Making and using preserved lemon.
Have you ever been traveling and marveled at some new food or product that you swear you’ve never seen at home? (A writer smarter than I called this phenomenon amnesic product recollection.) During our winter trip …
Tag: food
Fabulous oatmeal add-ins.
I call it the 10 AM Growlies—that rumble you get in your belly midmorning when breakfast has worn off. The best prevention I’ve found for the 10 AM Growlies is a bowl of oatmeal—it keeps me …
Inspired cooking.
One of the benefits of cooking regularly is that, over time, you start to become a more instinctive cook. Most of us start our cooking habits by religiously following recipes, and we enjoy pretty predictable results. …
Almond-butter cookies.
My love of peanut butter runs deep, twined in the double-helixes of my DNA. I know this because my beloved grandfather never turned down a handfulorthree of peanuts. Family lore has it that he favored peanut …
Valentine’s Day cut-out cookies.
What could be more perfect than sharing the love with your sweetie, your family and your co-workers by way of a batch of heart-shaped cutout cookies? Why, frosting them with buttercream icing, of course! This butter …
Delicious winter salads (beyond iceberg lettuce).
During the hot summer months, we automatically add salads to our menu plans. A big bowl of crisp lettuce, cool cucumbers and sun-ripened tomatoes tossed lightly with an oil-and-vinegar dressing is always refreshing during the warmest …
Better than store-bought: How to make easy homemade pasta (really).
I love the idea of making my own pasta, but I never do it. First, there are so many excellent dried pastas available out there—my favorites being Rao’s Homemade and Cipriani. Second, I don’t own a …
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 …
An international dinner.
Some days, it’s all I can do to think of something interesting and healthy to fix for dinner. Some days, I’m completely inspired to cook. Yesterday was one of the latter. Four things conspired to produce …
