Learning to Love a Low Sodium Diet
Learning to love a low sodium diet takes some time and work. But you’ll find easy ways identify and weed out the high sodium items in your pantry and swap them out for low sodium alternatives.
Mushroom caps stuffed with red pepper and quinoa
Vegan stuffed mushroom caps are nutritious and delicious and are a fairly simple recipe to make in advance for a holiday meal or a dinner party
Turmeric and honey tea
Try this soothing turmeric tea next time you’ve got an ache, a cold, or just need a little warming pick-me-up. Recipe comes from 101 Cookbooks
First fish
A quick stop at Day’s Market for a bag of ice was the daily de rigueur in the sailboat days of our early marriage. No refrigerator on the Ericson 30 we called home, just a deep insulated box under the speck of formica counter that needed constant replenishment...
Fast, hearty, and delicious chicken, leek, and artichoke penne
Oh. My. Gosh. This improvised dinner that was absolutely, fabulously divine, with a hint of earthiness from the mushrooms, flavor from the leeks, and brightness from the artichoke hearts all coming together to coat the penne with love and delicioiusness. It’s easy to make, with a simple broth of just artichoke water, butter, and olive oil thickened with a bit of flour. Read on!
Bannocks – gluten free, vegetarian oat cakes
It’s been an oatmeal kind of autumn around here – there’s something about the cooler weather that calls out for the warmth and earthiness of hot oats, don’t you think? Recently I was having a taste flashback to the bannocks we used to eat when...
Thanksgiving leftovers sandwich wrap
Turkey, cranberry, and pumpkin, together again rolled together in a slice of flatbread for a gorgeous, festive lunch wrap that channels al the flavors of the season. Click through for the recipe.
Meatless Monday: Potato leek soup with a twist of fennel and artichoke
Fennel and artichoke hearts add an earthy twist to Julia Child’s excellent potato leek soup – a quick entree I learned to make forever ago from her Mastering the Art of French Cooking. In addition to 2 large chopped leeks – the white part only...
Sliced buttered radishes
We’ve been on a warm buttered radish kick lately, serving them up every couple of days on top of a slice of fresh baguette and topped with a bit of crunchy green salad. Mmmm. If you’ve never tried these, give it a go. . . it’s the simplest side dish...
Oatmeal muffin magic and recipes for happiness
You certainly have a recipe for a perfect roasted chicken or chocolate chip cookies – for some dish that makes you and your family smile – but have you ever considered your recipe for happiness? It’s a little bit harder to describe, hmm? That’s...
Spicy pickled vegetables
Here’s a quick recipe for pickled vegetables for you to play around with. I’d been making a batch of pickled red onions every couple of month ever since I found Monica Bhide’s recipe in a magazine last year and finally started playing around with it...
First pick of home-grown blackberries
My neighborhood doesn’t have sidewalks, so that awkward strip of land between property line and county-maintained street is a landscape free-for-all, a curb value coda. A few neighbors fill the space with asphalt. Others plant prim mounds of multicolored...Welcome to my skillet!
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