Squash Blossoms -- Photo Credit: Sienna Wildfield
Fried squash blossoms are a summer favorite of mine. The Italians got it right with this delicacy! [click to continue…]
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Baby Poblano Pepper -- Photo Credit: Niceness on flickr
When the temperatures heat up, spicy food can help cool us down. Some feel that the capsaicin found in hot peppers increases circulation, pulling the hot blood from our body’s core and moving it to the skin, causing us to sweat and become cooler. Craving peppers in this hot New England weather, I decided to try to recreate one of my favorite soups from a little restaurant nestled just in from the ocean in Northern California. [click to continue…]
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The Good Old Days of BPA-Free Receipts -- Photo Credit: Steve_Snodgrass on flickr
It has made the mainstream news! An Environmental Working Group (EWG) report published this week analyzes the presence of Bisphenol A (BPA) in some cash register receipts. EWG found that 40% of the receipts sampled from stores, restaurants, post offices, ATMs and gas stations nationwide contained the estrogen-mimicking chemical. The report also concluded that BPA can easily rub off onto the skin of anyone handling the receipts. [click to continue…]
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Photo credit: fauxto_digit on flickr
I have to wonder at the slow conversion of the term “global warming” to “climate change.” Oh, you can still turn up a few die-hard websites proclaiming the immediate need to address global warming. They are the brave. [click to continue…]
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I feel like I’ve had my head stuck in the sand for the last nine months! A few days ago, I just happened to stumble across an article published last October in Science News that floored me. How could this information not have been shouted from the rooftops? How could I have missed it? While I’ve been worrying about BPA in plastic bottles and my tomato sauce, I’ve been handling another source almost every day — receipts! [click to continue…]
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Looking for an easy, healthful dinner? This soup takes almost no time to throw together, but makes a delicious, colorful meal — and it’s adaptable! [click to continue…]
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Vegetables for Chicken Stock
There’s nothing like the aroma of chicken stock bubbling away on the stove. Bone broth is rich and flavorful — so much better than anything from a box or a can. It’s also inexpensive, nutritious and very easy to make! Homemade stock lends wonderful flavor and nutrition to soups, sauces, stews, and vegetables. Use it as the liquid base for cooking rice or add a dash of it to spaghetti sauce to give it that cooked-all-day taste. [click to continue…]
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Photo Credit: hive on flickr
Recently our seven-year-old son was ready to give me the Bad Mommy of the Year Award. I had to agree with him — but for a different reason. It all started with his semi-annual trip to the dentist for a teeth cleaning. I made sure to phone the dentist’s office ahead of time to request that he not be given the fluoride paint job at the end of the visit — you know, the one where the kids can’t eat any crunchy foods for several hours afterwards lest the protective coating break off. (I figure that if I call in my request ahead of time I can prevent any unpleasantness while he’s sitting in the chair and I have to explain that we don’t DO fluoride treatments.)
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Thanks so much to everyone who entered my first giveaway. I wish you all could have won, but there is only one winner this time, chosen by random.org. [click to continue…]
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Happy Friday! I have two links to share. They are both about changing how we interact with the environment. We know it’s important to take good care of our planet. How far do we go as individuals in preserving it? What are our responsibilities? More importantly, how much will we need to change how we operate on a day-to-day basis in order to be better prepared for our future? [click to continue…]
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