CARE Recipe: Amy’s Turkey Chili
This recipe has been a program favorite since the original Perfectly Produce Seasonal e-Recipe Books. My dear friend, Amy, didn’t have all the vegetables to make my fall chili so she emailed me what she used instead. I loved that she kept it simple and just used what was in her crisper! I published her version and it continues to be a favorite of CARE members. It’s perfect for weekend make-ahead cooking and left-overs beg to be frozen for grab-and-go meals later in the month!
CARE Recipe: No-Cook Overnight Oatmeal Cups with Berries
A nutrient-rich, convenient, throw-together-Sunday-night grab and go breakfast idea! This is how to make a therapeutic lifestyle doable.
Eating Perfectly Doesn’t Fix Everything
Realizing that I couldn't control everything felt crushing, but it opened the space to embark on the true process of growing.Moving away from expectations and control I spent my young adulthood absorbing the unfolding story of how our daily food and lifestyle choices can manipulate who we are. Hard to pronounce superfoods could guarantee our [...]
This Year Focus on what to ADD not RESTRICT
Focus on foods to ADD and enjoy alongside traditional favorites: In-season fruits like pomegranate, clementines, apples and pears Frozen fruits, like berries and sweet cherries, slightly warmed, and drizzled with cream High-fiber flax crackers, bean dips and hummus, popcorn, and roasted chickpeas Big batches of veggie soups for quick meals or sides Here's the remarkable [...]
The Hidden Opportunity in Holidays
Don't focus on results yet, just plant a couple of seeds. The holidays grant us a time of preparation before setting our goals for the next year... if we face this time with curiosity and healthy expectations versus guilt and wanting to put our heads in the sand until it's all over. See if [...]
Wishlist: Essential Kitchen Gadgets
Your wishlist of essential kitchen gadgets for setting up any sized kitchen, on any budget. Many cooking frustrations in the kitchen can easily be solved with the right tools.
6 Tips for How to Nutritionally Survive the Holidays
Photo and cupcake decorating author: Make.Bake.Celebrate Top 6 Tips for How to Nutritionally Survive the Holidays This year can be different. The week of Thanksgiving: joyous anticipation fills the air as we all stand on the starting line of another holiday season! All social media posts and chatter with friends right now reflect this holiday [...]
Grilling Tips to Reduce Cancer-Causing HCA
Cancer-causing Heterocyclic Amines (HCA) form when meats and animal products (not fruits or vegetables) are heated at high temps that result in browning and charring (the “desired” crispiness of grilling).
Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants (sounds like) Do This. Shouldn’t Need Help. Mostly Easy.
How Pollan's famous first line creates tension within the most earnest (and health informed) individuals trying to lose weight (and those trying to support them). Still Quoted, Still an Influence This post is not to critic or review the 2008 best-selling book "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan. I respect the awareness this book [...]
Product Review: What is Mirin and why is it a nutrition staple in my kitchen?
I was first introduced to mirin in my "Whole Foods Production" cooking class during graduate school and it has been a staple in my pantry ever since. I don’t do much cooking with drinking varieties of wine (reds and white) for two reasons: one I don’t love the flavor drinking wines add to dishes, and [...]
