Swimming a pool of fresh cream and seasoned with fragrant herbs, baked salmon makes for a satisfying and deeply nourishing supper. Simple food is often the best food. Indeed, good food needn’t be complicated. When you rely on wholesome ingredients of the best quality you can reasonably afford, the simplest of preparations will illuminate their [...]
Nourishing Beef Burgundy
September 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It’s starting to get cold out – stormy and chilly all afternoon – and the aspens are turning gold again. When summer turns to autumn, my thoughts turn to comfort food: meatloaf, pot roasts, roast chicken and, of course, beef burgundy. It’s wonderful with the deep flavor of mushrooms combined with robust red [...]
10 Healthy Treats for Kids
July 20, 2009 By 44 Comments
Preparing healthy treats for kids can be a challenge. Picky palates seem to prefer junk over wholesome, natural and healthy treats, but even the pickiest kids may find a treat among this list of healthy treats for kids that suits their liking. Many of these are stand-by healthy treats for my family: figs [...]
Reader Questions: Stevia & Strained Yogurt
March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Amy asked: Q: “What do you mean by “strained yogurtâ€? Just curious. Do you mean you strain out the whey?” A: Absolutely! By straining yogurt you can reserve the whey separately for use in soaking grains, flours and legumes and make a super-thick yogurt that is almost pudding-like in its consistency. I find [...]
Herb Baked Eggs
November 23, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Baked eggs are rustic, but elegant breakfast or brunch dish. They’re nutritious offering protein, essential fatty acids if you purchase pastured eggs, lecithin, riboflavin, phosphorus, vitamin B12 and selenium. The cost per serving of this lovely dish is only $0.86. To make herb baked eggs, you’ll need: Organic Butter from Grass-fed Cows 2 Pastured [...]
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