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Meatless Monday: Welcoming Spring With Many Celebratory Tarts Edition

March 21, 2026

Last month I had a post about a week where all the holidays aligned and I made like 8 or 9 special meals for an international and interfaith series of holidays (read more at https://blissfullu.com/2026/02/24/a-week-of-holiday-bliss-culinary-and-cultural-journeys/_. This week wasn’t quite as busy, but again I almost couldn’t keep up with all of the holidays we could … More Meatless Monday: Welcoming Spring With Many Celebratory Tarts Edition

Meatless Monday: Holi Edition

March 9, 2026

Happy Holi Everyone! Holi is a Hindu holiday, known as the Festival of Colors, held in the Spring. It is yet another celebration of the triumph of good over evil, in which communities come together to share food and friendship and good times. It is particularly known as a time where people throw colored powers … More Meatless Monday: Holi Edition

Meatless Monday: Harrison Edition

March 2, 2026

I haven’t been writing Meatless Mondays posts much anymore because since my son became a vegetarian, I’m cooking vegetarian meals all days of the week (although I still cook meat for myself and my husband sometimes). However, today it seemed appropriate. Last week I had a post about the 10 special holiday meals I had … More Meatless Monday: Harrison Edition

A Week of Holiday Bliss: Culinary and Cultural Journeys

February 24, 2026

I know I’ve been writing about politics a lot lately. But believe me, there is much more to my life that that. My blog, BlissFullU.com, is to support myself and others in that sometimes-elusive quest to live our life with bliss. Many things bring me bliss: my friends, family, and felines…nature…reading good books…art, theater, and … More A Week of Holiday Bliss: Culinary and Cultural Journeys

Meatless Monday, Minnesota Edition: Chocolate Babka French Toast

January 28, 2026

I know I was kind of obsessed last week with the monk and the Walk for Peace and this week with the place of NO PEACE–Minneapolis. It is bad enough what we see on the news, but I also have personal friends living in Minneapolis. They are on the front lines of the battle for … More Meatless Monday, Minnesota Edition: Chocolate Babka French Toast

The Great Labor Day Hatch Chile Burger Bake Off

September 4, 2025

OK, so they weren’t really baked. They were cooked in my air fryer because my grill isn’t working so I couldn’t BBQ them. But it’s hard to know how to write about things cooked in the Air Fryer. Is it Air Fried? Air Fryer-ed? Roasted? The important thing is that for our special Labor Day … More The Great Labor Day Hatch Chile Burger Bake Off