Category: healthy cooking

• Best bean salad ever — sweet corn’s the secret

  For as long as beans have been in my life, I’ve eaten bean salad. My mother made it with canned beans and bottled Italian dressing. Stoic’s mother made a big batch once when she and his father were leaving town on a trip, and Stoic ended up ice skating on bean salad after he dropped […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  June 29, 2019

  Beans, healthy cooking, Salad, Summer salads, Sweet corn

  Corn, Our State magazine, Peppers, Samin Nosrat “Salt Fat Acid Heat”

• Fast food, no, REALLY fast!

  People who sew will tell you the finished garment depends on how good a job you do cutting out your fabric. This person who cooks will tell you the way you eat depends on how well you shop. Have boneless skinless chicken thighs and snow pea pods in the freezer or fridge for this easy […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  April 9, 2019

  Easy entrees, healthy cooking, Poultry

  Chicken thighs, healthy eating, Hoisin sauce, omnivorescookbook.com, Pea pods, Samin Nosrat, Woman’s Day magazine

• “Sensory strobe light” from a simple soup

  When I read a food article like Helen Rosner’s “The Female Chef Making Japan’s Most Elaborate Cuisine Her Own,” (from which I swiped “sensory strobe light”), I think I’m not trying hard enough. Very few exotic ingredients, so little “plating,” so much grabbing and going. But then I realize we’re lucky enough to eat really […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  March 21, 2019

  Flavors of the Earth, healthy cooking, Healthy eating for the whole family, Making new habits, Nutrition, Senior fitness, Simple foods, Soup, vegetables

  Barley, Beans, cooking from garden, Easy entrees, healthy eating, Kale, The New Yorker magazine, V-8 juice

• Two cooks are not too many; curried chicken and cauliflower

  I went back to work half-time at the end of May (with a 6 to 8 hour weekly commute) and did not foresee this benefit: Stoic the Vast has vastly expanded his cooking repertoire. He’s baked a toothsome whole wheat-oat bread for years and, likewise, always been in charge of fluffy omelets with sautéed peppers […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  February 12, 2019

  Chicken, Easy entrees, good food, healthy cooking, Sheet pan suppers

  cauliflower, chicken, Cucumber, Curry, Greek yogurt, healthy eating, Mint

• For Pat, Part II or Fear of Fish

  Several years ago a friend and I agreed that we almost always order fish in nice restaurants but are just as likely not to cook it at home. We’re both good cooks who cook a lot. Why isn’t this the easiest thing in the world? I can whip up a quick tuna salad (you should […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  January 22, 2019

  Easy entrees, Fish, good food, healthy cooking

  Flounder, Mushrooms, NRDC recommended fish, onions, salmon

• Shakshuka! What? It’s OK — you know the ingredients even if you don’t recognize the name

  The name for this Israeli dish sounds like a ’50s doo-wop group but learn it anyway. The name has its origins in the Arabic word for mixture and came to Israel with Jewish immigrants from North Africa. It’s a tasty, healthy meal with a kick. Also easy, did I mention that? The most challenging part […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  September 26, 2017

  Breakfast-brunch, Cancer prevention, Cooking from the garden, healthy cooking, Israeli food, Middle Eastern foods, Seasonal food

  cooking from garden, eggs, Garlic, healthy eating, Kale, onions, Tomatoes

• Holy cow! Easy zucchini-tomato Parmesan

  Flipping between channels last night, I paused long enough on a PBS special about cancer research to hear an expert say something to the effect that obesity has finally passed smoking to be the #1 preventable cause of cancer!!! I think this was rattling around somewhere in my subconscious, but I’ve never heard overweight put […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  July 20, 2017

  Cancer prevention, Cooking from the garden, Food habits, Fresh herbs, healthy cooking, obesity, Seasonal food, Taking care of ourselves, vegetables

  basil, cheese, cooking from garden, nutrition, Tomatoes, zucchini

• The “old me” and best poppyseed dressing ever

  A friend who’s had a much harder row to hoe with her breast cancer than I, says she doesn’t know if she’ll ever be back to “the old me” after chemo. I was lucky enough to skip the chemo; just a lumpectomy and 15 radiation treatments for me. So I’m thinking I don’t necessarily want […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  June 27, 2017

  Cancer, healthy cooking, Salad

  fruit, healthy eating, Poppy seeds, Spinach, Strawberries

• And I don’t like chard . . .

    A young friend who’s working harder than any human bean should have to, says clients buying her family farm’s CSA subscriptions often ask what to do with chard. You can cook it like fresh spinach or you can take a couple of extra steps to fix this Lebanese Swiss chard from therecipehunters.com. It may […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  June 12, 2017

  Beans, Cooking from the garden, good food, healthy cooking, Local food, Seasonal food, therecipehunters.com, vegetables

  Canary beans, chard, cooking from garden, Garlic, Josephine’s Swiss chard and black eyed peas recipe, onions, parsley, Spinach

• Boffo Brussels sprouts

  Something I never expected to hear: Stoic the Vast saying, “Wow (!), I can’t believe how much I like these.” Nothing new for me — I’ve loved Brussels sprouts since before I can remember, but Stoic… These sprouts from the March issue of Our State — Celebrating North Carolina magazine, though, are something else. The […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  February 20, 2017

  Brussels sprouts, Cooking from the garden, healthy cooking, Nutrition, Uncategorized, vegetables

  apples, Molasses, Olive oil, Vegetable recipes to get you eating better