While we all love homemade flavor, sometimes our busy schedules don’t allow us to make everything from scratch. It’s these times that we’re so thankful for refrigerated pie crust, flavorful ready-made sauces, quick cake mixes and so many more shortcut ingredients. Always on hand in our pantry, they’re part of
Kale ranks high on the super foods list. This nutrient dense food provides a wealth of vitamins as well as phytochemicals that may help prevent age related Cataracts and Macular Degeneration. 6 Servings Yields: 6 servings | Serving size: 1 cup | Calories: 158 | Total Fat: 15 g |
Who could resist a dish like the one on the cover of Domenica Marchetti’s latest cookbook, The Glorious Pasta of Italy? It’s been out for about a year, but I am finally getting around to perusing it and making some of the recipes, including the two I chose for this blog post. It’s
By Erica Galindo – The weather is warming up and I’m breaking into lighter menus. I adore salsa paired with seafood, and the combination of fresh mango and papaya with lime juice and jalapeno is utterly refreshing. This recipe is easy to make, insanely delicious and super healthy. If you
By Erica Galindo – Last year my dear friend Sherry Nelson blessed me with a jar of the best olives I’ve ever had in my life – Applewood Smoked Olives in a Napa Chardonnay marinade. I immediately became addicted and started cooking with them. One of my best recipes for
By Holly Clegg – We know bran is full of fiber and blueberries are brain food but you may be cutting out yummy foods previously deemed bad for you and missing out on their surprising health benefits. Sound too good to be true? Not this time. You do not have
By Jennifer Cote, Chef at The New Deli, Pinole, CA – Thankfully, life is full of celebrations. Things could get pretty mundane if we didn’t have to come up with a nice dinner for guests now and then. We might continue on with our standard recipes and never try anything
Makes: 12 Servings Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour 50 minutes Difficulty: Easy Ingredients: 1/2 pound extra-lean ground beef 1 (10-ounce) package cremini or white mushrooms, finely chopped 1 medium onion, diced 1 small green bell pepper, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 (15-ounce) can no-salt-added tomato sauce
By Holly Clegg – If you have someone special this Valentine’s Day, why not take heed to that old saying, “The way to your lover’s heart is through their stomach,” but now we know it is “through a healthy heart.” Win your sweetheart’s affection by heading straight to the kitchen.
By Deborah Bateman – This is a recipe my family makes every year for Christmas. I usually make four recipes of them, so we can have plenty for all our Christmas gatherings. 1 lb. confectioners sugar 2 sticks margarine or butter, melted 1 cup crushed graham crackers (I run mine through the
By Queen of Quick-Holly Clegg – Feta Crumble Dip from Too Hot in the Kitchen: Secrets To Sizzle At Any Age These few ingredients in this simple “knock-out” dip create an explosion of fresh flavors for a captivating combination. Serve with crackers. Leftovers can be used as a condiment on
Story & Recipes by Erica Galindo, Courtesy of Sonoma Christian Home – “Everything changes, but the one thing that doesn’t change is the sage bread,” mused my friend Amy, referring to her grandmother’s recipe. After the kids left for college and downsizing to a new apartment that favorite and familiar
By Erica Galindo – A Fanciful Christmas Feast: Beef Tenderloin Stuffed with Red Peppers, Spinach & Goat Cheese Oregon Peas with Tarragon Butter, Fennel & Herbs Roasted Rainbow Carrots & Fancy Green Squash Creamy Whipped Potatoes Char Roasted Asparagus Toasted Angel Food Cake with Java Ice Cream & Chocolate Drizzle Beef
By Jennifer Cote, Chef at The New Deli, Pinole, CA– What do folks really need, anyway? If they need something badly, they’ll probably buy it for themselves. So, if we’re on a budget and can only spend so much, but want to show someone we’ve been thinking of them, what
By Jennifer Cote, Chef at The New Deli , Pinole, CA– “Frazzled Housewife” is almost becoming a foreign word. With the convenience of fast food and store-bought items that require minimal preparation, we can spend very little time in the kitchen. If a special event comes up, we can call
Submitted by Sandi Thompson – Spicy Sweet Potatoes Serves 6-8 Preheat oven to 425F Ingredients: 2 large jewel or garnet yam, cut in 1” cubes Seasonings:3-4 Tbls. olive oil ½ tsp. ground chipotle pepper (or more to taste) 1 tsp. smoked paprika (add more for a smokier flavor) salt and
By Meg Wolff – One of the world’s leading experts on plant-based eating was in my neck of the woods (Greater Portland, Maine) this week, and it was a great thrill to spend some time with him. T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., is my all-time favorite hero. When I first started
By Jennifer Cote, Chef at The New Deli , Pinole, CA– It seems to come as a package deal with the approaching holidays: Planning menus, arranging dates, organizing parties. One thing I don’t want in that package: A stress-induced frenzy from biting off more than I can chew! So I
By Mary Papoulias-Platis – When you feast on that special dish your mother created for the holidays year after year, memories from holiday past dinners begin to flood through your mind as you once remembered your first bite! Well, this pumpkin holiday pie does that for me. My mother’s specialty, her pumpkin phyllo
By Holly Clegg – When you can’t decide between cornbread dressing or sweet potatoes, with this dish you can have them both! Yam Cornbread Stuffing from my diabetic cookbook, Holly Clegg trim&TERRIFIC Diabetic Cooking is the ultimate holiday time saver recipe as it combines the seasonal favorite naturally sweet Louisiana yams in
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