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{recipes} Carrots: Revisited

{recipes} Carrots: Revisited

Carrot Day 2012 Yesterday was ‘Carrot Day’ at the Wentworth/Rollinsford Farmers’ Market and it was also our 2nd Local Food Cooking Demonstration this season. I was there with my friend & cooking partner Erin Allgood, and we had a blast talking with all of you who stopped by to say hello and sample.  We made ...

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Carrot Creativity

Carrot Creativity

I’ll be back to my regular blogging self soon (I swear!), but for now I wanted to share some information from our last local food cooking demonstration.  On March 26, we had our final winter cooking demo.  It was Carrot Day at the market and we were cookin’ with carrots, to be sure!  Erin and ...

Raw Kale Salad with Tahini & Garbanzos

Raw Kale Salad with Tahini & Garbanzos

This is my recent modification of Avocado-Kale Salad from Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine by Gabriel Cousens, MD.  Love the avocado salad, but had no avocados in the house, so I made this instead… What you’ll need: 1 big bunch of kale (~6-7 cups fresh, chopped) — I used 1/2 bunch purple kale + 1/2 ...

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Cool Your Tastebuds with Kolrabi-Apple Salad

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 ...

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Naturally Refreshing Drinks (Part II): Jugo de Sandia

Naturally Refreshing Drinks (Part II): Jugo de Sandia

Back in May, I told you that when I lived in Costa Rica I discovered my 2 favorite naturally refreshing drinks.  In that original post, I wrote about agua de pipa (coconut water).  And now, given this ridiculous heat wave we are experiencing, it’s time to mention the other: jugo de sandia (watermelon juice). Flashback ...

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Healthy Junk Food?

Healthy Junk Food?

I have been doing a Spring Greens Cleanse since last week, and the food on this cleanse mostly comprises greens and spring veggies (kale, arugula, fennel, watercress, asparagus) and some lighter grains (quinoa and millet). I love all that stuff, so it’s been really fun and I feel great eating all this seasonal food. But ...