Cranberry Salsa
Posted on November 7, 2009 - Filed Under Appetizers, Healthy Cooking, holiday, sauce | 1 Comment
Got chips?
It was mid-summer when I started dreaming up this cranberry concoction. While my family and I were contemplating whether the elevated temperatures really warranted turning on the air conditioner, I was also starting to fantasize about how I could take some traditional Thanksgiving tastes – like cranberry sauce – and give them a new [...]
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe
Posted on November 4, 2009 - Filed Under Appetizers, Feeding Kids, Healthy Cooking | 2 Comments
Until last week, I had never carved a pumpkin myself. There was this one time in high school where I insisted on having a carved pumpkin … but aside from a tiny knife jab or two, I didn’t do the actual carving. But on Halloween, I carved two pumpkins and my husband carved another two. [...]
Read More..>>To Our Health: Basil and Sunflower Tilapia
Posted on March 11, 2009 - Filed Under Healthy Cooking, fish/shellfish | 4 Comments
It’s gray and dismal outside my office window this morning. It feels more like 6 am than 7 am as the clouds hang thick. The grass, which is just starting to show signs of the brilliant hue that we’ll love for three seasons, looks muted and pathetic. This is not the sunny day I was [...]
Read More..>>Hawaiian Turkey Meatballs
Posted on January 10, 2008 - Filed Under Healthy Cooking, dinner, turkey | 6 Comments
I’ve been cooking almost daily. I love cooking so that’s a chore I totally don’t mind doing. And there are several great benefits to cooking at home, instead of getting take out or going out. For one, a meal made at home is cheaper than one in a restaurant. That’s always a good thing. For [...]
Read More..>>Kid Approved: Garlic Tomato Spaghetti Squash
Posted on November 5, 2007 - Filed Under ARF, pasta, vegetables, vegetarian | 4 Comments
The first, and only, time I had spaghetti squash was years ago in college. While studying at the Biosphere 2, I was invited to a dinner at another girl’s apartment. Spaghetti squash with a tomato sauce was one of the meals she served. I remember being apprehensive, but trying it. I was shocked. It really [...]
Read More..>>Heirloom Tomatoes with Blue Cheese Vinaigrette
Posted on September 5, 2007 - Filed Under ARF, Eat Local, fruit, salad, vegetables | 1 Comment
Nearly every weekend this summer has included a trip to my cousin’s farm. Will and I have carefully selected the farm-fresh and mostly organic produce and coveted it all week long. There were overflowing pints of blueberries that Will would finish before the day was out and tiny, sweet orange cherry tomatoes that would burst [...]
Read More..>>Zesty Black Bean, Corn and Cucumber Salad
Posted on June 19, 2007 - Filed Under ARF, salad | Leave a Comment
The good news is that I had tremendous success grilling clams in beer on my parents’ gas grill this weekend. The bad news is I forgot my camera and have zero photo evidence to show for it. So how to grill clams on a gas grill will be a story for another day, I guess. [...]
Read More..>>Tomato Basil Marinara Sauce
Posted on January 30, 2007 - Filed Under ARF, pasta, sauce | 2 Comments
My tomato basil marinara sauce begins with the above. What are they? Broiled tomatoes. Mmmm. Broiling them makes them soft, perfect for crushing, and it ripens their flavor.
This sauce is great for baking (lasagna, manicotti, etc) or good with pasta. You could use it over chicken parm or dip fried mozzarella in it. Or, you [...]
Stuffed Mini Sweet Peppers . . . mmmm!
Posted on January 23, 2007 - Filed Under ARF, Appetizers, vegetables, vegetarian | 1 Comment
My poor family. They are always my guinea pigs when I experiment with recipes. Some, like this one, turn out great and end up on the blog. Others, like a tragic butternut squash casserole I made for Thanksgiving nearly four years ago plague me. They won’t let me forget the poorly conceived, over sweet [...]
Read More..>>Broiled Grapefruits From An Unusual Source
Posted on January 14, 2007 - Filed Under ARF, Breakfasts, fruit | 4 Comments
For several years when I was a child, my uncle and his then-wife, lived in a comfortable one-story house on a canal (or was it an intercoastal?) in Hudson, Florida. They had a little dock off their back lawn where they kept a fishing boat. During one visit to their home, Billy, my uncle, let [...]
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