Savvy Eats

I think this is going to be the week when asparagus is more plentiful and costs less than $8/bunch at the market.  I’m already dreaming up ways I can use those little green and purple stalks in my dinners. I’m especially intrigued by the rice-less “risotto” in this menu! A Savvy Week: Ramps and Asparagus [...]

Now that it is warm and springy outside, I’m all about adding a little lightness to our meals lately. I want to keep our meals simple and easy, too, so we can go for bike rides in the evenings and still have a healthy dinner.  Salads and half sandwiches are now lunchtime standards, and last [...]

When I made beef pot pie a few weeks ago, Dan took the leftovers to work for lunch.  He came home that afternoon and proclaimed, “If I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, it would be pot pie.”  I had bookmarked a pot pie recipe from the February issue of [...]

I made blood orange marmalade with a new-to-me recipe last weekend.  I was getting over a cold, and didn’t want to spend ages painstakingly removing the pith and membranes, so I chose a method that looked simpler and a lot faster. Either my blood oranges had less pectin than usual, or this method just doesn’t [...]

Your Time, Your Money, Your Meals. Cook It Forward. Last week, we were inundated with frozen pizzas from my Brain Food 101 experiments.  So we started the week off easy, with a frozen pizza and a kale salad from Lauren.  I felt like we’d been eating a lot of meat lately, so I stuck with [...]

Your Time, Your Money, Your Meals. Cook It Forward. This week, a single chicken and a big batch of chickpeas gives you four flavorful and diverse meals.  And we’re spreading the link love, using recipes from some of my favorite bloggers.  Photos from Bellalimento and Healthy Delicious  Chicken and Chickpeas Monday:   Rosemary skewered pistachio-encrusted chicken (Bellalimento) [...]

Your Time, Your Money, Your Meals. Cook It Forward. This week: lentils, pork and chicken. Comfort and Citrus Monday:  Moroccan Braised Lentils with Fennel and Blood Orange SaladTuesday:  Winter Vegetable Hash with leftover saladWednesday:  Slow-Cooker Pulled Pork sandwiches with leftover hashThursday:  Roasted Chicken with Mango Tangerine Glaze and Garlic Kale   On Sunday: Chop the onion, fennel and carrots for [...]

Your Time, Your Money, Your Meals. Cook It Forward. This week: Ham, lentils and winter vegetables. Ham and Winter Vegetables Monday: Slow-Cooked Ham in Cider Gravy, with a side saladTuesday:  Creamy Indian-Spiced Lentils with rice and roasted cauliflower.Wednesday:  Winter Vegetable Fried Rice, with a side saladThursday:  Creamy Potato & Broccoli Soup with salad and crusty bread.   [...]