The Full Helping

Jeanine Donofrio’s Baked Red Lentil Falafel

[heart_this] April 23, 2019 Recipes, Sides, Soy Free, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

I've always espoused an "everyday" approach to cooking. I'm a home cook, not a chef, and I doubt I could pull off gourmet cuisine if I wanted to. Even when I eat out, I gravitate toward food that's simple and filling; fancy (and fussy) preparations are never for me.This isn't to say that I don't get lured in by showy meals or ambitious kitchen experiments. This was more true when I started blogging than it is now. Sometimes I read older recipes from the blog, or ...

Weekend Reading, 4.21.19

[heart_this] April 21, 2019 Nutrition and Wellness

I met on Thursday with a local therapist who specializes in eating disorder treatment. She has a number of vegan patients and wanted to chat with me about some of the nutritional and cultural considerations; I was eager to hear her perspective on treatment as a whole. It was a good conversation, rich and interesting.Over the course of tea, we kept circling back to the importance of meeting people where they are and offering them full support through the ...

Grain Free Vegan Pistachio Coconut Lemon Cake

[heart_this] April 15, 2019 Cakes, Gluten Free, Holidays, Recipes, Soy Free, Vegan

Happy Monday, friends, and I'm so glad that you enjoyed my thoughts on the mini-trip home.On Friday, I'll be celebrating Passover with some chosen family: my closest friend from college, Jordan, his parents and his siblings. I felt close to Jordy's family even back as an undergraduate, in spite of the fact that I only met them a few times. They were warm and kind and easygoing with invitations and overnight stays. I was young enough and only child enough that ...

NEDA Week 2019: Sharing Food While Tuning In

As this week approached, I asked folks on Instagram what recovery topics they’d like to hear about. One of the questions I got was how to eat around others. The question didn’t specify a stage of recovery, but I think it’s an important conversation for any stage! At the start of recovery, learning to eat…

NEDA Week 2019: Having My Own Thing

There’s always an official NEDA week theme, but most of the time the posts I write for this week end up finding a theme of their own. The National Eating Disorder Association’s theme for 2019 is “Come as You Are,” which emphasizes diversity and inclusivity in our community of those living with EDs, those recovering…

NEDA Week 2019: Come as You Are

Happy Monday, friends! As you probably noticed, I took a pause from weekend reading this week in order to reflect on National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Each year, I use this week as an opportunity to reflect on my own recovery and to celebrate recovery with all of you. This year’s NEDA week theme is…

36

I wanted so much to sit down and write something very thoughtful and reflective today, as I have in past years on my birthday. The last twelve months have certainly given me plenty to say; they’ve been full of interesting insights and realizations, lots of renewed human connection, and important steps toward coming home to…