My mom is an excellent cook and baker, and her aptitude in adapting family favorites to gluten-free recipes knows no bounds. Not least of which is her oatmeal muffins. Her basic recipe is just as great with cranberries and walnuts as it is with chocolate chips and walnuts (pictured here.) She used Bob’s g-f all …
One of my favorite things about spring, (spring doesn’t come to Oregon until late June) is turmeric root. While not yet as well known or commonly used as ginger root, it’s becoming available in more stores. And it is appreciably different from its powdered form. This is the biggest root I’ve ever seen. It will …
I went to my first Shabbat dinner at my friend Monica’s on Friday. It was so much more than dinner I can honestly say it was an experience. And like any Gentile with a laptop, I spent some time reading about Shabbat on Wikipedia 🙂 Monica makes homemade challah every week and for this week’s …
The garden is coming along late this year. But I am excited to try some new kinds of rainbow and swiss chards. This year I have four or five new kinds, the most glamorous of which is the flamingo chard. It’s as vibrantly variegated as many of the rainbow chard varieties but even the roots …
Sometimes I get carried away when it comes to buying greens. Especially at Farmers Market. It’s overwhelming in all the right ways, surrounded by abundance, and green as far as the eye can see. But I read recently that Americans waste 40% of the food they buy. I am certainly guilty of that and have …
I can’t remember where I came across a recipe for a strawberry basil smoothie but it didn’t call for much else. I was suspicious. I haven’t added herbs to any smoothies with berries and it just doesn’t seem like a good idea to combine the sweet and savory. Sure enough, it was way too sharp. …
One of the consistent complaints that come up when I get to talking with people about smoothies is texture. For generations raised on milkshakes and slurpees, drinking roughage can take some getting used to for some people. Especially for those who don’t enjoy the almost immediate benefits that many people do when they start adding …
Most of my green smoothies include pineapple, cilantro and kale. With enough coconut water to make the blender actually blend these are my staple ingredients. Frozen pineapple is one of my great joys in blending. This simple combination, (I refuse to use the much overused “trifecta”) seems to compliment the broadest range of fruits, greens …
When I first started making green smoothies I always included jalapeño. A little bit more every time. But as we all know, spicy isn’t for everyone. It’s not for my folks, my friend Aimee, or most of my friends from Rotary. But for those of you who do like spicy, I highly recommend adding a …
One of my favorite things to do is hide vegetables in fruit smoothies. An easy addition that doesn’t drastically change the flavor is zucchini. A favorite for gardeners, a lot of people seem to forget how prolific one plant can be and wind up bringing their abundant harvest to their workplaces, hoping someone will take …