The next time you make bacon, save that grease!! It’s great for making fried eggs, slow-cooked collard greens, sauteed chicken … just about anything, really. And rendered bacon grease is essential for making your own tortilla chips. Fresh-off-the-stove chips are worlds away from the pre-bagged varieties you find at the supermarket (which are usually made [...]
Nuts make great snacks — they’re delicious, they’re convenient to carry, and thanks to the fact that most varieties of nuts are mostly fat and protein, nuts are one of the most satisfying foods on the planet. But there is something better than plain nuts: DIY seasoned nuts! I say DIY because most commercially seasoned [...]
French onion soup has always been one of my favorite soups — I just love the way the onions are sauteed into rich, velvety smoothness that captures all of the best aspects of onion flavor and dispenses with any suggestion of harshness (a.k.a. the dreaded “onion breath” effect). The only bad thing about French onion [...]
As much as I adore raw food (no grains means no gluten — yay!) and especially the dehydrated main courses like meatball subs and falafel wraps, I’m not wild about the typical dehydration period of anywhere from 12 to 20 hours. That’s too much planning and waiting even for me. Plus, although dehydrators run at [...]
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Ever thought of cheesecake as “refreshing”? Or “healthy”? If all you’ve had are typical cheesecakes, you’re probably saying “No!” That’s because typical cheesecakes are made with commercial cream cheeses that taste oily and flat. (Along with containing plenty of stabilizers and thickeners.) Typical cheesecakes are also made with heaping amounts of refined sugar in both the [...]
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Although pumpkin has become our default winter squash for the holidays, from buttercup to butternut, plenty of other winter squash make great pies. My favorite is acorn because they’re so conveniently small and easy to deal with. And all those ridges mean that the squash won’t try to roll away while you’re cutting into it with [...]
The best dessert cakes also make the best breakfast cakes: they’re made with plenty of nuts, seeds, eggs, and sometimes have a creamy, probiotic foundation of whole-milk Greek yogurt, sour cream, or crème fraîche. We’re talking a protein-rich, very non-sugary cake. What a great way to start to the day! And it’s easy enough to [...]
Much like one-pot stews, one-bowl desserts are easy to make and require a minimum of post-enjoyment clean-up. One-bowl desserts are a little bit harder to track down than one-pot stews, though, especially when the dessert in question includes a crust, a layer of cake, and icing. But since these squares are almond all the way [...]
Many people assume that summertime brings the most fruits and veggies to the table, but early fall is actually the prime time for both home gardeners and farmers: in September, corn is the sweetest, tomatoes are bursting at the stems, herbs are going gangbusters. And then there are the furiously growing zucchinis and pumpkins and all [...]
