Trout Pout (not what you think, LOL)
I don’t need to tell you how healthy fish is. We all know by now that fish is packed with nutrition and that we should be eating at least a 3-ounce serving of cooked fish each week. According to Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch, trout is actually one of the most healthy types of fish […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Get Saucy with Worcestershire Sauce
There’s an excellent chance that your refrigerator contains a bottle of Worcestershire (pronounced wooster-sheer) sauce. This common (and commonly mispronounced) fermented condiment adds flavor to all kinds of dishes, from shrimp and chicken to burgers and chili. Worcestershire sauce contains some surprising items in its list of ingredients, including anchovies, molasses, chili pepper extract, and […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Pass the Bacon Fat
One of the best parts of living a Paleo lifestyle is that you get to eat lots of bacon. Now, one misconception about Paleo eating is that all we do is eat bacon all day. Yes, we eat plenty of bacon, but we eat nitrate-free bacon sourced from local pastured pigs, and we eat it […]
Rethinking the Food Pyramid
In the US and Canada, the Food Pyramid and the Food Guide are quite similar. They each recommend the basis of the diet be made up of grains, followed by fruits and vegetables, then dairy, then meats, and finally, fats. Whatever country you live in, there is probably some reiteration of this guideline for “healthful” […]
Keen on collard greens
By now, most of us know how important it is to get an adequate amount of dark leafy greens into our diets on a regular basis. And the best kind of dark leafy green to eat a lot of is any dark leafy green that belongs to the cruciferous family. Collard greens are one of […]
Dive into Belgian Endive
How often have you passed by the Belgian Endive in the grocery store and wondered what to do with those oblong pale green heads of lettuce? Belgian endive is closely related to frisee and, like its curly-leafed cousin, it does have a rather bitter yet pleasant flavor. Enjoyed raw in salads or as a cooked […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Star of the spice rack
Have you spotted one of those pretty star-shaped spices at the health food store and wondered what you could do with it if you brought it home with you? Star anise is a beautiful flavoring spice. The fruit of an evergreen tree native to southern China, it gets its name from its star shape (the […]
Nothing to cry over: An onion primer
It’s hard to imagine a kitchen without an onion. I use onions in almost all of my savory dishes. You probably have some yellow or red onions kicking around your kitchen right now! Onions come in yellow, white, and red and can range in flavor from mild and sweet to quite pungent and sharp. And, […]
Slow cooker meals with kids
As many of our readers know, I am big on involving the children in dinner prep. Cooking is an invaluable life skill and I’m a firm believer in getting the kids in the kitchen at a very young age for many reasons. Having the children help with dinner teaches them many things, including: • what […]