Recipe: Hoisin Sauce Simple sauces are always an easy way to make a meal special. But this feature is especially appreciated in summer when we’re looking for ways to minimize cooking and want to let summer’s luscious produce mostly stand on its own, with just a little...
Salmon with Creamy Chives One of my neighbors shared a dish she was served while vacationing in Sweden. Elegant, very tasty and you can easily make in your own kitchen: Spread a thick layer of plain, Greek-style yogurt over a salmon filet and top with a fair amount of...
How to Save Cooking Time with a Food Processor Could a food processor do as good a job as my trusty chefs knife for prepping vegetables? Indeed it did a great job! Here's how I used it to make stir fry. Using the deadly prongs in the corner of this special cutting...
Spring can be a bit of a letdown when it comes to seasonal eating. With the warming weather we start having visions of juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumbers and vibrant eggplant. Go to the farmers market, however, and there's only a sea of greens--lettuce, kale, chard and...
Recently I saw a picture of twice-baked potatoes. Maybe it's because I love potatoes so much, but I couldn't stop thinking about those tasty potato halves filled with fluffy mashed potatoes and topped with gooey melted cheese. But therein lies the problem: Because of...
Left-Handed Cooking I got a shoulder replacement last week. Of course it was my right shoulder so I am learning to cook mostly with my left hand which is very awkward! I wanted to share my fumbling cooking efforts with you as encouragement that you don't have to be...
This week's recipe comes from Mindy Gorman-Plutzer, one of the hosts who interviewed me for a recent podcast, "Reclaiming Health, Culture & Connection Through Meal Making." Near the end of the podcast, Mindy shared a wonderful story about her chili recipe. I want...
'Tis the Season You can get both leeks and cauliflower any time of year because grocery stores source food from all over the country and world. But since they are cold-weather crops, they taste best--and are often more affordable--in the winter months. Here are a...
Quick Meal Idea Looking for something filling and satisfying (and why not fun and easy, too?) Here's what came together for me a couple nights ago: Leftover brown rice fried in coconut oil, roasted zucchini spears and baked white fish. If you have time, a crumb...
Quick Question: What's languishing, all but forgotten, on the condiment shelf in almost all our refrigerators? Mustard, of course! Poor mustard waits patiently for hamburger nights but you can almost hear it begging for more: "Give me a chance! I can do so much more...
Making the Winter Squash For this recipe, delicata squash (which is the variety pictured above) is an excellent choice, sweeter and more flavorful than the acorn squash often plentiful in the grocery store. Read below to discover a neat trick for quickly cooking hard...
Roasted winter pears are a great guilt-free treat that can satisfy the "free" crowd (i.e., GF, DF and sugar free folks--like me!) But top with a splash of cream,whipped cream or even ice cream and it will please the regular dessert crowd, too. Roasted pears can also...