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Woohoo! I got my #SummerSantaGoesPostal/#SummerSolsticeBookExchange victim, er, match, in this morning's email! I'm over the 🌙 and back to Litsy-stalk, GR-stalk, and generally go absolutely POSTAL choosing their goodies. I've already ordered a handful of books using my AmazonSmile account to benefit the Islamic Center of New England #ICNEQuincy! Can't wait to shop for delicious summertime goodies to fill the box! @BookishMarginalia

I haven't been cooking very much this week (my body has decided to remind me just how much heart failure sucks), but I have still been eating well. I know I will routinely have days where I'm too unwell to cook from scratch, so I regularly make ahead & freeze meals for those bad health days. This bean & veg dish is one of the dishes I regularly make & freeze from the above cookbook. Seriously, so much love for my fave make ahead cookbooks. 💕

This is one of my most heavily used cookbooks, despite not being fully vegan. I made two recipes from this cookbook this week & am planning to make a third (modified to be vegan) tomorrow. There are so many great recipes, tips & and hints and this book also doubles as a food preserving encyclopedia, which is extremely helpful. I grabbed it from a used book store in Anchorage, AK 8 years ago & it's definitely one of my best book finds of the decade