Almond Shortcakes with Peaches & Cream Shortcake is one of the best desserts to show off summer fruits at their peak of ripeness. While strawberries dominate the shortcake scene, these Almond Shortcakes beg for juicy, ripe peaches. You won’t break a sweat by making these shortcakes. They’re drop biscuits, mixed in the food processor and […]
Do You Need A Salad Refresh?
May 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Greens with Tomatillo-Avocado Dressing and Pepitas My daughter told me my salads were boring. She was right. I was on salad autopilot, greens with red wine vinaigrette were on repeat in my kitchen. (In my defense, my husband’s home-fermented vinegar makes a darned good dressing.) Ironically, I love the fresh crunch salad brings to […]
The Food – Mood Connection
May 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Chocolate Pudding -with a Healthy Twist Does what you eat influence how you feel? If yes, you’re in sync with three-quarters of respondents to a Food and Health Survey (1) who said that food and beverage choices impact their mental or emotional well-being. Over half of respondents (61%) noted the opposite – their mood influences […]
A Plan for More Plants – Flexitarian!
September 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Egg Roll Bowls If you believe that performance will suffer if you drop meat, eggs and dairy from your diet, check out the stories of vegan Olympic athletes featured in the bon appetit magazine article, “Going Green for the Gold, For These Olympic Athletes, a Plant-Based Diet Makes Them Feel Fitter, Faster and Stronger.” (1) […]
Grilled Portobellos with White Bean Hummus
July 22, 2024 by Leave a Comment
I just just made a new food friend, the Mortgage Lifter Bean, which I picked up on a trip through New Mexico. The Mortgage Lifter’s charms go beyond its quirky name. Cultivated by native Americans in the Southwest (1,2), one story says it was named the Mortgage Lifter Bean by a farmer who, just as […]
Update Your Sloppy Joe
March 18, 2024 by 1 Comment
Tempted by Tempeh You likely have a memory of eating Sloppy Joes from your childhood. It might even be a fave comfort food. Like it or not, the dish has survived for decades – versions of Sloppy Joe “loose meat sandwiches” have been around since at least the 1930s. This recipe updates the Sloppy Joe […]
Plant-Based in 2024
January 8, 2024 by 3 Comments
“Faux” Gras Plan to put more plants on your plate in 2024? It’s a thing. More and more people are catching on to the nutritional benefits and gastronomic diversity of veggies, legumes, nuts, and seeds. Esteemed New York Times food writer Melissa Clark writes that she “wants to become as fluent in tofu as she […]
A Novel Way to Help Control Blood Sugar
November 29, 2023 by 2 Comments
Jump on the Cottage Cheese Revival: Peanut Butter Mousse and Whipped Feta Cream Protein-packed cottage cheese is having a moment (1) and blitzing it into something irresistibly creamy is the move. It was top-of-mind for recipes featuring California dried figs when the Valley Fig Growers asked me to write a website article on health research […]
It’s Granola Season
September 26, 2023 by 1 Comment
Super Seedy Nutty Granola As hard as it is to say goodbye to summer, cool fall weather green lights turning on the oven. A box of oats and a selection of nuts and seeds in my freezer was a strong suggestion to make granola. I’d forgotten just how addictive the crunchy, toasty mix can be. […]
The Summer Beet
August 11, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Chioggia Beet Salad & Red Beet Pesto There’s a good argument to be made that summer cooking is more about not cooking or cooking as little as possible. Why heat up the kitchen, or work up a sweat? Chioggia beets fit right in with the no-heat approach to summer eating. Sometimes called candy cane or […]
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