Recipes for A Healthier Life
The fall season brings with it some of my favorite things: crisp cool air, pumpkin pie spice and all dishes that involve apples. In my tradition we only used apples for pies, crisps, half moon pies, cobblers and applesauce, but in a previous blog I …
In the last couple of weeks there has been plenty of zucchini every local farmer’s market so this past week I’ve been making both savory and sweet recipes. Growing up my mom always made zucchini bread during the summer and this recipe was inspired by …
These past few weeks have been a little crazy therefore putting my blogging and recipe creativity on the back burner. The good news is this week I’m BACK & already came up with THREE new recipes that I want to share with you my readers …
What is kohlrabi? Has anyone even heard of it? And how do you cook it? I have always loved trying new foods and since these are a spring vegetable I have been experimenting with them. A raw kohlrabi is crispy on the inside similar to …
This spring and summer, I’m becoming much more creative in my salad making skills. Adding berries, nuts and other fresh ingredients enhances the flavors, textures of your salad . One of the best things about salads is that they can be very versatile and creative, …
I have two oregano plants in my garden and over the past couple years both plants are getting bigger and bigger. I used to dry what I needed for the following winter and leave the rest to die during the long cold winter months. Last …
One of my ALL-TIME favorite spring/early summer fruit combination is strawberries and rhubarb, the sweetness of the strawberries meshes deliciously with the tartness of the rhubarb. Usually they are ripe at about the same time, making it convenient to bake with them at the same …
Personally I don’t eat pasta very often, but when I do the pasta itself has to be made from high quality ingredients. I always buy organic wheat products or occasionally I make my own pasta from spelt flour. A few months ago I found some …
I love love the tart and sweet flavor profiles of strawberries and rhubarb together. I like to combine it in desserts, but as always my much healthier versions. Strawberry/rhubarb jam is delicious without heaping cups of sugar that most recipes instructs one to use. Just …
One pot meals are my favorite ways to make a delicious but easy weeknight dinner. This minestrone soup is filled with veggies, beans and fresh parsley. Traditional minestrone soups also have pasta in them, but I simply left out the pasta and it was still …