We’re getting in to asparagus season, so I thought I would share some tips on selection through cooking…
Asparagus is imported almost year round, the first domestic crops start coming in from California as early as February with the main harvesting peaking in April and May, with some mid-western and eastern harvesting extending in to [...]
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If you’ve been reading my blog here at all, you’ll hopefully discover I love to be creative in the kitchen, and while I have a number of recipes to share with you all, I often do much of my cooking by just winging-it.
This morning’s breakfast was [...]
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My radio show this week is on Water, Thirst and Dehydration…
I relied on a lot of great sources out there as I was learning more about this topic and I thought I would post a round-up of some of the stuff I read here.
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When you talk about cold soups, most people think gazpacho - which is a good soup, but there’s all sorts of other things you can do… and why not take advantage of a great summer-time food, strawberries.
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A short while ago I posted an Introduction to Fat and decided that there was enough important information to pass along that I would do a short series on the different fats and how to make some healthy choices when it comes to them. My goal here is not [...]
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The other day while picking up a few things at my local CoOp, I saw a cilantro-lime rice dish in their deli case. Something about summer and cilantro and lime just sound so…. right. I have a pot-luck party I’m going to coming up, so I thought I would see if I could make my [...]
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Ch-ch-ch-chia!
If you’re anything like I used to be, if you were to play some word association and be given the word chia, you would immediately follow it up with pet. It’s kind weird though, for as widespread that chia pets have been for the last 30 or so years, it’s only in the last [...]
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Here in Minnesota, we’ve had a bit of a stormy spring followed by some extremely hot weather this week. Folks out East have been hit even harder, recent storms have left thousands of households without power over this holiday week.
No power for your computer, TV or other things can be an inconvenience - but [...]
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When most people think about grains, they think hot dishes - oatmeal, pilafs, etc. But they work just great in cold salads, and this makes for a great one during those hot summer days and pairs well with something off the grill. And since it is even better once the flavors have had a chance [...]
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Recently while shopping at one of my local CoOps, I was wandering the bulk aisle bin and came across something new… Freekeh. I had no idea what it was, just that it was a grain. It looked interesting though, so I decided to get some and try it out. Of course I had to do [...]
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