Danger in the Gluten-Free Aisle
New gluten-free products are making it easy to live without gluten, but are we missing the bigger, teachable moment–and rewards–of a gluten-intolerance diagnosis?
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“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.
Antioxidants and IV Drips: What They Have in Common
We know vegetables provide mega doses of antioxidants, but research now shows that those antioxidants don’t stick around very long at all. So if we want to benefit continuously from the disease-fighting benefits of antioxidants then our vegetable-eating needs to be steady and continuous, kind of like an IV drip! Join me on Twitter for fast vegetable ideas to eat all day long.
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.
What Makes Whole Grains So Hard to Eat?
Why do we give whole grains such a half-hearted embrace? Eating quality grains is no less than one of the four main pillars of healthy eating, yet it is routinely ignored. Maybe a comfort connection explains why it’s so hard saying good-bye to white.
About CSAs and Pickled Turnips
If you’re CSA member (stands for Community Supported Agriculture), then you know about surprises. Open your weekly delivery and there could be anything inside. Last week I got a surprise that probably no one can beat: A jar of pickled turnips! As a Certified Vegetable Guide (!), I’m pretty good at devising uses for odd … Read more
In a recipe, how much is “to taste?”
Make a Recipe Just the Way You Like: 10 Tips Salt and pepper, to taste. 1/2 tsp. chili flakes, more or less, to taste. 1/4 to 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, to taste. Recipes seem to be littered with unhelpful directives about “to taste.” For those of us who aren’t exactly Julia Child in the kitchen, … Read more
Summer Refreshment: Cure for the Mid-Afternoon Doldrums
It’s 3:00. The vending machine is calling, or maybe the doughnuts left over in the break room. You know it’s suicidal to indulge those cravings, but work is so boring and you’re so tired and . . . Maybe more than sugar and calories, you need refreshment—as in something cool, revitalizing and calming, like Iced Green Tea.
Make a Simple Salad Special
I just wanted to make an easy meal after a long day of gardening and computering. Just a little soup and salad–but we have no dressing. Was I going to have to futz and fuss with a homemade salad dressing before I could sit down and eat?
So That’s What They Mean by “Slow Cooking”
For years, I’ve known the rule for cooking tough meat cuts: low and slow. But in my hurry up world, I tried to do low on a gas stovetop that was calibrated for hot, fast cooking. My last batch of soup bones came out as tough as leather, even though I had cooked them on low. . . Patience and forethought came to my rescue