Our Share of the Harvest

I was lured into this recipe, featured by Prevention RD, by the promise of an easy assembly that would give us a hot, yummy, fall-friendly breakfast for days.  It would be like those instant oatmeal packets I ate for weekday breakfasts as a kid.  Only it would actually taste good. I thought this was an [...]

This is one of those recipes that passed like wildfire through my family–first, my great aunt brought these bars to a family event where my mom and aunt tasted them.  They each got the recipe and prepared them for two more family events.  And, knowing that my What’s Baking entry for “fall flavors” was due [...]

Since the CSA is over, we’re back to shopping at the Farmers’ Market for our weekly produce.  As you can imagine, we’re planning lots of meals involving squash and root vegetables but there are plenty of greens and even late summer veggies like eggplant and green beans available. We spent a little under $20 for [...]

Nutella used to make me unjustifiably angry.  It is clearly full of sugar and fat yet was lauded and advertised as being healthy.  Like eating sugary Nutella on bread was supposed to be an easy, nutrient-packed breakfast or after-school snack.  I don’t think so. Then, I realized something like Nutella could have a place, not [...]

I sometimes have trouble explaining food to people who are interested in food but know very little about it.  Like when I casually mentioned to someone that I was making this recipe–explaining polenta to him (or trying to) almost ended our friendship.  It went a little something like this: Him: Polenta?  What is that? Me: [...]