August 2010
Get to Your Local Farmers Market — It’s So Good Right Now!
I just got back from one of my local farmers markets (in Portsmouth, NH) and everything was so beautiful that I just wanted to post a quick reminder for all of you to get out there too! I only have time right now to post a few pics because then I’m off to a (belated) ...
Healthy Aging (not "Anti-Aging")
Healthy Aging Rx: Relax. Spend some time with your feet in a tide pool? Today is my 35th post on this blog and I am 35 years old, and in my stream of consciousness that got me thinking about healthy aging. It seems like everywhere you turn these days there’s some product or diet that promises ...
Happy Birthday, Keeley!
Keeley hiking Mt. Cabot (just shy of 7 yrs old) We’ll get back to some straight-up nutrition talk shortly, but I hope you’ll indulge me this moment today to meditate some more on another non-food aspect of life that nourishes us and supports our good health. Keeley is my now 7-year-old dog, and today is her ...
Midnight Canning: Blackberry Jam and Apple-Mint Jelly
Friday night I went to my good friend Sadie’s house to hang out and do some canning. We had grand plans to make blackberry jam, apple-mint jelly, pesto, and I think there was something else (clearly we never got that far). Let me start by saying that my friend Sadie is absolutely amazing! She has ...
Cool Your Tastebuds with Kolrabi-Apple Salad
Thanks for starting to use the feedback boxes at the end of posts. I’m hearing that you want more recipes, so here’s one more to help you cool down and refresh your tastebuds after those stuffed poblanos. Last week during my tour of area farmers markets, I bought some kolrabi. I’d never had kolrabi before and ...
Tri-Market Stuffed Poblano Peppers
Over the last 8 days, I’ve been to 3 farmers markets in honor of National Farmers Market Week 2010. Okay, you got me — I’ll use any excuse to hit the farmers markets. I usually head to my local farmers market (in Newmarket, NH) on weekends, but this week I also went to Exeter on ...
Easy Recipe for Healthy, Homemade "Ice Cream" (Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, No Added Sugar!)
I’ve been getting requests for more recipes, so I thought I’d share this dessert I threw together recently: Cherry-Vanilla Coconut Milk “Ice Cream”. This one came to me last week during my long stretch of no grocery shopping. I only had a few random veggies left (maybe I’ll share my sauteed radishes story another time?) ...
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