Peter Piper picked a peck of peppers. I sure hope they were poblano. Every summer we plant a small garden and each year we have our requisite bell peppers. And each year we experiment with a different type of pepper. We’ve planted Cayenne, jalapeños and other varieties before but this last summer we tried poblano.Read More
Chick-ah-pea Chick-ah-pea
Who loves snacks? I thought so. Me too. The trouble with most snacks is that, despite being delicious, aren’t the best for us. Don’t get me wrong; I like to make sweet sloppy love to some salty potato chips, sugary donuts, and fatty dips. At the end of the brief love affair, though, I’m leftRead More
Cauliflower “Steak”?
Cauliflower steak. Cauliflower steak? Cauliflower steak??? I remember reading that on a menu at a high-end restaurant and thought “what the heck is that?” As the curious consumer and then-vegetarian, it piqued my curiosity so I asked the server who kindly explained it was, in fact, cauliflower, a thick slice of the brainy white vegetableRead More
Monsieur Sprout
The Belgians have been on to something good for years. And I’m not talking about waffles. But who would have thought that this little cabbage that we hated as kids would be such a hit now? These little crucifera are sprouting up (see what I did there?) everywhere from haute cuisine to burgerRead More
Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with Sesame Dressing
Brussels Sprouts are my favorite. I usually only saute them. Yesterday I tried something I had read about – shaved sprout salad. I tried an Asian-inspired dressing to change it up and it was great! Enjoy! #mpprecipe-container-10 .mpp-topleft { width: 100% !important; } #mpprecipe-container-10 .mpp-topright { display:none !important; } Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with SesameRead More
Kale If I Know part 1
Touted as a super food, kale packs a nutritious punch. Great! The difficult thing is that it’s not always easy to choke down. It can be tough and earthy not to mention GREEN. Many are adverse to anything GREEN. Luckily I am not and I love a good challenge. The best way to eat vegetables is, ofRead More
Mid-westerners love layered salads
Whether it is a 7-layered one or jello, Mid-westerners love to layer a salad. I don’t know what it is but go to any potluck or family dinner and there is bound to be some sort of striated salad. Growing up we had said 7-layer salad every summer, and, every Thanksgiving, a lime jello withRead More
(fill in the blank)-free foods are no fun
A lot of the time food labelled “(fill in the blank)-free” aren’t that much fun. Fat-free. Sugar-free. Gluten-free. I’m not advocating a full-fat or all-sugar diets but there’s gotta be a balance somewhere. Gluten-free seems to be all the rage right now. And I understand there are certain illnesses that require one to have aRead More
Z is for Zucchini
With each summer comes plenty of zucchini whether it comes from our garden or what we find at the farmer’s market. It is abundant. I’m always amazed how much we get out of our plant or two each summer. Normally I fall back on old tried & trues like grilled zucchini & zucchini bread butRead More
Stick Something in Your Bowl
I will start by saying that I love putting things into other things. Food-wise, that means bowls, We’re talking soup, salad, cereal; anything that needs something to keep it together. Here we’re talking about a whole meal made of smaller parts but held together as one in a large container: the rice bowl. This is commonRead More