Herbs enhance the variety, flavor, aroma, color, and interest of your foods. Fresh herbs in salads add green chlorophyll to freshen your breath and benefit your digestion as well. You can process your herb mixtures in a small food processor or blender, your if you are really hard-core, break out your big mortar and pestle and have at it! Kids love using a mortar and pestle!
Learning to love okra by trying it baked three ways and cooked down into a velvety smooth gumbo.
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The John C. Campbell Folk School called again with another emergency cooking class they needed me to teach this summer. I was thrilled to be able to say yes, and teach a week-long class entitled “Good For You, Delicious Too!” We focused on cooking with herbs and spices, using seasonal produce, creating flavorful appetizers and satisfying snacks!
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Chef Christy’s Gluten-Free Tart of Spring Greens is a great way to take advantage of beautiful produce from local farms!
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Orange carrots, green zucchini, and golden raisins provide a rich visual and tasty texture to this delightful gluten-free quick bread!
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Looking for a refreshing way to end a Spring meal, or a wonderful twist on a Brunch favorite? Try these Grilled Pink Grapefruit with Tamari Maple Glaze!
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This festive, healthy holiday snack is easy and fun to assemble, and great for kids to make their own versions too! Use plenty of celery cut into sticks for the tree, or consider broccoli or even green bell pepper. I used soft cream cheese as the ‘food glue’ base and to keep
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Creamy butternut squash roasted with maple syrup, paired with nutty wild rice and tart cranberries makes for a delicious gluten free, vegetarian, even vegan side dish. The serving suggestion makes portion control easy for a large group, although you may want to make more than one per person! Maple Roasted Butternut Squash with Wild Rice
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You may look at millet and think, “That looks like birdseed!”, and you would be right. Birds love millet and it is found in all sorts of birdseed blends. But it is also a really tasty seed for us to incorporate into our diets. Millet is rich in B17 which should be a part of
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