Healthy oats and a mix of fresh fruits make a delicious breakfast treat or snack. Recipe below.
OAT FRUIT BARS ARE SWEET, SURPRISINGLY HEALTHY breakfast treats or snacks. Made with an oat crust and your favorite mix of fresh fruits, this easy recipe takes advantage of the beautiful fruits that are so readily available at this time of year. Continue reading “Yummy, healthy Oat Fruit Bars”
CHICKEN AND WINE IS THE FIRST THING I COOKED FOR MARION. I cooked it on our second date. She had cooked dinner for me on our first date. I’ve read somewhere that cooking for a date is a big deal step that should be saved until you’ve been dating a while, and it’s really easy to scare someone off. I guess Marion and I aren’t that easily spooked. Continue reading “French-inspired Chicken and Wine”
Hot giardiniera gives this summery Spicy Chicken Salad a little heat and big flavor. It’s great on sandwiches or on its own.
WHEN SUMMER TURNS UP THE HEAT, most of us try to turn down the time we spend cooking in a hot kitchen. With store bought rotisserie chicken and a handful of other store bought ingredients, you can make Spicy Chicken Salad with Giardiniera without turning on the stove. And like summer, it packs a little heat, but in a delicious way. Continue reading “Spicy Chicken Salad with Giardiniera”
A mix of globetrotting Asian ingredients creates a delicious, weeknight-simple meal. Recipe below.
PAN-ASIAN IS KIND OF A CATCH-ALL COOKING TERM. Chefs sometimes use it to refer to an intentional mixing of cuisines and cultures to create something new. But many Asian ingredients are in fact pan-Asian, maybe originating in one country, but crossing borders to be used in kitchens throughout Asia. Pan-Asian Noodles with Ground Chicken falls in the latter camp, using ingredients from China, India, East Asia and Southeast Asia to create a dish that is not distinctly any one cuisine, but is distinctly delicious. Continue reading “Pan-Asian Noodles with Ground Chicken”
LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF BOUNTIFUL SUMMER PEACHES? Peach Habanero Tarragon Butter is a sweet, spicy treat, perfect for spreading on toasts with goat cheese, as shown above, livening up a peanut butter sandwich, spooning onto ice cream, stirring into yogurt and more. Continue reading “Sweet, spicy summer treat: Peach Habanero Tarragon Butter”
FOUR-INGREDIENT BLISTERED SHISHITO PEPPERS, simply fried (or grilled), are popular appetizers in Japanese izakaya, casual after-work bars that also feature small plates menus. The slender, pleated green peppers have a delicate peppery flavor. Mostly mild, one in ten randomly packs a tiny bit of heat. Continue reading “Simple Japanese finger food: Blistered Shishito Peppers”
Six delicious baked fruit desserts to keep us happy and safe from cyclospora.
DELICIOUS SUMMER FRUIT IS IN FULL SWING RIGHT NOW. Unfortunately, so is a health alert advising us to cook our fruit as a safety precaution. Cyclospora, the dastardly parasite wreaking digestive havoc across the country, is most effectively killed by cooking fruits and veggies to 158ºF. Well, these desserts bake at 350ºF or higher for long enough to hit that internal temp. Done. Continue reading “Sweet summer fruits, deliciously, safely cooked”
Mediterranean-inspired Roasted Eggplant with Butter Beans is a healthy, delicious vegetarian-friendly meal. Recipe below.
EGGPLANT (OR AUBERGINE, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU CALL HOME) is one of those “actually, it’s a fruit” foods generally treated as a vegetable. If it’s treated at all. Other than as the venerable Eggplant Parmesan, it doesn’t see a lot of action in many home kitchens, and that’s a shame. It’s deliciously creamy, mild and meaty. And it’s chock full of health benefits. Our easy-to-make, easy-to-reheat Roasted Eggplant with Butter Beans ticks all those boxes. Continue reading “Roasted Eggplant with Butter Beans”
LOOKING TO UP YOUR PROTEIN INTAKE? Try adding some cottage cheese to the mix. Being a source of high-quality protein tops Mayo Clinic’s list of its six health benefits. Just a half cup of cottage cheese provides about 11 grams of complete protein, “containing all the essential amino acids your body needs.” It also supports healthy weight management, helps manage blood sugar and diabetes risk, supports pregnancy and maternal health, promotes bone and dental health, and may support gut health. Continue reading “Protein rich, healthy and delicious: Weeknight Pasta with Cottage Cheese and Chives”
Korean-inspired Roasted Kimchi Gochujang Salmon is weeknight quick, healthy and delicious. Recipe below.
SALMON IS OUR GO-TO FISH, especially if Terry’s cooking. It’s easy to prepare and delicious. It’s also very healthy (more on that later). Looking for a new way to prepare it, we thought about combining it with another delicious, healthy food: kimchi. We now have another go-to weeknight-quick dish. Continue reading “Roasted Kimchi Gochujang Salmon”