Health Begins in the Kitchen
641.5 is my happy place in the library (the Dewey Decimal stamp of all things cooking). You can imagine my thrill when I came across a cookbook, The Wikaninnish Cookbook (641.5971 to be exact), straight from the place my husband and I spent our honeymoon! […]
If you’re a bit like me, when I eat a salad, I have this smug little look upon my face that says, “look at me, eating this salad and getting all healthy.” Well that’s not exactly what I’d say but I do congratulate […]
Well here we are again! Gearing up for another school year. Coco begins grade 3 in just a few days and I’ve been reflecting on her growth over the years–oh how her personality has blossomed into a feisty, independent, creative and centered child. I have […]
Lazy Saturday afternoons in the summer are what I like best. If food preparation threatens to destroy the mood, I will now turn to this quick side dish that pairs nicely with a good solid protein like salmon steaks or even an organic grass-fed weiner […]
It wasn’t too many years ago that I can say I cooked without ever looking at a recipe book. Was I a culinary prodigy that had ingrown chef skills in my DNA? Certainly not! I had committed to eating healthy early on probably because of […]
Every once in awhile I go to my pantry to retrieve something and I see my lonely little nut bag begging to be used. Last night I felt the guilt and immediately started looking for some almonds. Sadly I was out but in all dire […]
The first time I made this I thought I’d reached culinary heaven. The lovely rich, earthy, meaty mushroom meets the sweet yet dry taste of sherry with a little nutty cheesy addition coming from the nutritional yeast. If it tastes this good, there must be […]
When I first came across a recipe that called for Sherry to be added to mushrooms, I was very hesitant. Being a proponent of optimal health and having an underage daughter, I was not really in favor of using a liquor I had never even […]
My daughter saw cabbage in the fridge and immediately said, “can we have this for dinner tonight?” Bless her little health-conscious soul. She obviously had fond memories of our eating lots of coleslaw in the summer. To tell you the truth, I went a little […]
I’m not going to write about how Kale is a powerhouse food that’s helpful in preventing cancer. That’s for another day…and you’re probably tired of the media, sites, friends and family telling you how good it is for your body. So I’m just going to […]