
This sad butternut squash needs a make-over. Dress her up in Ricotta.
“Who wants to eat an ugly thing like that?” asked Will, staring down a decidedly unpleasant-looking butternut squash.
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26 Jan 2016 2 Comments
in food, health, Side dishes Tags: butternut squash, fats, fiber, potassium, ricotta, sweet potato, vitamin A, vitamin C
This sad butternut squash needs a make-over. Dress her up in Ricotta.
“Who wants to eat an ugly thing like that?” asked Will, staring down a decidedly unpleasant-looking butternut squash.
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18 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in Desserts, health, recipes Tags: British, custard, dried fruit, eggs, fats, shortening, steamed pudding, suet
Vinny’s “skinny” Spotted Puddink
Get the kids together and make a “skinny” version of Spotted Dick, a traditional English steamed pudding. Cook up Harry Potter’s favorite dessert at Hogwarts just in time for the new school year and make some magic happen! More
11 Aug 2015 9 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, Holiday foods, Snacks Tags: avoiding salt, avoiding sugar, dairy, diet, fats, refined white flour, soda
Added refined sugar makes these treats a no-no for best health
Last time, I introduced you to Dr. Joel Fuhrman and his list of 10 best foods for battling the effects of old age. Now I’m going to show you his list at the other end – Fuhrman’s 10 worst foods… foods that can lead you to an early grave. More
21 Jan 2014 14 Comments
in food, health, recipes, Salads, science, Snacks Tags: dressings, fats, macadamia, nuts, oils, omega-3 to omega-6 ratio
Macadamia is the sweetheart of Hawaii.
Verse 3
Whose dress is made of sweetgrass?
who wears a golden lei-a?
Who’s promised to be kind and true?
Ma-ca-da-m-i-a.
The queen of nuts…
Moving along to my third post honoring the wonderful nut, I admit, Okay… maybe this poetry thing is a little beyond my capabilities. But before I finish with my nutty soliloquy begun in my past two posts, I wanted to sing the praises of Macadamia. Difficulty with rhyming and pentameters isn’t going to hold me back. Because if I’m any judge, Macadamia wins the healthy nut contest hands down. And it’s not just because of her pretty face and fine figure. More
07 Nov 2012 11 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, recipes Tags: avoiding sugar, baking, brownies, children, chocolate, eaTracker, fats, nutrition, nuts, Stevia
A very chocolaty recipe jumped right onto my screen just after Halloween, from Chew Out Loud.
Vinny, however, found this recipe a tad high on sugar (2 1/2 cups). So we experimented with stevia in place of sugar. More
01 Aug 2012 11 Comments
in Appetizers, food, health, recipes Tags: children, escargots, fats, French, garlic, goat cheese, gourmet, herbs, meat, milk, minerals, nutrition, protein, snails, traditions, vitamins
Escargot, if you don’t already know this, boys and girls, is French for snail. Many of the best restaurants offer escargots on their menus. They’re delicious!
I know one little girl who ordered escargots whenever she had a chance, which was most often when we were traveling in Quebec or France. She liked her snails with lots of garlic butter, washed down with chocolate milk. Servers shook their heads in wonder when she placed her order. More
17 Jul 2012 2 Comments
in food, health, recipes, Snacks Tags: acorns, children, chocolate, dried fruit, family, fats, fruit, Native American, nuts, pemmican, safety, seeds, tannin, trail mix
The power of nuts
In a recent blog we talked about the goodness of hazelnuts. We even used hazelnuts to make some healthier homemade Nutella!
Acorns are nuts, too. But are they a food? Sure! Hazelnut and Acorn are friends. More
13 Jun 2012 8 Comments
in food, health, recipes, Snacks Tags: corn, fats, fiber, flavors, iron, maple syrup, minerals, nutella, nutrition, popcorn, protein, taste
Rain pounds against our skylight. We can hardly hear the movie above the noise, as Harry Potter and his friend Ron swap their Bertie Bott Every Flavor Beans. Toast, sardine, grass, and dirty-socks are all up for grabs. More
22 May 2012 6 Comments
in food, Main dishes, recipes Tags: asparagus, cheese, eggs, family, fats, food safety, goats, ground ivy, herbs, meat, milk, wild plants
What little lambs eat may not be so good for kids of the human variety. But one kind of ivy is a plant people have been eating for nearly ever. More
25 Apr 2012 13 Comments
in Breakfast foods, food, health, recipes, Snacks Tags: avoiding sugar, children, chocolate, fats, hazelnut, nutella, nutrition, nuts, palm oil
Our elf Hazel is deeply wise.
Love her and she’ll quench your thirst for knowledge.
Then, she’ll bless you with a silver tongue,
for teaching others what you’ve learned.
So it is said. But is there any truth behind the power of Elf Hazel? What we know for sure: Hazel harnesses the strength of her namesake, the hazelnut. Like some other nuts and seeds, hazelnuts feed the brain. Hazelnuts are one of the most concentrated sources of vitamin E available, and vitamin E is associated with less age-related cognitive decline. More
12 Apr 2012 10 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, recipes Tags: British, Christmas, custard, desserts, eggs, fats, fruit, rhymes, shortening, steamed pudding, suet, traditions
Flour of England, fruit of Spain,
Met together in a shower of rain;
Put in a bag tied round with a string;
If you’ll tell me this riddle,
I’ll give you a ring.
You may have already guessed the answer to this little riddle: steamed pudding!
12 Mar 2012 14 Comments
in food, health, recipes, Salads Tags: cancer, carbohydrates, fats, fiber, minerals, mood, protein, quinoa, seeds, vegetables, vitamins
We’re going to a party, and I offered to bring along something for the table. The request: a quinoa salad. “Quin-wha?” I asked. More
27 Feb 2012 6 Comments
in food, health, recipes, Salads Tags: Caesar salad, dressings, fats, Japanese, leafy vegetables, pumpkin, pumpkin seeds, squash, vegetables, yogurt
Hey, kids, have you ever dreamed about flying on a carpet to far-away lands, where you find yourself gorging on colorful fruits and veggies you’ve never tasted before? Well… you can do more than dream. More
18 Jan 2012 7 Comments
in Desserts, food, recipes, science Tags: chemistry, children, custard, desserts, eggs, experiments, fats, pudding, sauces, sol, tasting
James Bond may have taken his martinis stirred. But in a recent egg custard duel, Stirred came in a far second-best behind Baked!
See for yourself. More
26 Dec 2011 6 Comments
in Breads, Breakfast foods, health, Holiday foods, recipes Tags: brain, Christmas, eggs, eyes, family, fats, mood, nutrition, presentation, protein, Valentine's day
Here’s a twist on a favorite recipe that has love written all over it… a heart-y breakfast to get the family into a peaceful mood for Christmas. It’s made with eggs, Vinny’s theme in recent posts.
Eggs often get a bad rap in the press. But they have lots going for them, More
18 Nov 2011 Leave a comment
in food, health Tags: avocados, brain, fats, nutrition, trivia
Vinny just passed a nutrition quiz with flying colors. Want to try it yourself? More
08 Dec 2010 Leave a comment
in food, health, science Tags: chemistry, family, fats, fish, nutrition, omega-3 to omega-6 ratio
Eat fish for healthy omega-3 fats. Here’s one that didn’t get away… A Dorade Royale from the Mediterranean.
The papers are talking today about a new study on omega-6 fats. Seems scientists had been telling people with heart problems to eat lots of omega-6 fats. But this new study suggests maybe they were wrong. More