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Early last week, I felt a cold coming on, and even though the symptoms never got too bad, I took it as a sign that I needed to slow down and take it easy for a few days. The fatigue was the worst part — it felt like rolling out of bed would be the [...]
Filed under: Food, Recipes, Soups, Veggies | Tagged: easy recipe, Food, Recipes, soup, winter recipe | 13 Comments »
Even with boots, chilly weather, and blog posts about pumpkins, to me, it’s not officially fall until I make a batch of butternut squash soup. For one thing, it’s easy, filling, and oh-so healthy. But the soup’s gorgeous, saturated orange color? The way it warms you from the inside out? Fall. Totally fall. Butternut squash [...]
Filed under: Food, Kitchen Basics, Recipes, Soups, Squash | Tagged: butternut squash, fall recipes, soup | 12 Comments »
Fall may have my heart when it comes to fashions, but food wise? I’m totally a summer girl. Who can say no to the bounty of fresh vegetables, fruits and fragrant herbs that hit their peak this time of year? One of my absolute favorite dishes to make in the summer time is ratatouille. A [...]
Filed under: Food, French, Recipes, Squash, Veggies | Tagged: cooking, eggplant, Food, Recipes, squash, summer recipes, tomatoes, Vegetarian Recipes | 4 Comments »
I appreciate virtually all genre of foods, but one of my absolute favorites is Mediterranean. The textures, bright flavors and use of healthful ingredients (greens! citrus! herbs! olive oil!) make it easy to love. Last week, I woke up one morning with a big craving for Mediterranean, and set out to make something to sate [...]
Filed under: Feel Good Food, Food, Greens, Main Courses, Meat, Poultry, Recipes, Salads | 2 Comments »
The other day I was at the gym at a Barre Pro class (kind of similar to a Bar Method class, except more awesome), and we were in the middle of set 1,000,000 of some shoulder press/squat routine. The whole class was starting to poop out, but Stephanie, our fearless and amazing instructor shouted, “C’mon [...]
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Do you have a recipe that you often forget about, but whenever you make it, you want to kick yourself for not preparing it more because it’s so easy and so delicious? That’s how I felt when I recently made my roasted stuffed peppers. Ridiculously easy to put together, you can make this recipe as [...]
Filed under: Food, Italian, Poultry, Recipes, Veggies | 6 Comments »
Two Sundays ago I did something I normally don’t even do on Thanksgiving. I roasted a turkey. Not a whole turkey, mind you, but a whole turkey breast, which I’d brined all night. If you’re like me, and tend to crave turkey when it’s definitely not Turkey Day, purchasing a breast from the store is [...]
Filed under: Food, Recipes, Veggies | Tagged: brussels sprouts, pancetta, Recipes, vegetables | 6 Comments »
The wonderful thing about this time of year is that there really isn’t a lot of cooking to do. Beautiful fruits and vegetables abound at the market, and the produce is bursting with such flavor that none of it requires much dressing up to make a satisfying dinner. My friend Lesley over at Five O’Clock [...]
Filed under: Fish/Seafood, Food, Recipes, Veggies | 1 Comment »
