When nutrition experts talk about eliminating processed foods, do you feel squeamishly overwhelmed? "How in the world could I do that?" you wonder. Actually, it might be easier (and tastier) than you think. Case in point: I arrived home late last Friday night,...
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Stress-Buster Tip: How to Prevent Burned Food Disasters
Kitchen Timers to the Rescue Ever lose track of time when getting a meal on the table? I mean time in the sense of how long it takes pasta to cook, a vegetable to steam or a casserole to brown lightly in the oven. This can be tricky when cooking more than one dish...
Autumn Eating: Wilted Salad Recipe with Cool Weather Mizuna
A perfect salad to accommodate autumn’s in-between weather and use up the last of summer’s goodies with some of the cooler weather crops now coming in. Find out about mizuna, stir-frying monster cucumbers and how to wilt a salad.
How to Make the Best Brown Rice . . .
Think brown rice doesn’t taste as good as white? Try these flavor-boosting tricks and you’ll be loving your whole grains.
Frozen Vegetables: Which to Buy, How to Use
Tiredness is no excuse! Get help from It’s easy to live a vegetable-rich life with the help of frozen veggies for meals when
How’s Your Pantry Looking?
In a “pantry panic?” Have a pantry that’s more foe than friend? Check out nationally syndicated columnist Marni Jameson’s humorous but also very helpful on organizing the pantry with Kitchen Coach Mary Collette Rogers.
Coconut Milk: Tips for Buying, Using and Storing
If you’re ready to try coconut milk to spark up your mealtimes, here are three tips for more successful use.
Vegetable Exhaustion? Take a Break with Frozen or Pre-Cut Veggies
Even the best among us need a break sometimes. When you hit a vegetable prepping wall, don’t beat yourself up. Take a break instead and come back refreshed and ready to take full advantage of the summer harvest.
Nurture Your Vegetables . . . So They Can Nurture You
We hear a lot about how vegetables nurture us. But did you know that it works the other way, too? Nurture vegetables and they can do a better job of nurturing and nourishing us.
Don’t Blame the Vegetables!
They're Not at Fault for Rotting in the Frig 'Tis the season of vegetable abundance, and with it comes worry about refrigerator rot as we begin loading up (and over-loading ) on the fabulous produce coming to market. As some people joke, don't let your produce...
Does Chinese Diabetes Epidemic Holds Seeds of Change?
Need some motivation to begin growing and changing your taste buds? Two recent posts have explained how our taste buds are like gatekeepers between our good eating intentions and the hand that holds the fork. If these gatekeepers can be recruited as allies, they can...
Whole Grain Sneakiness
More Tricks for Becoming a "Whole" Person Want an easy way to begin transforming your taste buds? Simply sneak in whole grains whenever a recipe calls for half grains (i.e., the white refined stuff that's sold at full price even though the best half has been polished...