My garden cart is overflowing with herbs and baby lettuces, including one of my favorites — arugula. Learn my five favorite ways to use this great ingredient.
Tag: seasonal
Green Diva’s Guide to Delicious Living: 2 Recipes for Apples, Apples, Apples
The Green Diva talks about the joys of apple picking and shares two tasty apple recipes.
What to Eat When You’re Dying of Heat
Heatwaves tend to have a way of killing appetites and making us feel too lazy to cook. Before succumbing to a freezie & popsicles diet, try out these energy-boosting, easy, [ … ]
Frisée: The Forgotten Salad (in season now!)
Many people are a bit scared of frisée. They worry that it will be too frizzy, too bitter, and too overwhelming to use as a salad green. This fear might [ … ]
Best Food and Wine Blogs
[social_buttons] Last week, the James Beard Foundation Awards – dubbed the “Oscars of the food world” by Time magazine – named Serious Eats the Best Food Blog of 2010. CHOW [ … ]
Five Great Resources for Finding Seasonal Food
The weather here in Atlanta is warming up, and it’s got us craving delicious dinner salads and the lighter dishes that go along with warmer weather. If you’re looking include [ … ]
Summer on Ice: Three Easy Ways to Use Frozen Berries All Winter
My roots and love for Wisconsin run deep, ever since we traded the Chicago urban corporate scene for organic farming and sustainable living on our rural farm and bed and [ … ]
Three Tips to Cure a Peak Summer Cooking Rut (Zucchini Feta Pancake Recipe Included)
Every mid-July, I hit a culinary rut. An odd confession, I realize, given that right now fresh garden fare is edging on peak abundance and gifts me with a daily [ … ]
Wheatless Wednesday: Chalk it up to Cheese Alchemy — Garden-Fresh Pizza without Dairy or Soy Cheese
This twist on classic pizza ushers in summer with a tender gluten-free crust, garlicky oven-roasted tomato sauce and the zing of fresh herbs. You could top this with homemade mozzarella [ … ]
“Vegan Rustic Cooking Through the Seasons” Brings Food Inspired by Vegan-Organic Farming
For days, the rain hasn’t stopped tumbling out of thick woolen clouds. Slowly crawling across the monochromatic canopy, these persistent clouds wrap their heavy grey fingers tightly around the leafy [ … ]
Natural Healing With 6 Seasonal Summer Fruits
Eating fresh, locally grown fruit as opposed to imported fruits shipped from far-off places keeps you eating in season and more in harmony with your environment and climate. We all [ … ]
Organic or Local? Eat Both with this Apple Blueberry Honey Yogurt Ginger Tart
Grocery shopping can be complicated when you’re trying to make ethical choices. You’re faced with a lot of difficult questions: Is it better to buy the organically grown blueberries trucked [ … ]
The Low Carbon Holiday Menu Part 1: Midwest
Giving Mother Earth a Gift This Holiday Season by Cooking Green. Can a winter’s holiday feast be local and sustainable? It doesn’t seem such an easy task, even for a [ … ]