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I love borscht and grew up eating the Manischewitz version out of a large glass jar, cold with a dollop of sour cream. Then I discovered the “real thing” – Russian style borscht made with carrots, beets, cabbage, dill, mushrooms and potatoes, served warmed as a comforting winter soup thanks to Barbara Kafka’s classic cookbook, [...]
I know for many of you, taking nutritional supplements was on your New Year’s healthy resolutions list. How’s it going? Are you confused by all the vitamin and supplement choices out there? Well, Centrum has come up with a Nutrition Possible Assessment to help you determine your individual nutritional supplement needs. I’m always on the [...]
I still don’t know what we’re doing for Thanksgiving. Either we’re going to a friend’s or staying home. Then it’s just me and the kids (and maybe my mother in law) as my husband has already headed to Boston to start work. When I asked the kids what they wanted to eat for Thanksgiving, they [...]
Pizza’s a great dish for Meatless Monday nights . This recipe is from Food Network star, Robin Miller’s new cookbook Robin Takes 5: 500 Recipes, 5 Ingredients or Less, 500 Calories or Less, for 5 Nights/Week at 5:00 PM coming to bookstores on November 1, 2011. Robin Takes 5 features 500 recipes that require five [...]
When I was first approached by Door to Door Organics to do a review, I was a bit skeptical. After all, I live near so many farms (organic and conventional) and have access to farmer’s markets. Also, my local supermarkets do a decent job of providing some organic vegetables at a decent price. So why [...]
Meatless Monday has become the new norm in many schools and homes. After all, it’s a great way to get kids to eat their veggies. However, like many moms, I’m concerned that if I cook up a meatless dish my kids won’t get enough protein to keep them full and satisfied. One way around that is [...]
This month’s Secret Recipe Club recipe comes courtesy of Tea and Scones and not a minute to soon. The late summer harvest from our garden is coming in. I had several very large zucchinis and was stuck on what I wanted to do with them. Should I made ratatouille? Stuff them? Try making some gluten [...]
After struggling with the mandoline to create waffle fries for my Alexia Foods “Reinvent a Classic” French fry creation, I went with crinkle cut fries. My Pampered Chef mandoline isn’t set up to make them without a lot of hassle. Plus I was having a tough time getting a consistent cut. Instead, I used my [...]
Beginning today, Thursday June 30th to Monday July 4th, you can get the Cookouts Veggie Style! ebook by Jolinda Hackett for FREE for the Amazon Kindle, the Sony eReader, or from the Apple iTunes eBookstore. This eBook contains 225 vegetarian (and some vegan) recipes that are fresh, fun, colorful, healthy and delicious and incorporate vegetables [...]
I’ve been experimenting with using NAKANO Rice Vinegars and Holland House vinegars in much of my every day cooking. Not only am I trying different types of vinegar on salads, but I’ve also used it on warm vegetable dishes like stir fry and sautéed vegetables. So when I spotted the gorgeous bunches of rainbow chard [...]
For this month’s Secret Recipe Club post, I was assigned Healthy Green Kitchen. (Want to join the Secret Recipe Club? Sign up here!) Since Winnie and I have a similar food philosophy – healthy, simple, gluten free and “eco-groovy” (love that term) – I thought this would be an easy assignment. Well, that’s not exactly [...]
The best thing about using Mrs. Dash is that it’s so easy to make everyday dishes something special. For example, one of my favorite, easy-to-make side dishes in the winter or spring is roasted root vegetables. You can use leeks, potatoes, yams, sweet potatoes, onions, mushrooms, turnips, carrots, and garlic – any combination will do. [...]
I can’t stand most celebrity cookbooks. They’re usually overly simplistic, obviously ghost written, and just meant to cash in on the celebrity’s popularity. Rarely the cookbook shows the celebrity’s passion for food and how he or she cooks at home. However, I’ll make an exception for Alicia Silverstone’s The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to [...]
After a fun week at the Grand Canyon (more on that soon) I’ve come back with a cough I cannot shake and the desire to stay in bed watching The Tudors. Luckily for us, Holly Clegg has stopped by with a guest post about Easter dining. Easter table must have asparagus The true sign of [...]
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