The Power Salad. Healthy, fast, and a tad magical.
A quick power salad for when you need nutrition, energy, and a supermodel glow. Plus, you only need 5 ingredients!
Snow Day Cooking! Pasta with Easy Artichoke Sauce
Snow days are the perfect time for recipe creation. This pasta with artichoke sauce recipe is a keeper.
Jennifer’s Market Basket: Frittata with Green Garlic, Asparagus and Bacon
Two of springtime’s culinary joys are contained in this frittata: green garlic and asparagus. While most of us are familiar with asparagus, the green garlic remains a mystery to many. Green garlic is the young garlic plant that the farmer pulls out of the soil as he thins his rows in the spring. The white…
Susan’s Market Basket: Green Garlic, Arugula and Cashew Pesto
This delicious pesto takes two Spring favorites, green garlic and arugula, and melds the flavors in to a satisfying taste of the season.
Green Smoothie Recipes for Beginners
A green smoothie for beginners who want to “build up” to more robust greens. Includes citrus, romaine lettuce and cucumber.
Hummus: A Lesson in Combining Vegetarian Proteins
Hummus is a great source of plant protein. When made using garbanzo beans and tahini (legume + seeds), hummus provides all eight essential amino acids.
Grapefruit Green Smoothie
Whole grapefruit and bushy kale leaves get chopped and whirled into a green smoothie for a filling, high-fiber breakfast. By leaving some of the rind on the grapefruit, not only do you wake up your taste buds with a flavorful tang, but you also get the benefit of the flavonoids that are contained in the fruit’s white pith.
Ease Post-Holiday Bloat with Beets, Blueberries and Chevre
This simple beet-and-blueberry salad will help to relieve swollen fingers, puffy face, and bloated belly.
Let’s make watermelon aqua fresca!
Aqua fresca means summer in my house! (it also means fruit water in Spanish) Let’s get started: Gather your ingredients–watermelon, 4-5 limes, sugar, water. PS: For the adults, add a splash of vodka for a refreshing summer cocktail. Or use Watermelon Aqua Fresca as a base for margaritas. Note: This recipe is from Sunset Magazine.…
The Humble Beet Gets Spiced
When I tell friends and family that I am growing beets in my veggie plot, some of them seem genuinely startled. “You like beets?” they’ll ask skeptically as they wrinkle their noses. In my opinion, the humble beet is one of the most underappreciated vegetables in the garden. I view it as a jewel-colored diamond in…
Bicycles and Blueberries 