Category: healthy cooking

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

Posted in Breakfast-brunch, Cancer prevention, Cooking from the garden, healthy cooking, Israeli food, Middle Eastern foods, Seasonal foodLeave a comment

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

Holy cow! Easy zucchini-tomato Parmesan

Posted in Cancer prevention, Cooking from the garden, Food habits, Fresh herbs, healthy cooking, obesity, Seasonal food, Taking care of ourselves, vegetables1 Comment

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… Continue reading Holy cow! Easy zucchini-tomato Parmesan

The “old me” and best poppyseed dressing ever

Posted in Cancer, healthy cooking, Salad3 Comments

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… Continue reading The “old me” and best poppyseed dressing ever

And I don’t like chard . . .

Posted in Beans, Cooking from the garden, good food, healthy cooking, Local food, Seasonal food, therecipehunters.com, vegetables2 Comments

  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… Continue reading And I don’t like chard . . .

Boffo Brussels sprouts

Posted in Brussels sprouts, Cooking from the garden, healthy cooking, Nutrition, Uncategorized, vegetables1 Comment

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… Continue reading Boffo Brussels sprouts

A new decade; best marinara sauce ever!

Posted in Addiction, Building better habits, Food addiction, healthy cooking, Mind games and weight loss, Seasonal food, Weight WatchersLeave a comment

Thank goodness I got up at dawn last Saturday or I wouldn’t have known I’ve moved into “a new decade.” That’s the expression at this 8 a.m. Weight Watchers meeting for dropping into a new set of numbers. In my case, that’s going below 200 pounds for the first time in four years. The last time I… Continue reading A new decade; best marinara sauce ever!

We are each other’s memories, home-court habits

Posted in Building better habits, Celebrations, Emotional side of weight loss, healthy cooking, Holiday eating, Importance of exercise, Keeping track of what we eat, Roasting vegetables2 Comments

“We are each other’s memories,” said my beautiful, silver-haired friend yesterday morning at book club, and with that remark, she grounded me in my world in a way I’ve never before felt. Until I went to college at 17, my mother, sister and I were kept isolated in a very rural setting by my control-freak… Continue reading We are each other’s memories, home-court habits