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...
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A key part of Meal Making Transformation lies in making healthy everyday cooking a daily activity that can be accomplished naturally and easefully, without a lot of fuss and stress. And a key part of achieving that goal lies in learning the few basic techniques used...
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...
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...
"Cooking last week was so tiring and, frankly, just plain burdensome." So concluded Kris, one of the participants in a class I taught recently. I loved her honest assessment of the previous cooking week, especially the word "burdensome." What a "perfect" word! I had...
Check out this idea This weekend was the second time I've seen an article recently about social media detoxing. Among the many benefits cited by detoxers: Suddenly they had time to cook! And they liked it! One detoxer described how he became more centered on finding...
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...
Who would have guessed that crockpots, instant pots, meal planning and microwaves would generate such interesting feedback? I got so many thought-provoking comments after the last couple posts that I wanted to use them as a springboard for further conversation. Meal...
Quick Quiz What time do you begin to cook? A) When you race into the kitchen fully stressed about getting a meal on the table, fast? B) When you start pulling food from the fridge, trying to figure out what to make with it? C) When you hop out of the car and run in...
Hard to believe there could be a problem with Instant Pots. So many people rave about them. But I've noticed one problem, and it lies in the word "Instant." In our time-starved world, that word is enough to send anyone racing to buy one with visions of instant meals,...
You might have seen the recipe for Creamy Mexican Dressing in the previous post. It calls for 1 Tbsp. of tomato paste. Sometimes I dread seeing that in an ingredient listing. Because can I tell you how many times I have opened a can of tomato paste, used a tablespoon...
Just a reminder that it's rhubarb season. Here I show it getting washed and dried along with a bunch cilantro (which pair nicely with each other, BTW.) Don't miss out on the burst of sweet-tart flavor rhubarb adds to a dish. And remember that it can be used in savory...