Every once in a while, even this passionate advocate for home cooking hits a wall when it comes to dinner prep. Sometimes it is exhaustion, sometimes a lack of inspiration. But there are nights when the thought of making yet another meal feels daunting and tedious. So, it was an extremely pleasant surprise when a recipe that my family truly loves came out of a night when I literally dragged myself through the motions of…
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Cauliflower is one of my absolute favorite vegetables (I can honestly eat a whole head by myself in one sitting), but it wasn’t always this way. Growing up, we didn’t each much cauliflower but when we did it was steamed and boring…until you put the cheese sauce on top. While I continue to love cauliflower with cheese sauce (I mean, what is there not to love?), I have come to realize that really what you…
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Did you know that dark leafy green vegetables are one of the things that we are missing most in our diets? To help you to get more of these nutritional heavyweights into your diet, here are tips on how to prepare greens and recipes to get you started. How to Prepare Greens and Recipes to Get You Started When I was a health coach, I once had a client who was really motivated to improve…
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One of the complaints I hear most often from people is that while the cooking is ok, the cleaning afterward makes them crazy. I get it, I really do. You’ve made a meal for everyone, they’ve eaten (or not), and then you either have to kick back into high gear for cleaning OR have to do bedtime duty. You finally get the kids to sleep and then you face a messy kitchen when all you…
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The other day I was talking on Facebook Live about this great analogy I heard the amazing cookbook author and food writer Mark Bittman use—he said that learning to cook is like learning to drive. When you are learning to drive you can’t have any distractions and every single action and movement is almost overwhelming, but that as you become a more comfortable and confident driver, some of it becomes more natural and it becomes…
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