Recipes
Healthy, delicious recipes that I've created through trial-and-error. In addition, these recipes have substitution ideas, fit special diets, and kitchen gear recos. đ
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Salad Slam! 4 Simple Steps to Perfect Salads
Hi there, this is an updated post for this summer, and I’ve added a FREE salad-making guide that you can grab using the form below. đ If youâre from a certain generation and geography, the word âsaladâ may conjure up images of limp iceberg lettuce with a few carrot shreds and bottled ranch dressing. Perhaps youâve seen âJello saladâ, which combine sweet gelatin with any manner of canned fruits, marshmallows, pudding, and even sometimes vegetables. Don’t believe me? Here you go – itâs real. For the purposes of this post, the term salad will always include leafy greens and vegetables. It will not include jello, pasta, canned fruit, or marshmallows.…
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Easiest, Juiciest Pork Chops Ever
I get excited about pork – itâs delicious, easy to cook, versatile, and more sustainable than beef (not to mention less expensive). According to research published by the National Academy of Sciences, pork uses 10% of the environmental resources to produce – on a per pound basis – than beef. That is shocking – and a relief – for me, because it gives me solid reasons for choosing pork over beef. And, who can resist the smell of fried bacon or a low-and-slow-cooked pork shoulder? Even when I was a vegan, I loved that aroma wafting through my neighborhood from someone elseâs kitchen. Except for the two years of being…
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How To Get Anyone To Eat Broccoli
Tips for getting the perfect caramelization every time. Anyone with a bunch of broccoli, a knife, and an oven can make amazing roasted broccoli. With a few ingredients and three key principles to keep in mind, you will amaze your family and friends by turning broccoli into a binge-worthy side dish. Before going any farther, I want to set the mood and mindset for optimal broccoli chopping … If you’re of a certain age, or if your family is really into Saturday Night Live, then every time you think of, ahem, “choppin’ broccoli”, this comes to mind: https://www.youtube.com/embed/VUrbtUwsRXo?start=150 As you can see, broccoli preparation can be both delicious and hilariously…
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Taste A Little Summer With Hawaiian-Inspired Ahi Tuna Poké
Fast, fresh, and super healthy I love pumpkin-spiced desserts and gravy-covered meats, and other fall and winter foods. However, after Christmas, I immediately look forward to temperatures above 32âF and days with more than nine hours of sunlight. Thatâs not happening anytime soon here in Central Oregon, so I wanted to find a way to bring a little summer into my diet. My husband Chris and I made a recent trip to Hawaii – in December. Yes, it was sublimely warm and sunny. After that experience, we wanted to have pokĂ© here on the mainland, as a reminder that it’s warm and sunny somewhere. A few of the most popular…
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Protein-Packed Lunches
Easy add-ons for a boost in protein and healthy fats Lunch: the meal that is often treated as an afterthought. In our busy lives, lunch is a meal that we âgrabâ, âpick upâ, eat at our desks, or consume while doing something else entirely. Increasingly, lunch is simply a means to an end – a way to prevent hangriness – so we can keep going through the rest of our day until dinner. This relegation of lunch to the sidelines of life just makes me sad. My ideal would be to sit down at a table, maybe with other people (what?!), and enjoy each bite of a simple, fresh, and…
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Magic Sauce – Salad Dressing, Dip, Simmer Sauce
Salad dressing can be many things – creamy, tangy, sweet, chunky or smooth. When itâs good, salad dressing makes a salad. Think fresh Caesar dressing made with egg yolks, anchovies, lemon, and a great olive oil. The flavors meld together in a velvety, briny goodness. A great salad dressing evenly coats the greens and vegetables it is served with. It makes greens, vegetables, and other toppings taste better and compliments their textures. In addition to tasting great, salad dressings made with quality ingredients are fabulous sources of healthy fats like olive and avocado oils. When made with nut and/or seed butters (think tahini or peanut butter), salad dressings and sauces…
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Vegetable Roundup: 10 Recipes For a Veggie Boost in < 30 Minutes
Nutritional powerhouses but famously avoided and disparaged by both children and adults, vegetables tend to be viewed as the least exciting part of any meal. Some view vegetables as something that they âhave toâ but donât particularly âwant toâ eat. Yes, Iâve had vegetables that were bland and off-color, but I would argue that comes not from an inherently untasty food, but poor preparation. In the suggestions that follow, my aim is to offer quick and super-tasty vegetable dishes that will have your taste buds singing and your body fortified with vitamins, minerals, and fiber. From cold salads to cooked and mashed to grilled – vegetables are diverse and wonderful…
