Looking for a quick recipe to use that pound of cranberries you picked up on impulse with your Thanksgiving groceries? Try this! Ingredients: 1 pound fresh cranberries 1/2 cup gin 1 tsp salt 1 Tbl honey 5 fresh basil leaves torn or chopped Procedure: Throw all ingredients in a pot on high heat, cover. Turn…
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Butternut Squash “Pasta” with Kale and Artichoke
Another detox dish! I forgot how wonderfully creative my cooking can get when I have to navigate a thin line of options. This dish takes all of 10 minutes to whip up. Serves 2 for a detox or 4 if you pair it with a salad and a crusty loaf of bread. Ingredients: Butternut squash cut in…
Cauliflower & Squash Sauté
I’m showcasing detox dishes this week. Tonight’s dish would comfortably serve 4 as a side dish but for the detox, this is only enough for 2. It’s all about loads of tasty fiber! I personally like the skin of acorn squash (and that’s extra fiber!) but you can take it off if you are not a fan….
Rosemary Pickles
In any good detox, you need some “snacks”. Now, you can just buy any old jar of pickles and I probably would have done that for this detox myself if I hadn’t randomly found “pickling cucumbers” at a roadside stand in Murphy, NC when I was exploring with my dog. Plus, typical pickling brine includes…
Detox Redux
I’ve been silent for a while….that’s because I moved across the country, started a new job, and bought a house. I’ve been busy settling in. The problem with having so many life changes at one time, it’s easy to slip into bad habits. Like eating ice cream and watching the latest season of The Walking…
Carrot Zucchini Soup
I don’t like zucchinis. Not even a little bit. But they are good for you and I get them from my CSA whether I want them or not. Thus, I must find ways to hide them in other things, like this carrot based soup! Ingredients: 1 white onion, chopped 4 garlic cloves 1 Tbl canola…
Wine-glazed Apricots
Stonefruits are in season and I received my first batch of fresh apricots in my CSA box this week. It was soooooo hard to not just eat them all right then and there. But I resisted…mainly because there were also nectarines in the box and those were already soft and juicy-ripe-get-in-your-mouth-right-now. The apricots had to…
Black Bean Pasta with Summer Squash
Looking for something a little different for pasta night? There are so many brands of bean or lentil based pastas out there, a protein boost without the meat or faux-meat substitute! This recipe is vegan and the black bean pasta used was gluten-free. Ingredients: Black bean pasta 4 cloves garlic minced 1/2 lb of summer…
Jackfruit Tacos at PlatePower.org
Remember how I mused about new fun ways to use one of my favorite tropical ingredients, jackfruit? No? Here’s a refresher at “Wonderful Aroma of Jackfruit” I have since posted recipes for Jackfruit Muffins and Jackfruit Curry. A friend and colleague is offering a recipe for absolutely amazing looking Jackfruit Tacos. Visit Matt Prescott’s new…
Fluffy (gluten-free, low sugar) Brownies
My niece is spending the week with me and while we are having a lot of fun “girl-time” and I’m getting to play tourist in my own town, there is one thing we have to keep track of at all times: Carbs. She has Type 1 Diabetes and everything she eats needs to be accounted…
Green Morning Juice
I’ve been craving a good green juice lately. If you’ve juiced, you know how it is. You also know how much of a hassle it can be to make! When I picked up my CSA box this weekend it included a bunch of dandelion leaves. Now, I’ve tried lots of ways of eating these raw and cooked…
Glazed Beets with Orange and Goat Cheese
This dish takes a bit of prep work but that can be done days in advance. I usually roast a whole batch of beets at once and keep them in the fridge for up to a week to use in a variety of dishes. When you are ready to do the final assembly, make sure you pull your cheese out of the fridge so…
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