Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Time to talk about Thyme!
While most of us have thyme on our spice racks, few people realize that this powerful aromatic herb actually deserves a spot in our medicine cabinets as well! Thyme has been used throughout history as medicine and it sounds like our ancestors were bang on. There’s oil in thyme known as thymol and it acts […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: The hourglass-shaped winter squash, in a (butter)nut shell
I love me some delicious, nutritious fresh sliced zucchini in a stir fry, but when winter squash season comes upon us in the fall, I tend to reach for butternut in favor of the milder flavored summer squashes. Like zucchini, pumpkin, cucumber, and melon, butternut squash is a member of the gourd family. You may not think of […]
Dinner Diva: Quit stressing over dressing
You all know by now that I’m a big fan of salads. If you read any amount of my articles and if you cook from my books, you also know that I am not a big fan of commercial salad dressings. So what’s a Dinner Diva to do? Well, you can hardly eat a pile […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Buy some bison
Home, home on the range . . . I always picture a rancher in the old west when I think of bison meat. Is that weird? Anyway, whatever image it evokes for you, if you’re looking for a delicious and healthy red meat alternative to beef, buy bison! Bison is generally lower in fat, calories, […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Oh golly ghee!
With the paleo diet gaining a lot of traction in the US, I’ve been getting more and more questions about ghee. For those of you unfamiliar with this product, ghee is basically butter with its milk solids removed. Like butter, ghee is made from the fats of whole milk. Buffalo milk is often used in […]
Dinner Diva: Eggs to the rescue . . . Hakuna Frittata!
Forget about Hakuna Matata meaning “no worries!” I say when it comes to the kitchen, it’s more like Hakuna Frittata! Eggs make their way to my dinner table on a regular basis. Eggs are my hero, really. Nothing can save a frazzled parent like a humble little egg. In its hard-boiled form, you have a […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: What’s all the fuss over wheatgrass?
Wheatgrass looks about as appetizing as a plate of lawnmower clippings, but this young grass of the wheat plant is an excellent source of antioxidants and vitamins. An ounce of wheatgrass juice has as many minerals as two and a half pounds of fresh veggies! Drink up your vitamins A, B-12, and E, some calcium, […]
Healthy Foods: All hail the kale!
I’m going way out on a limb here to say that kale is the most nutritious food you can put in your body. Lots of people think that kale is some new nutritional magical trend, but it’s your basic green veggie and it’s been around for a long time! And while kale’s now being touted […]
Healthy Foods: You can’t beat beet greens
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of kale. In fact, I might go so far as to say that kale farmers across the country should send me some kudos for all the folks I’ve helped nudge onto the kale train over the past twenty-some-odd years! But kale’s not the only green wonder that […]