intrigued enough by the description that I ordered a used copy for myself. I’ll let you know how I like it!

Anyway, their braised green recipe with almond sauce was a delightful restaurant offering and also got me thinking about how I might try my own (very different) version when I brought home some tasty organic kale from the farmer’s market this weekend. Here’s my take on it, which met with approval from my omnivorous dad and allergy-sensitive mother. Toddler Yum found it to be too much green for her, but since she scarfs down raw broccoli, cauliflower, and roasted chickpeas, I think I’ll overlook this temporary disdain for kale. It took me some years to develop a love affair with kale, after all, and now it is my favorite breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu item! I hope you enjoy this recipe for a vegan almond sauce kale recipe as much as we did.

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Valerie (m.) on Gluten-free Vegan Almond Kale Recipe and Calafia Palo Alto Review

I made lemon-olive brussel sprout chips for dinner and Toddler Yum inhaled them. A girl who loves brassicas like her mommy, yay! 11 hours ago

Made @elanaspantry almond flour #gfree carrot cake as cupcakes with her coconut icing. Whole family loved them! 1 day ago

Made @elanaspantry delicious #gfree almond flour pizza with no yeast, grains or gums. Topped with roasted broccoli and cheese, yummy! 2 days ago

Did you know the Feb 2012 episode of glamour magazine listed a gluten-free diet as a guy's "don't"? Guess what magazine I DON'T want anymore 3 days ago

Recovering from pneumonia... my DH cooked up a #gf vegetarian storm last night. my hero! 6 days ago
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