This fruit tart recipe is so versatile, you can use just about any fruit including nectarines (pictured), peaches, plums, or berries.
Wild Mushroom Bolognese and Preparing Wild Porcinis
It’s mushroom season here in Colorado! My Facebook news feed has been dotted with photos of the gorgeous, wine-colored caps of wild porcinis for the last couple of weeks—some as big as three pounds! I haven’t made it up to the mountains to do any hunting of my own yet, though I have a...
29 Low Glycemic Index Snacks for Kids (and Adults!)
This week I got an email from a new reader asking for ideas for low-glycemic index snacks for kids. Never heard of the glycemic index? It has to do with how fast your body releases insulin when you eat a food. Kids (and adults) with diabetes need a low GI diet, but these foods...
3 Allergy-Free Summer Snacks
I’ve got an allergy-free treat for you today! Shirley Plant—author of Finally… Food I Can Eat!: A Dietary Guide and Cookbook Featuring Tasty Non-Vegetarian and Vegetarian Recipes for People with Food Allergies, sent over some SH-WEET treats that all of us can eat and enjoy, even if you have food allergies! These goodies are...
Summertime Slow Cooker
I just ADORE this “tool” from Mark Bittman at the New York Times which offers up dozens of interchangeable ideas for what to put in your crock pot during the summer. A lot of us think of crock pots as wintertime tools—for stews and braised meats, primarily. But they can work wonders when you don’t...
Low-Fat Peanut Butter Cookies
So, remember these low-fat chocolate cookies I posted a while back? I’m kind of obsessed with them. (And I’m not the only one.) So, I decided to see if I could make other flavors with the same basic idea—using low-fat yogurt as a base. Guess what? You can. 😀
Grapefruit Tarragon Popsicles
There is just something about summer that screams for popsicles, isn’t there? I don’t care how old you are. I had been looking for some super cute popsicle molds and when I came across some rocket pop molds at HomeGoods, I was sold. (They’re BPA-free, too!)
Budget Organic Meal Plan No. 5: Meat Lite
Most of my previous meal plan suggestions have started with a “Sunday” roast and then stretched the meat and other leftovers over the rest of the week. This one is a little different, in that it’s pretty meat-lite, and doesn’t start with a roast at all! In fact, this menu is extremely hot-weather friendly;...
55 Fun and Healthy Oatmeal Recipes
I’m putting the finishing touches on a talk I’m giving this Saturday (OMG! My first TALK!) to a group of moms who are interested in tips and tricks to help their families eat more healthfully. I’m going to break down an average day by meal time, so of course I’m starting with breakfast. One...
Low-Fat Chocolate Cookies
Uh, yeah. You read that right: Low-Fat Chocolate Cookies But nobody has to know they’re low fat. They’re THAT GOOD.