Archive for June, 2010

• Bourbon peach and pork salad: Toigo orchards bourbon peaches are ready when you are!

  Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

  I’m lazy. A lazy cook that is. Not that I would ever succumb to using pre-chopped garlic or ginger: pre-packaged convenience foods have little place in my pantry. But I’m not a full out let’s make everything from scratch kind of gal. And as a culinary instructor, I give realistic ways to prepare food that [...]

• Ricotta salata salad with Grape Must: a “must” have product

  Monday, June 28th, 2010

  Think of the words you use most often to describe food: delicious, yummy, amazing, luscious, tasty. Bet the word “must” doesn’t make the list. Cooked grape must doesn’t sound like it should join the ranks of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, pesto and other pantry staples, but yes, you “must” have must (pun definitely intended).
  Cooked grape [...]

• Recipe from the Get Healthy, Go Vegan cookbook by Dr. Neal Barnard and Robyn Webb

  Friday, June 25th, 2010

  Since I’m celebrating the Italians this week, I’d like to treat you to another great recipe from my new book I co-authored with Dr. Neal Barnard. Italian Beans and Greens is a melange of peppery arugula paired nicely with earthy chickpeas and colorful tomatoes. An easy one pot dish.

  sauteing onions and garlic

  adding arugula and cooking [...]

• Balsamic shrimp and orzo pasta salad

  Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

  As a nutritionist, I rarely have to feel guilty about my food choices. Ok, if there was one, it’s that occasionally I will choose a white flour product over a whole wheat one. And sometimes you don’t have a choice. One the prowl for many years, I searched and searched for a whole wheat orzo [...]

• Fennel, orange and black olive salad

  Monday, June 21st, 2010

  There are many that say you can’t have too much garlic or chocolate in a recipe. And I’m apt to agree; but there are some ingredients that a gentle hand is needed. Take vinegar for instance. Too much can turn a recipe from zinged to zapped in a matter of an extra drip or two.
  You’ve [...]

• Glamorous functionality: all you want in a rubber glove

  Friday, June 18th, 2010

  Many posts back, I highlighted a fun rubber glove product that would keep you looking fab while doing grunge work. Loved that product and still do, but I’ll be honest, I reviewed it more for its style than functionality. Hey, a girl has to look good doing her kitchen duty.
  So now for those who really [...]

• Brown rice with cashews and raisins

  Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

  Germinated Brown rice cooks quicker and is more nutritious than white rice.
  There’s Brown Rice and then there’s brown rice. Ever heard of GABA rice? Neither have I. I thought it was a new strain of rice only available in some obscure foreign country. That foreign country turned out to be as basic as Whole Foods, where I [...]

• Moroccan chicken with preserved lemons: Authentic Moroccan flavor is just a jar away

  Monday, June 14th, 2010

  Like all good dutiful foodies, it’s my obligation to take the lead in the food world by preserving the art of food by scratch is best. But when it comes to preserving lemons, one of my all time favorite flavors for Moroccan inspired foods, I take my own inspiration from a jar.
  After a fabulous trip [...]

• Flawless ice cube tray: just like a diamond

  Friday, June 11th, 2010

  The best diamonds are those that go on a finger, but how about owning the world’s cheapest but biggest diamond? OK, so it’s not the Hope Diamond, but Silicone Zone’s Big Diamond Ice Tray may be the next best thing. Shaped to diamond perfection, one plunk into your next glass will make your drink look [...]

• Jicama & chayote salad with roasted cumin pumpkin seeds ~ 3 kitchen jobs are all stacked up into one. Never lose your small equipment again

  Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

  Magnets. That ingenious invention that keeps everything organized. Take a look at your kitchen frig right now. I’ll bet there’s a cute magnet holding up everything from your next dentist appointment to the baby shower you must attend to every picture possible documenting your child’s growth.   [...]