I was at the farmers market over the weekend and saw kohlrabi. I had never used it before. What better time than the present? I had heard kohlrabi are not meant to be eaten raw. Last night, however, I was devouring Rose Carrarini’s absolutely brilliant “Breakfast, Lunch, Tea” cookbook and sure enough she has a recipe in there for a raw kohlrabi salad. It’s 8 am, [...]
‘Tis the season for pesto. Along with tomatoes, I just can’t get enough of all the basil my garden is producing. This afternoon, I whipped up a batch of pesto, tossed it with some pasta and served alongside a salad it proved to be a satisfying and delicious dinner. There seems to be a slight division in [...]
I picked up these amazing grapes the other day: champagne grapes. I have never seen organic ones. So, I was fired up to find these. For those of you who have never seen them, they are very, very small-miniature size grapes. And they are round instead of oval. Absolutely lovely. Of course, one of the [...]
I adore beets. I also love beet greens. This salad is quintessential summer. I had some valencia oranges and some beets and came up with this easy fresh salad. Beets are both cleansing to the body and high in B-complex vitamins.
3 red beets
3 golden beets
2 tsp umeboshi plum vinegar
1 tblsp orange juice
1 tblsp orange zest
Bring water to a boil [...]
As a little girl, I can remember my Dad always sharing a bite of colesaw from his plate with me. He has always loved the stuff. I know I must have inherited the coleslaw gene from him because I love it, too. I used to be the only one in my house that ate it. But, this coleslaw has even miraculously converted my husband. I keep trying to find [...]
It’s summertime…and my south-african-meat-loving husband is firing up some steak on the grill. Red meat is not my thing so I broke out the portabella mushrooms. They’re delicious and good for you — they have as much potassium as a banana. Using a pastry brush, I’ve tried the whole spectrum of sauces to brush over the top. But, I [...]
Something happens when you put these two fruits together. The combination not only tastes wonderful. But, nutritionally, magic happens. When combined, the nutrients within each fruit complement each other, allowing the body to absorb more vitamins from them than if they were eaten separately (a.k.a., more “bio-available” to your body). This recipe is laden with vitamin E, B-complex [...]