Month: June 2010

  • Beets – Two Veggies in One!

    Beets are a pretty cool vegetable, did you know that you can eat the greens that are growing on top?  In fact they are related to spinach and are just as healthy!  So for economizing you can’t do much better than a fresh beet – you get two fantastic vegetables for the price of one, […]

  • Quinoa, Black Bean and Corn Salad with Lime Dressing

    I made this at my workshop last week at the Cleveland Foodbank, and it went over great.  This is a nice, refreshing salad that can feed a crowd.  It’s also great for packing in lunches – quinoa is high in protein so it’s a satisfying dish all on its own. Ingredients 1 1/2 cups quinoa […]

  • Blueberry Spelt Muffins with Honey and Lemon

    Sometimes I just wake up in the morning wanting a muffin.  And why not?  They only take 20 minutes to prep from scratch, and I’ve come up with a few tasty recipes that use 100% whole grains, healthy fats, and other goodies like blueberries, which are high in cancer-fighting antioxidants.  In this recipe I use spelt flour, […]

  • Precious Seasonal Produce: Tomorrow at 10am at the Cleveland Foodbank

    Seasonal produce is one of the greatest gifts nature provides us.  Yet with our global economy that allows us to import fruits and vegetables from around the world and different climates, most of us have lost touch with what eating seasonally even means.  I’m not exempt from this – just a couple of years ago, […]