My friend Beth has a flair for interior decorating. Her seasonal vignettes inspire me. The table always looks beautiful, set with lovely treasures and surprise goody bags for young and old. My contribution for this year’s Easter gathering was a variation on Kalyn’s Kitchen’s Chinese Napa Cabbage Asian Salad. I skipped the cilantro and Sriracho…
Category: Recipes
Saturday Afternoon
Creamsicle Smoothie 1 cup milk or coconut milk 1 Emergen-C packet (I used tangerine flavor) 2 scoops protein powder of your choice 1 orange, peeled and quartered 1/2 packet Stevia (optional) 3 ice cubes I loaded up the VitaMix and let it whirr on high for 30-60 seconds. Absolutely delicious results. Creamsicles were my favorite…
A night of tea, tales, and touchstones
This month is our fifth anniversary. We are a small but energetic group of four writers with loads of other creative interests on the side. Sometimes drawing or painting or photography or gardening or sewing or knitting or cartooning takes center stage, and we come to the table with few words on paper to share….
Eating Clean is More Fun with a Friend
I love the idea of healing from within — with nutrition. So it’s always fun to visit one particular friend who is doing just that and making great strides with her health. Since purchasing a Vita Mix several months ago, she’s been whipping up all kinds of veg-fruit concoctions. Upon my arrival on Friday afternoon,…
pardon the percolation …
I’m relieved that tomorrow begins a new week with a Monday. The new year celebrations of the past week, on the heels of a holiday-active December, really threw off my sense of time. And combined with the excitement of an in-person meeting with this author regarding her upcoming book that will include my work, I have felt the…
Holiday Baking, Part I
While New England laid its arms open to the second heavy snowfall in so many days, I was warm and cozy in my kitchen preparing for a restorative day of baking. I love to bake. Some people take up long distance running or meditation as way to unplug from the world. Me? I head for…
Sugar-free Cranberry Sauce (healthy, too!)
Ingredients: 4 cups +/- fresh, raw cranberries juice of 1 orange 1 wedge of fresh orange 1 red pear, cored and sliced water, start with about 3/4-cup stevia, to taste agave nectar optional Preparation: Rinse cranberries. Toss out any that are shriveled or going bad. Pick off any stems that may be hanging on. Put…
My own version of a Book Tour
Last week it was a public speaking gig all about “Online Marketing: Creating a Buzz” and this week it was an in-store opportunity to lay out my books for sale and offer customers a sample of one of Eating Clean‘s recipes. Remember my summertime job as “Artist in Residence” at the garden center, making up…
A Fantastic Friday
It’s way too hot for baking in the oven, but that doesn’t rule out my bread machine. Purchased during some sort of dieting frenzy when I saw it on TV being used to bake whole grain breads, it sat in my pantry unused for way too long. And then I tasted my friend’s homemade, whole…
Divine Buffalo Burgers
Measurements are approximate. I rarely measure anything when cooking (baking requires more precision) and I had no idea these were going to be delicious enough to publish the recipe! The meat I used comes from grass-fed, free-range New Hampshire buffalo. Buffalo is considered a lean alternative to beef and a heart-healthy choice. INGREDIENTS 1-1.5 lb…