The last time we were visiting South Africa, my brother and sister-in-law had us over for dinner. Cynthia is a really good cook and the spread she so effortlessly prepared was delicious. She baked some butternut squash and stuffed it with a rice and sauteed vegetable mixture. In my adaptation, I changed up the vegetable ingredients just a little bit. I couldn’t help add [...]
My children like turnips. Really, I’m not kidding. And they like parsnips, too. So, I thought I would try and put them together in a soup. Alas, we had some serious muffin dunking going on for dinner last night. The key to selecting good turnips and parsnips is fairly straightforward: firm to the touch (no flimsy [...]
The last few months, I have become an admirer of the Washington Post Food Section and the clever and humorous foodies that write it. Last week, they published a column on baking holiday cookies – one of my favorite things. They included a recipe for “no bake white chocolate apricot almond bites” which intrigued me. Now, white chocolate is [...]
I don’t know about you but I absolutely love brussels sprouts. In years past, I never truly appreciated them until I had the opportunity to eat freshly picked local sprouts. Because they are most often grown in warmer climates and shipped across the country, they consistently taste bland. They are most tender and sweet after a hard frost (i.e., grown in climates with seasonal [...]
The last few weeks, I have had a hankering for broccoli soup. This fit the bill quite nicely. Broccoli is truly an amazing food – superfood – you could call it. It’s rich in fiber, calcium, vitamin C and selenium. This cancer-fighting vegetable also boasts significant antioxidant properties. Among its many health benefits, it is great for your eyes/vision and for regulating blood [...]
Back in the old days, I would frequently eat this fantastic bulgur wheat dish (that I stumbled across in a Food & Wine issue years ago). I was thinking the other day – in one of my “I really miss that” moments that I could use some kasha and tweak the ingredients a little bit. I was [...]
As the weather has started to turn increasingly chilly, I’ve spent Sunday afternoons making soup. That way, I have a healthy prepared meal to eat throughout the week. And I am less tempted to eat tidbits of this and that while I am busy preparing my childrens’ lunches. When the time comes, I have a healthy nutritious soup [...]
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