Call me crazy, but I actually do like winter. I think it’s beautiful. Right now I’m looking out my window and I can see the frozen lake through bare branches and I find myself feeling quite cozy here, writing and sipping my pomegranate green tea.
I don’t even mind the cold. For the most part. [...]
Two days ago the sun was shining and it was 52 degrees; today the view from my window looks like a fluffy, white tempura-battered broccoli forest. I can’t say which I like more-the surprise of an unseasonably warm day or the excuse to wear my favorite wooly hat. Simple things make me happy, and today [...]
I’ve spent the last several months discovering root vegetables. For whatever reasons, I never ventured much beyond potatoes, carrots, onions and the occasional yam. Last spring I stumbled upon parsnips and well, yum! Why had I never tried them before?! Who knows? Thus began my foray into the Wonderful World of Root Vegetables. The latest [...]
Tags: being healthy, easy healthy recipes, favorite recipes, fight cancer, lower your risk, vegetables and fruits, vitamins and mineralsFirst things first. I don’t make resolutions. Don’t get me wrong. I love the idea of a brand-new beginning with a fresh, clean slate. Being a “Monday” sort of girl, I even feel a little giddy when the first day of a new year falls on the first day of a new week. Sunday notwithstanding, [...]
After the rainy summer we’ve had here in the northeast, I’ve been more than ready for the sunny-crisp days of autumn. Clear blue skies, plenty of sun to take the edge off the impending cooler temperatures…in my opinion, perfect weather! So when the clouds started rolling in this morning and I could feel the damp [...]
All I wanted was a crispy bit of whole grain toast. Too much to ask? I don’t think so. And the only decision I wanted to make was: sweet potato spread or freshly made homemade butter? That’s right, freshly homemade organic butter. Yum. The butter might have won out, I think, but I opened the [...]
Tags: bread pudding, farm stand, farmers market, leftovers, organic, peaches, recipes, vegetables and fruitsCooking I love. Cleaning up, not so much. My neat and orderly Virgo nature goes on vacation when I’m in the kitchen zealously concocting this, that or the other thing. A pinch of this, a dash of that and the next thing I know my inner Tasmanian devil has unleashed herself in a whirlwind of [...]
Tags: being healthy, Cookbook, easy healthy recipes, Get Organized, simplify your lifeHappy accidents or complete disasters, mistakes are an essential part of the learning process. Trust me, I know what I’m talking about.
Case in point…
The first time I made dinner for a boy was a disaster. Food this bad should be outlawed. Seriously. But there I was—17 and feeling pretty cocky about my mad kitchen skills. [...]
I love blogging. That is, I loved the idea of blogging as I envisioned a pithy online chronicling of the World According to Me, kind of a quirky glimpse into the organized chaos in my head, peppered with professions of my love of good food, good health and a few of my favorite recipes.
But [...]
There are many reasons to include locally grown produce in your healthy diet–from supporting your local economy to reducing your carbon footprint. And did you know that locally grown produce is also better for you? Vegetables and fruits are at their most nutritious when they’re allowed to ripen before harvesting, and because they’re not being [...]
