Category: Nutrition

• “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

• 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

• Sempre vegetabilis!

  Exploring Winston’s Sci-Works with grand-Stoics last week, I sat at a game in the kids’ area, thinking it would be a snap. Well, snap, it was not easy to click on foods that matched the game “challenges.”  Pick a packable (potable) lunch with no more than 600 calories, 5 g sugar and no fat, for example.…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  August 7, 2014

  Food habits, good food, healthy cooking, Nutrition, Roasting vegetables, Seasonal food, vegetables

  Grilling, healthy eating, sweetpotatoes