Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Mary had a little (grass-fed) lamb
Lamb meat comes from a sheep that is under a year old, whereas “mutton” is sheep older than 2 years old, and any age in between is referred to as “hogget.” Lamb is definitely sweeter and more tender than those other older meats. If you have a hard time with the idea of eating a […]
Food For Thought: Can the canned cooking spray
If you were to sit back and really look at it, spraying a cloud of oil out of a can and onto your food doesn’t paint a terribly healthy picture, does it? I mean, it’s the same delivery vehicle as WD-40 or hair spray. And to be honest, aerosol cooking spray isn’t a whole lot […]
Healthy Foods: I heart hemp hearts!
Even though they come from the cannabis sativa plant, hemp hearts or hemp seeds can’t be smoked and they won’t give you the munchies if you know what I’m saying! Not only are hemp seeds not going to give you any psychotropic effects, but they will deliver some powerful nutrition when you pop them in […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Squash Blossom Season
Tis the season for squash blossoms, and if you can get your hands on them, I highly recommend you scoop some up. Squash blossoms are the male and female flowers of squash plants. The female blossoms produce the little baby squashes and the male flowers exist simply to aid in the fertilization process. Squash blossoms […]
Get caught up to speed on how to make ketchup
Most condiments that you find on your grocery store shelves are packed with refined sugars, unhealthy oils, and genetically modified vegetables. If you were to read the ingredient labels on most conventional salad dressings and condiments, including ketchup, you’d see a long list of ingredients that you can’t pronounce. Nobody wants to be putting chemicals, […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Lean Mean Green Beans
Some veggies seem to have it all; good looks, good taste, simple means of preparation, and good nutrition. For instance, while an artichoke is quite interesting to look at, quite nutritious, and yummy, you really can’t get into one of those things without some work. Green beans on the other hand, well, are an excellent […]
If you can’t stand the heat, use your freezer!
If you’re anything like me, sometimes you are just plain fed up with feeding people. Meal planning, grocery shopping, chopping, peeling, roasting, boiling, eating, coercing the children into eating their vegetables, cleaning up the pots and pans only to do the exact same thing again tomorrow. Getting a nourishing meal on the table at the […]
Healthy Foods: Buckets of nutrition in buckwheat
With all of the bad press wheat’s getting these days, you might be surprised to see buckwheat as the topic of this week’s health food post. But what you might not know is that buckwheat is actually not wheat. It’s not actually a grain at all and it is completely gluten-free. Buckwheat is an herb. […]
Dinner Diva: Design your own potato salad
We’re smack dab in the middle of outdoor eating season and no matter where you live in North America, chances are you grew up eating potato salad at family picnics and BBQs. I love potato salad as much as the next person but I’ve had to learn how to lighten this side dish up quite […]