Archive for the ‘recipes’ Category

Thanksgiving for Intellectuals

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

The New York Times has a huge variety of Thanksgiving recipes and articles in their Dining and Wine section. There appear to be a lot of good, simple, down-to-earth recipes highlighted here. Check it out.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Super Baby Food

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

Help your child maintain a healthy diet by reading Super Baby Food, a book on babies’ digestive development, healthy food options and creative recipes.
Important Side Note: No one can be the superwoman health food crazed mom like the author. Take everything you read with a grain of salt.

Easy Chickpea Lunch Salad

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Chickpea Lunch SaladChickpea Lunch SaladThis is a great recipe to make a large batch of and take to work for the week. Easy and healthy!Chickpea Lunch Salad

Ingredients (a little of this, a little of that):

  • Canned chickpeas (1-2 cans)
  • Cherry tomatoes (1 container)
  • Low-fat feta cheese (about 1/4 block)
  • Cut up cucumber (1/2 - 1 cup)
  • Balasamic Vinegar (2-3 tablespoons)
  • Extra virgin olive oil (1-2 tablespoons)
  • Salt and pepper

Steps:

  1. Combine everything except oil and vinegar and mix.
  2. Add enough to make it varied and colorful.
  3. Add oil and vinegar to coat ingredients.
  4. Enjoy!

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Based on the Barbara Kingsolver book, this site provides information on eating locally and organic.

Pancakes for Breakfast

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

This is one of my favorite videos by Mark Bittman, a.k.a the Minimalist. This is an easy recipe and I share Bittman’s views on Maple Syrup.