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 […]
Healthy Foods: Wild about salmon!
Whether you buy it fresh, frozen, smoked, or from a can . . . cook it in a pan, on the grill, in the oven, or poached . . . salmon is good for you. It’s versatile, easy to prepare, and delicious! The thing is, we hear so much about the omega-3 benefits we get […]
Dinner Diva: Wax on . . . wax off! What are they putting on our fruits and veggies?
I saw some videos online recently that stopped me in my tracks. They featured people in their kitchens peeling a plastic sort of film off of their lettuce. Now, I’ve also seen a video that has shown this coating is actually completely natural but it did make me curious enough to do a bit more […]
Food For Thought: Vinegar. It’s not just for pickles anymore!
Once upon a time, there was white distilled vinegar that our mothers and grandmothers would use to pickle vegetables and clean the floors. And that was pretty much it as far as the vinegar train went. Today there are enough options in vinegar to make you nuts. There’s cider vinegar, rice vinegar, red wine vinegar, […]
Healthy Foods: Heirlooms Never Broke
By: Matt Kokenes The battle rages on between these plants, each touting their desirable assets over the other. The Heirloom, a traditionalist, the Hybrid, a scientist, the GMO, a dog crossed with a toucan. Who would you root for? If you have to ask, you already have your answer. The convolution of the matter is […]
Dinner Diva: If it’s cruciferous it’s good for us!
Bok choy, kale, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and broccoli. What do all these things have in common? (Besides starting with b’s or a hard c sound.) These superheroes of the plant world are all cruciferous vegetables and we should be eating lots of servings of them each week because of how important they are to […]
Food For Thought: Please, for the love of all that’s good and holy, say no to GMO
There are hundreds (if not thousands) of mad scientists out there right now, at this very minute, working away in labs all over the world, messing around with our food supply. Scientists involved in the development of genetically modified foods are using their powers for evil and not for good if you ask me. The […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: When your plate needs a grain, fill it with millet!
If you’ve been saving all your millet for your bird feeders, you might want to rethink that! Millet technically is a seed and not a grain, but in the culinary world, it’s a grain . . . so that’s how we’re going to treat it for the sake of this article. This delicious tiny round […]
Food For Thought: Warning—Do not read while eating store-bought bread
Let me ask you something… Would you purposely put a bowl of wood chips in front of your children in the morning, pour some milk on it, hand them a spoon and tell them to eat it? How about slicing up some pizza topped with human hair clippings, swept off the floor of a barbershop […]