Excited to finally try these! Sautéed Interesting- note to soak them in salted water for 10 minutes first : https://www.thespruceeats.com/dandelion-greens-with-garlic-3053955 Incorporated into a dish: https://www.abeautifulplate.com/sauteed-dandelion-greens-with-eggs/ Continue reading Dandelion greens
Definitely gonna try this! https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/sauteed_escarole/ Continue reading Sautéed escarole
Okay… So I actually ended up with WAY too many (organic!) bananas, after whoever packed my grocery pick-up order made a little mistake. So… today I’m doing a little experiment in freezing bananas. I followed this little how-to guide from the BBC: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/how-to-freeze-bananas Essentially, you just slice the bananas and flash-freeze them for 20 minutes, before transferring them into a sealed container. These actually came … Continue reading How to Freeze Bananas
Hey everyone, Not sure how many of you are still following this blog but hello! This is mostly a post to take for myself so I can remember how to store certain herbs etc. So far I’ve been experimenting with flash freezing: Flash freeze (chop, put on tray or baking sheet on freezer to Reese quickly, and then put into package):. Things that it’s successfully … Continue reading Freezing herbs
Okay I’m not sure the title did this justice.. and the picture is definitely horrible. But this was another improvisation I did tonight off of a HelloFresh meal. Ugh, I know, this photo is definitely not going to make anyone follow this blog. But anyway, the recipe had actually called for these pecans to go on top of the green beans, but the juice left … Continue reading Baked pecans with spices & chicken
Hey everyone, So some of my posts are admittedly not the most in-depth but this was a modification to a HelloFresh meal that worked well for me, so I wanted to remember it for future reference. Just sautéed up some shredded red cabbage and chopped carrot in olive oil. Then, once it was soft, I added in some white vinegar which really added to it! … Continue reading Sautéed red cabbage and carrots with white vinegar
Hey everyone, So I am (sort of) still running this blog… it’s that I have so many other areas of life and health that I need to write about! But I am still, also, continuing my quest to be a more knowledgeable cook. I’ve recently discovered Better than Bouillon, and it certainly makes things easier for someone who cooks a lot (especially in the winter!). … Continue reading Better than Bouillon: great clarification!
As many of you know, I love going to b.good (it’s a healthy, “fast” food chain based in New England). The food is so tasty, and the recipes are so original. I always come away with cooking ideas. So today I wanted to share this salad with you: it’s shaved Brussels sprouts atop a bed of baby spinach, topped off with apples, grapes, lentils, and … Continue reading b.good inspirations: shaved Brussels salad
I have wondered about some of the things the article mentions for a long time. The link Some quotes I liked: “Clean eating – whether it is called that or not – is perhaps best seen as a dysfunctional response to a still more dysfunctional food supply: a dream of purity in a toxic world. To walk into a modern western supermarket is to be … Continue reading Fascinating Guardian article on the drawbacks of the “clean eating” movement
In a study published online June 21 in the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, the researchers show that the consumption of extra-virgin olive oil protects memory and learning ability and reduces the formation of amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain — classic markers of Alzheimer’s disease. The Temple team also identified the mechanisms underlying the protective effects of extra-virgin olive oil. “We found … Continue reading New study finds that extra-virgin olive oil can help preserve memory and prevent dementia
Sunlight in the Kitchen 