Quarterly Bites: Winter 2014

As 2014 draws to a close more and more of our time is spent indoors, reflecting on the past 12 months and preparing for a new year full of new opportunities. Lizz Delicious is officially 3 years old! I began my food blog in December of 2011 after receiving nearly 100% food-related gifts for Christmas. It has been a wonderful and fulfilling journey though not without its challenges. For 2015, you'll notice a few changes. To start, let me introduce to you my "Quarterly Bites." On the 1st day of February, May, August, and November I will be publishing what most people will refer to as blog posts. Mine, however, will be constructed like newsletters. They will include relevant information concerning the goings-on at the Lizz Delicious homestead as well as seasonal inspirations and recipes, product recommendations, promotions, and the like. You'll be receiving the same great information that you would via weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly blog posts but more concentrated and useful. To sign up via email, click here. Otherwise, be sure that you're following Lizz Delicious on Facebook or Google+ as the newsletter links will be shared on those pages automatically. The rest of the site will become more developed with helpful resources and guides and will be geared more toward helping you on your vegan or plant-based journey. I'm really looking forward to it! What's New With Lizz Married life has been great so far! It has been over 2 months and the only thing that's changed is how much...

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Small Wedding, Big Post

My brother snapped this shot. Live long and prosper, my friends. It's closing in on one month since I married my partner of 6 years, Christine. I had been working on a post to share with readers for weeks and ultimately decided to trash the whole thing. Why? Because there doesn't seem to be a way for me to describe what it felt like to marry the love of my life, surrounded by friends and family, and during one of the most emotional weeks of my life. A blog post just could not do that justice. So, the long and short of it is that Chris and I were married, legally, in the state of New Mexico and in the eyes of the federal government, on October 12, 2014, at Hyde Memorial State Park in Santa Fe, NM. The setting was beautiful. The weather, not so much. After putting out decorations, food, etc., the skies opened up and rain came down, wetting our chairs and arbor and forcing us to relocate to inside of the lodge that we rented. No biggie. It worked out just fine. Family portraits suffered a tad. We weren't able to get a good one with Chris's mom. It was too cold to stay outside for any period of time. So cold it hailed! Look at me, trying not to look like I'm grimacing! The two of us as newlyweds. A number of other challenges presented themselves to us that weekend. In no particular order, there was: The rain, obviously. Running out of setup time. We didn't hang our lanterns or put our favors out on tables. We had to walk our seedlings around out of the box. Chris's...

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Oh, My, Wedding

Have I ever learned the value of hiring a wedding planner! As our pending nuptials draw near, I am more and more grateful that I have found the love of my life and that we are only going to get married once. There are so many things still left to be done, even though my last two weekends have been spent almost entirely devoted to "the wedding." A couple of weeks ago, some coworkers and I celebrated my impending nuptials by going to Painting With A Twist. We fittingly painted sugar skulls wearing bridal ecoutremant. Take a looksie. This is my finished painting. I smudged it at the top of the skull by accident. Oops! One of my coworkers was generous enough to paint hers to match and she gave it to me as her wedding gift. It's not identical, but we did both paint the Star Trek symbol in the center of the skull. Not our idea, lol, the instructor threw it out there during the tutorial. We both gasped and got all over that. Here's hers. The two of them are gazing fondly at one another above my entertainment center now.  Everything for the wedding has officially been taken care of. Phew! Oh, except I'm being a major bridezilla regarding my apparel. I just can't seem to get it the way I want it. Today I'm heading to the craft store after work to get some glass pearls for jewelry and will hopefully be making something heftier than the oak leaf and vintage brass jewelry I ordered from Etsy. I just don't feel like it matches anymore. I abandoned the handmade...

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