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RECIPE: Smashed Cucumber Salad with Blueberries, Coconut and Chicken (or Chickpeas), with Asian Dressing
A previous post emphasized the importance of recharging your inspiration battery from time to time. The post offered five ways to get a renewed boost of healthy meal making motivation. One of them is subscribing to the New York Times Cooking newsletter--which is how I...
5 Inspiration Sparks for Healthier Meal Making
A key part of Meal Making Transformation is staying inspired. You've no doubt heard the saying, "The hardest part about cooking is deciding what to cook." So it pays to have a good system in place for inspirational recharges. My Latest Inspiration Spark Over the last...
Recipe: Summer Tomato, Zucchini and Chickpea Salad
Classic Summer Eating: Tomato, Zucchini and Chickpea Salad What says summer better than tomatoes and zucchini? The only thing better is combining them with leftover cubed chicken, chickpeas and pesto in a dish that's so easy it barely needs a recipe, just 4 quick...
What Could Be Wrong with Gorgeous Cookbook Photos?
Today's cookbooks are a feast for the eyes. It's no wonder many of us like to just peruse these works of art. It's called "vicarious cooking!" But eventually you dive in and actually make one of those inviting dishes. After all the careful measuring, mixing and...
Summer Color
Super sweet muskmelon, crisp cucumbers, golden currants and sour cherries pitted and ready for a cobbler. Have any pictures of summer's produce--maybe something you made or from a garden or farm share? Include in a comment below!
Recipes: All About Hoisin–Sauce, Salad and Stir-Fry + A Mystery
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...
Food Anxiety Answers
Our simple understanding of healthy eating gets tested all the time by food, diet and supplement marketing that keep us darting here and there, chasing this fad or that trend. The long-term effect: Food Anxiety. It never feels like we’re doing enough so it’s hard to...
Recipe: Creamy Chive Salmon
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...
Recipes: 3 Fast Food Processor Meals: Stir-Fries, Salads and Wraps
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...
Are Seed Oils Bad for You? A Quick Summary
Has all the furor about seed oils taken you by surprise? The issue has been simmering for several years, but I was surprised when it exploded into a major controversy after recent changes to the food pyramid that cautioned against seed oil consumption. I was happy to...
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[VIDEOS] Hate Chopping Onions?
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...
Seasonal Eating: New Ways with Radishes and Asparagus
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...