This is a recipe built off a memory. When I was small, I ate only two things for lunch: Campbell’s chicken noodle or vegetarian vegetable soup. This went on for years, and I still love them both, but my own chicken noodle soup is better (just saying!), and I realized that I needed to recreate the vegetarian vegetable soup. I remember moving the little alphabet letters around with my spoon, trying to make up words. What kid wouldn’t have been […]
I don’t know about you, but at this time of year I need some greenery. Since there’s not much of it outside, a colorful and healthy meal can go a long way toward getting past the January blahs. (This really is my least favorite month. It’s like a thirty-one-day hangover from the holiday season, a month to overcome, rather then enjoy.) Of course, this requires an attitude adjustment, because why spend a whole month of your life just waiting for […]
If you’re from the South, you probably already know about Hoppin’ John. Original to the Low Country, this flavorful dish of beans, rice, and pork is a New Year’s Day tradition thought to bring good luck for the rest of the year. No one seems to agree on why it’s called Hoppin’ John, but there are copies of old ‘receipts’ (as recipes used to be called) of Hoppin’ John that date back to the early 19th century. To say it’s […]
I don’t know about you, but I need some relief from the holiday food extravaganza. It’s the time of year when I feel entitled to indulge – until the over-indulgence starts to make me long for a healthy vegetable entrée to redress the imbalances of the season. One of these recipes comes from Gwyneth Paltrow’s cookbook, It’s All Good. I like this cookbook for its original recipes and healthy approach. (The avocado toast, which is simply a piece of gluten-free […]
As I was noodling over what constitutes the perfect Christmas Day dinner, I received a number of recipes from Laura Bush via email. One of her meal suggestions was just the ticket: it used high quality ingredients to create simple and flavorful foods of various textures that complimented each other, and ended a luscious chocolate dessert to round out the experience. This is a quintessential American meal, and would make a satisfying and memorable holiday dinner, whatever your holiday might […]
