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Share Nutritioulicious Dishes at Holiday Gatherings
By Jo Bartell
I love Thanksgiving. Every year I am so excited to fly home to San Diego to see my entire family gather around the Thanksgiving table enjoying great food and conversation. However, the majority of the food at our Thanksgiving, while delicious, is anything but nutritious. I know that Thanksgiving is a time to indulge in foods we don’t get to eat other times of the year like stuffing, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie, so as I do every year, I helped my mother prepare and plate the traditional f… read more »
Recipe ReDux: A Whole New Grain
This month’s Recipe ReDux theme is “A Whole New Grain.” My fellow ReDuxers and I were put to the challenge of cooking up a whole grain that we or are readers are not familiar with. Unfortunately time passed by and I never got a chance to make a new recipe (even though I have some freekeh in my pantry that I have been meaning to try). But I couldn’t let the month pass and not share my fellow ReDuxer’s recipes and creations – and I happen to have cooked up a lot of new and/or… read more »
Farm to Table Dining in Newport
A couple of weekends ago my husband and I went on a little pre-baby (or shall I say babies!) trip to Newport, Rhode Island. We were excited for a weekend of relaxation and seeing the beautiful mansions that we had always heard so much about. While we always seek out the best dining options wherever we travel, and we had heard of some good restaurants in Newport, we weren’t expecting the trip to be much of a culinary adventure. Lucky for us we were proven wrong! On our drive up to Newport we read about Ta… read more »
Apple Fruit Leather
With fall ending and the cold winter months approaching, I was wondering how I could use those few apple stragglers left from apple picking season. Instead of making an apple pie, I decided to make one of my favorite snacks — fruit leather! Fruit leather is a quick, easy snack and no matter what fruit you use it packs a lot of nutrients. Apples are a great source of fiber and vitamins A and C. Most fruit doesn’t require any added sugar when making fruit leather; however, if you have an especially tart fruit,… read more »
Pasta with Roasted Root Vegetables and Kale Pesto
A few weeks ago there was a recipe for Quinoa with Roasted Winter Vegetables and Pesto in the New York Times Recipes for Health section. My husband emailed it to me, which meant he clearly was interested in trying the recipe. I had a bounty of CSA vegetables that needed to be used, including a basket full of sweet potatoes (orange and purple), a bunch of kale, a rutabaga, and a small head of broccoli.
I figured I could modify the quinoa recipe to make my own version of this dish. I know people make pesto using… read more »
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