Eat, don’t spray! No need to buy fancy spring specials at the market when your lawn is full of free, fresh greens and herbs. I’m talking dandelion greens, purslane, and wood sorrel; wild alliums like chives, ramps, and scapes. Instead of spraying Roundup and contaminating our water supply — when it rains, all those herbicides, [...]
It warms the cockels of my qualitarian heart to see more and more farmers selling real meat at farmers’ markets. Produce is a wonderful thing, but real meat — that would be meat from animals that actually graze, mill around outside enjoying themselves, and generally live the way they’ve evolved to live — is much [...]
Although I’m not a raw foodist per se, I love raw cuisine. It’s innovative, incredibly fresh, and — assuming there’s no dehydrating involved — quick and easy. Not having to turn on a source of heat also appeals to my thrifty side. And now that I have a Vitamix, it’s a lot easier to grind [...]
It was too good not to star in a comeback recipe. Yep, I’m talking about the pour-and-shake tahini sauce I came up with recently. The first time around, I drizzled it over roasted Brussels sprouts and broccoli; this time, I included it in a decidedly savory breakfast. You just can’t beat the satisfying umami-ness of [...]
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Every once in a while, I come up with an ubiquitous sauce, the kind of sauce that can be enjoyed with nearly any dish. This is one of those! Although I first tried it with Brussels sprouts and broccoli, it would be just as good with kale salad or roasted peppers or chicken. You can [...]
Ounce for ounce, we spend a LOT more on beverages than we do on food. And I’m not even talking about alcoholic beverages. I’m talking about bottled water, bottled tea, bottled juice, pop, kombucha…all of it. While I like to splurge on fizzy mineral water once in a while — as much as I wish [...]
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May isn’t just a great month for flowers, it’s a great month for graduation parties and weddings and holiday weekend grilling. And no matter which bash you’re hitting up, you’d probably like to take a dish along with you. But what can you take that will taste great, be fresh and satisfying at the same [...]
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Just about everyone agrees that crab cakes are sublime. Just about everyone likes shrimp, too. So why not make shrimp-crab cakes? The tiny and amazingly cute wild rock shrimp that come in cans are ideal for making cakes since they’re already so small, plus they can hang out in your pantry right next to the [...]
If you visit my e-kitchen on a regular basis, you know that when I like an ingredient, I tend to use it a lot. The only thing better than having plenty of [insert favorite ingredient here] on hand is getting creative with it! Recasting a favorite is also a delicious way to love your leftovers [...]
Lemons are lovely, especially when you pair them with oats and almonds and eggs and call them breakfast. Baked goods (or leftover pancakes) are my favorite things to have for weekday breakfasts since they require zero work first thing in the morning. Fifteen minutes of effort once or twice a week can provide you with [...]
