Food For Thought: 40 healthy snacks for kids
I can’t tell you how much I detest those 100-calorie snack packs you find in grocery stores nowadays. Those packages are full of highly processed foods—heavy on sugar and chemicals. I know you would rather feed your child something nutritious, so I’m going to give you a list of easy snack ideas! Every one of […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Lobster love
Once upon a time in the mid-nineteenth century, lobsters were dirt cheap. These tasty crustaceans were fed to prison inmates and children in orphanages. Lobster was also used as a fertilizer! Today, lobsters are seen as a rich person’s food in many places, but back then they were eaten by only the very poor. To […]
Food For Thought: Paleo Shmaleo – what is it all about?
If you have any interest in food and health at all (which you obviously do or you wouldn’t have found yourself here at Saving Dinner), then you’ve been hearing the word “Paleo” being tossed around a lot. You may even associate the term with an extreme way of eating, much like the low-carb Atkins diet. […]
Time for Turmeric
If you love indulging in ethnic food (especially Thai and Indian), then chances are you get lots of turmeric in your diet. Turmeric is a potent spice that gives curry its rich yellow hue. It has actually been used as a dye for textiles throughout history! But there is more to turmeric than a pretty […]
Dinner Diva: Stock up on vegetable broth!
When you start making your own stock, you’re going to have a hard time buying it from the store ever again. Making stock from scratch is about as satisfying as it gets. Being the one who purchased (or even better, grew!) the vegetables that you’re using to nourish your family means that you know exactly […]
Healthy Foods: Say hello to aloe vera!
Today I’m going to broaden your food horizon a little bit by introducing you to a superfood that you may already have in your home for purposes other than eating—aloe vera. Chances are, you’re familiar with aloe vera for boo-boo relief. Your grandmother might have rubbed it on your scraped knees, and you may rub […]
Dinner Diva: Something to stew over
I recently wrote blog posts teaching you how to braise and how to sear. So it just occurred to me that I should go ahead and combine the two and tell y’all about how to stew. What hits the spot on a cold day better than a nice steamy hot bowl of thick beef stew? By definition, a […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Dandelion Greens…they’re dandy!
Most of us are familiar with the common yellow weed that marks the onset of spring in many parts of the country. Dandelion greens are the enemy to gardeners everywhere, but these flower bed nuisances are actually real nutritional superstars. Dandelion greens are very high in vitamins A, B, C, and D. They are rich […]
Quinoa – what’s the scoop?
Everyone is so wild over quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) these days that you’d think it had just been invented. But this ancient grain (which is actually a seed, though it’s treated as a grain) has been around for thousands of years. Grown in the mountain regions of South America, quinoa has been a staple there for […]