Add big flavor without big calories.
All of us are striving to cook in a way that’s healthy and simple. Unfortunately, healthy and simple can sometimes add up to bland: A piece of broiled fish all by itself isn’t particularly exciting. The …
Category: Vegetables
This week at the farmers’ market.
One word: Strawberries!!! The first crop of strawberries showed up this week—not too many, yet, but they’re absolutely delicious. I had a bowl of sliced strawberries with vanilla nonfat Greek yogurt and a sprinkle of Turbinado …
This week at the farmers’ market.
We venture north for this week’s market recap, to the debut of Chicago’s Green City Market in Lincoln Park. Farmers from northern Indiana and Illinois, and from Michigan and Wisconsin brought spring produce, and some surprises. …
This week at the farmers’ market.
In spite of a record-breakingly rainy April, we’re seeing more local produce showing up at the farmers market at Findlay, and also at the Hyde Park Farmers Market, which opened its early season just today under …
Pizza with chard and onion.
It’s a wonder that pizza—a single-crust version without any pepperoni, sausage or Mozzarella cheese, one topped with healthy veggies, no less—could taste so rich. I spotted this recipe for Onion Pizza with Ricotta and Chard in …
Moroccan chicken tagine.
Our January trip to Morocco opened my eyes to a world of sights and smells I’d never experienced. And it introduced my palate to a fantastic way of cooking. I’d been passingly familiar with Moroccan cooking, …
Basic risotto.
We have a Williams-Sonoma Collection cookbook (you know, one of those slim, almost square volumes they’ve published for years) devoted to risotto. We’ve had this since about 1996, and it is thoroughly abused: spine cracked, pages …
A flavorful, healthy fish recipe.
Several years ago at a family gathering, we enjoyed a fantastic dinner that featured healthy grilled fish supported by an explosion of flavors. I didn’t get the recipe, but nonetheless managed to deconstruct the dish and …
Beans: filling, cheap, good for you.
The humble bean is quite the super food: packed with calcium, iron, potassium, B vitamins, plus about a quarter of the protein and half the fiber recommended daily for adults—all in a single serving. According to …
