June’s Healthy Cooking Class – Summertime & the Living is Easy“You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces—
just good food from fresh ingredients.” Julia Child
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Continue reading Healthy Cooking Class – Celebrating Summer’s Abundance
Stir-Frying Baby Bok Choy & Shiitake MushroomsIt was a tasty but mushy stir-fry on a recent dark and stormy night that became the proverbial straw. I had forgotten most everything I once knew about stir-frying. Fortunately an email invitation had recently arrived from friend and fellow cooking teacher Linda Huang Continue reading Baby Bok Choy w/ Shiitake Mushrooms
Agua Fresca with Honeydew, Cucumber & MintBlended fruit, water and a little lemon or lime juice makes a most flavorful and refreshing beverage for the warm days of spring and summer. Most any fruit can be used to make Mexico’s delicious aguas frescas: mango, papaya, pineapple, watermelon or even pink grapefruit. Continue reading Agua Fresca – Simply Refreshing
First Fiddleheads & a Maine WeddingA wedding in paradise. Mount Desert Island from Bar Harbor to Bass Harbor was my home this past week. My favorite (and only) nephew married his college sweetheart. Throughout a number of gorgeous Maine days, family and friends celebrated the event Continue reading Fiddleheads & Nuptials
Preserved Lemon Hummus – So Good You’ll Want to Make a Double RecipeNow that jars of preserved lemons live in our refrigerator, Preserved Lemon Hummus reigns as our favorite. Preserved lemons add an amazingly deep and complex lemon flavor to hummus. Continue reading Preserved Lemon Hummus Recipe ♥ ♥ ♥
Mouthwatering Pomegranate Molasses Vinaigrette has a flavor that’s sweet, tart and tangy all at the same time. Tremendously tasty when tossed with a variety of flavorful spring greens. Great with grains from quinoa to black rice. Luscious with lentils and roasted vegetables. Continue reading Pomegranate Molasses Vinaigrette w/ Spring Greens
Carrot Ribbons Become Pasta in this Dish for All SeasonsA bag of rainbow carrots, one remaining jar of last summer’s pesto in the freezer, and a container of just-made yogurt cheese. All the ingredients for cooking something new: Carrot Ribbon Pasta with Creamy Pesto Sauce. Get ready to be completely amazed. Continue reading Carrot Ribbon Pasta w/ Creamy Pesto Sauce – Gluten-Free
