Why I’ll be shopping at the Farmer’s Market
If you’re a foodie living in the Northern Hemisphere early summer marks the start of local food season. I envision farmers coming out of hibernation much like bears. Only instead of rustling around in trashcans, farmers nestle under tents and set up shop with some of the most colorful and delicious produce available. Visiting our...
Baked (not Broiled) Salmon Recipe
My first bite of salmon occurred at my mother in-law’s dinner table. As a meat and potatoes’ girl, fish was a novelty. It was unfamiliar, smelled the same dead or alive, and one wrong bite could leave fish bones stuck down my throat. Attempting to be polite, I ate enough salmon to be “respectable”. To...
How to Cook Chard
As a child, I didn’t eat many vegetables. If it wasn’t smothered in ranch dressing (my palette was yet to understand blue cheese), it might as well been inedible. I’m sure this left me in quite the nutritional deficit, but luckily I’m making up for my losses as an adult. If I see a...
Basil / Beets / Culinary Training / Gluten-Free / Green Beans / Healthy / Ingredient / Quinoa / Recipe Creation / Recipes / Salads & Dressings
Healthy Quinoa Salad
Plan A The beginning of my week was very different from the end. I spent Sunday – Wednesday caring for my flu-ridden husband while wearing a space suit to avoid his germs. While the rest of my week was spent becoming a Plan A person. What does that mean? Read on… Chris took a ski...
Salmon Glaze
The last time I tried to cook fish ended with the kitchen in flames and the smell of burnt fish baked into my apartment for weeks. From that moment on, Chris was in charge of dealing with the fish when it appeared on the menu. However, since I have plans to become a great cook,...
Chicken / Chickpeas / Fall / Gluten-Free / Healthy / Ingredient / Main Course / Recipes / Season / Squash / Winter
Stuffed Acorn Squash
Stuffed Acorn Squash One of my favorite parts of winter is curling up by the fireplace and enjoying a cup of butternut squash soup. Winter squash, like hot chocolate, can warm you up even on the coldest days. Sadly my squash repertoire has been a bit limited – until recently. While at the market I...
Simple Meatloaf – Hidden Cheese Layer
A lot of words come to mind when I think of meatloaf. Mystery meat…bland…soaked in catsup…leftover ingredients…frequent 1980’s least favorite dinner… Unfortunately “scrumptious” and “delicious” rarely make it into the same sentence. So, why have I made this recipe countless times? Because it’s good it’s great. And most importantly, it’s everything that meatloaf is not...
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