For some reason, beets get a bad rap, especially with the younger generation. Like some of the other veggies in our lives, we've had some quite awful beets which might explain their unpopularity. Overcooked or canned, these quite messy root veggies can quite honestly taste pretty bad and the red ...
Farm Fresh
Farm Fresh Freezer Cooking
Labor Day weekend is flashing it's yellow lights of warning. Not only does it mark the official end of summer, but also provides the heads up that summer's finest -- sweet corn, Jersey perfect tomatoes and crisp kale -- are on their way out. For some people, Labor Day weekend might be that final ...
Creamy Corn Empanadas
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Fresh Figs and the Algarve Air
Cooking is a whole lot easier when you've got the freshest ingredients available at your fingertips. That's why cooking in the summer is ideal, where farmers' markets abound with foods begging to be made into something delectable. My vacation cooking in the southwestern Algarve was interrupted this ...
Cinnamon Chip Zucchini Bread
Upon my return from vacation, I was greeted by an overgrown garden with one extraordinarily large, on steroids-like, zucchini. I wasn't functioning too well the first day feeling the jet lag pretty strongly. Having already had a few mishaps in the kitchen (like nicking my finger on the mandoline) I ...
Preparing for the Blizzard!
There's something so very cozy and inviting about an impending snow storm. So long as we don't lose power -- and that's a very very big so long as! To me, a snow storm is the ideal opportunity to bake and cook. And my inclination to hunker down will begin today as I will head to Suzy's house where ...
Turkey Meatballs for the New Year
Without a kitchen, my culinary start to the new year has been a challenge, especially as this year I am making a conscious effort to make my family's meals even healthier than last year. No matter how healthy you are, the holidays will most certainly wreak some form of havoc on the body. So as I ...