6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, 7-Recipes--Healthy and Tasty, Building Block Techniques
After a recent post on storing your slow cooker, one reader asked why we didn’t include any ideas for using a slow cooker. So here is one from Lauren, our long time volunteer adviser and the class assistant in our New Kitchen Cooking School. I had always slow...
6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, Local and Sustainable Eating
My neighbor emailed me yesterday: “Mary, do you want a bunch of arugula?” Seems she had tried it in a salad and discovered that it is one bitter vegetable. I could be called the dumping ground for all foods confounding, and strong-tasting bitter foods are...
6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, Building Block Techniques, Seasonal Eating
Cooking vegetables gratin-style is a delicious option–in the winter. Because a gratin is baked an hour or so, it’s tough to even think about making one in the heat of summer. Hence the slow cooker version in this recipe. Of course in cooler weather, you can also...
6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, 7-Recipes--Healthy and Tasty, Planning for Healthier Meals, Uncategorized
Leftovers are a common problem for solo cooks. Not just extra servings of a dish, but also all the vegetables, seasonings, meat, rice, and other ingredients left over from making the dish. Making the Sauteed Beet and Snap Pea Salad in the next post, for instance,...
6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, 7-Recipes--Healthy and Tasty, Uncategorized
Colorado weather can be frustrating. April comes and we think spring, then a snowstorm blows in. May’s gentle spring rains come, but turn to freezing sleet on a dime. And in June, when we’re ready for the riotous color of tomatoes, peppers and...
3-Get Vegetable Friendly, 6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks
The Magic of Simple Sauces Here’s What the Experts Say: “You should be eating four to five servings of vegetables each day.” Here’s How This Gets Translated in Our Brains: “Guess I need to put a bigger pile of broccoli on my...
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