Food + Drink
Clean Eating: Roasted Apple with Ricotta, Hazelnuts and Dark Chocolate
Sharing my food from my kitchen and garden are important to me, followed by the simplicity of preparation. With these thoughts as my foundation I am also reminded that to be healthy, I have to eat healthy. Don’t get me wrong I eat my share of crap food, on the run, and through the drive
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Food + Drink
Southwestern Black Bean and Corn Salad
When was the last time you had this much color on your plate? Mother nature ensures that when we embrace the spectrum of colors and add it to our plates that we are doing our bodies good. This black bean and corn salad is easy to put together with just a few good ingredients, then
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Food + Drink
Baked Sweet Potato “Fries”
Got sweet potatoes? Did you know that orange fleshed sweet potatoes have a significant amount of beta carotene (Vitamin A)? Did you know that just the addition of 1 tablespoon of olive oil can ensure that our body increases the uptake of beta carotene to about 35% of our daily requirement? There are a lot
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Food + Drink
Winter Salad with Lemon Yogurt Dressing
Over indulging in holiday foods begins in October with Halloween candy. I move through Thanksgiving and Christmas without missing a beat. The cakes, candies and desserts have my full attention and the idea that only one trip to the holiday buffet table is adequate is blasphemous. By the end of December there is only one
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Food + Drink
Life Simplified: Scrambled Eggs with Spinach and Parmesan
My life mantra is “Keep it simple”…..I have repeated this so often to myself, and to others that I almost believe it is possible. My daily life, I am my own worst enemy. I always seem to have a “to do” list a mile long, and only feel productive if I am checking off my
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Dirt to Table Experiences
Dirt to Table Experience: Summer Squash Sauté
Usually by this time in the summer harvest you are leaving baskets (plastic bags in my case) of summer squash on your neighbors doorstep, ringing the doorbell and departing quickly. Squash can be the summer gift that keeps on giving and giving, and giving…You get the picture. This summer not so much. We harvested a