To say goodbye to the last of the Thanksgiving turkey, I usually try to get creative. Turkey enchiladas and Friday turkey soup have been past hits. This year I decided to go with turkey pizza and it turned out to be more than good enough to get the family excited about having turkey yet another […]
Recipes
Sweet and spicy roasted kabocha squash
After 9 years in her house, a crop of squash plants mysteriously appeared in my stepmother’s front yard this summer. My brother very kindly brought over 3 large ones to my house recently, and left me wondering what to do with them. A quick internet search found an interesting recipe for a sweet and spicy […]
Cilantro Kills Bacteria
If you’re a cilantro lover, rejoice! Recent research published to the Journal of Medical Microbiology shows that coriander (the other name for cilantro) oil destroys bacteria including E. coli, MRSA, salmonella and Bacillus cereus. In fact, since these are some of the bacteria that can cause food poisoning, loading your dish with cilantro seems like […]
Stews for Back-to-School nights
Stews. That was the topic of my appearance on Martha Stewart Living Radio’s “Everyday Food with Sandy Gluck” yesterday. Click to listen in for lots of fun soup and stew ideas to make your school year delicious and easy! Stew Recipes! In case you missed ’em, here are some of my other appearances on “Everyday […]
Easy Back-to-School Dinners
My kids are already back in school and it’s only August 22nd. Our short summer break (wasn’t it longer when we were kids?) was crammed full of camps, sports, pool, and travel, pushing the scale down on the side of mom-time and leaving sorrowfully few hours on the side of work-time for me. While I […]
