Dinner Diva: Making the perfectly balanced salad
I serve a large green salad with almost every meal, and this is the time of year I love most, thanks to all of the gorgeous fresh spring greens and vegetables! Since I have this salad thing down to a science, I thought I’d share some tips with y’all as to how to make amazing, […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Sweet, sweet nectarines!
There’s really no way to describe the experience of biting into a ripe nectarine. The way the flesh gives under your teeth, releasing the sweet juice into your mouth . . . well, it’s one of life’s great indulgences! Peaches and nectarines—both delicious stone fruits—are often used interchangeably in the kitchen, but these two orange […]
Food For Thought: Pros (no cons) about probiotics
If you know me at all, you know I’m nuts about guts! Gut health, that is. One often overlooked aspect of good gut health is getting plenty of those good bacteria moving through your system. I’m talking about probiotics. Good gut bacteria is extremely beneficial for your physical well-being. Did you know that there are […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Fiddlehead season! Music to my ears.
There’s a very special vegetable that is about as seasonal as plants get-fiddleheads. Popular in mid-spring across the Eastern United States and Canada, these young, coiled ferns are indeed a seasonal delicacy. You won’t find fiddleheads at any other time of the year because fiddleheads are harvested from young fern plants and these ferns only […]
Healthy Foods: Please pass the peas!
We know that peas are sweet and starchy. We know they are fun to eat fresh out of the garden and we know that kids love them. But did you know that peas are coming onto the cancer prevention radar screen? Research has revealed that peas contain a polyphenol phytonutrient called coumestrol which lowers the […]
Dinner Diva: When school’s out for summer, start teaching about food!
Pop quiz: How do you get kids to eat just about anything? Answer: You get them involved in the kitchen. There’s no surefire guarantee that your kids will eat something they have had a hand in preparing, but it absolutely increases the odds of them trying and liking a dish. Get your kids right in […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Always reach for the organic peach
The coming of summer means the coming of peaches. These fuzzy, sweet fruits are a staple snack in the south when they’re in season. So juicy and delicious, peaches are a pretty easy sell. Peaches come in two main varieties; freestone peaches and clingstone peaches. You can probably tell from the names what differentiates them, […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Add nutritional yeast for a mineral feast!
Every kitchen should be stocked with nutritional yeast and if you have never heard of this amazing food you would not be alone! I am not sure how such a healthy food has managed to stay under the radar for so long, but it has. I hope after reading this post you’ll pick some up […]
Dinner Diva: Healthy grilling tips
It’s barbeque season! And while we all love the thrill of the grill, it’s a known fact that cooking meat over charcoal can be harmful to our health because of the carcinogens that come from cooking over chemically charged lava rocks and from eating charred meat. Rather than giving up the grill on those hot […]