Kale Cooking Lessons
What’s the best way to cook kale? Saute? Blanch? And how can you use it once it’s cooked?
7-Recipes–Healthy and Tasty
Vegetable Exhaustion
Ever suffer from vegetable-making exhaustion and wonder if there’s any hope for a peaceful coexistence with vegetables? “Investment thinking” may be your ticket for hope.
Thai Coconut Shrimp (or Tofu) Soup
An very quick version of a creamy Thai soup, vegetarian or not, as desired.
The “Good to Better Cooking Continuum” at 11,000 Feet
Maybe cooking was never meant to be an exact science, subject to one-dimensional assessment on a good/bad scale. Taking this perspective eliminates the pressure to achieve absolute “rightness” in the kitchen, replacing it with a no-pressure opportunity to just make things better.
Last-of-Summer Marinara Sauce
Cooking and Eating with the Seasons There’s not much to a basic marinara sauce: Tomatoes cooked down with onion and garlic, then seasoned with salt, pepper and herbs. In summer, a fresh tomato sauce doesn’t go much beyond that. Moreover, it’s kept light by cooking only briefly and using sweet onions, fresh garlic and fresh … Read more
The Cabbage Core Challenge
We want to eat more vegetables, but what if they are pretty awful tasting? Four easy tricks take the nasty taste from the harsher tasting vegetables.
“Accelerated” Slow Cooker Beans
You want the great taste of beans fresh-cooked in a slow cooker, but you forgot to soak them the night before. What do you do? Use the accelerated method.
How About a Quick, “White-Free” Snack
Feel yourself getting sucked into a 4:00 p.m. “White Snack” attack? The best defense is a good offense. In this case, that means having a ready, handy, really tasty substitute for pretzels, crackers, cookies and Goldfish. Try Jicima Sticks with Black Bean Hummus instead.
Brown Rice Pizza Variation
Another topping combination for the versatile Brown Rice Pizza Crust shared in the last post.
What to Make with Brown Rice
If you love pizza but want something healthier than what your local pizza joint delivers, here’s a perfect option that doesn’t take long to make: Rice Crust Pizza with Roasted Red Pepper Pesto, Chard and Caramelized Onions