When I went home to visit my parents last weekend I found there was a little something different on the produce table at the grocery store. To celebrate Father’s Day we decided to have a little family cook out. Not knowing what everyone wanted, and not wanting to do the shopping alone, my mother waited … Continue reading Meet the Casaba Melon
Category: Recipes
Baked A Cake and Ate It, Too
When I see gaggles of school aged children wandering aimlessly down my street in the middle of the day, it can only mean one thing. School’s out, summer is officially here, and the season of the backyard barbecue has begun. Usually, I love to bring giant green salads (like this one) or meat for grilling … Continue reading Baked A Cake and Ate It, Too
How Super Is Your Food?
By now you’ve heard it a million times. New lists, it seems, are constantly compiled and are often full of foods we’ve never heard of, can’t pronounce, or can’t find in the grocery store. (Like this list from Shape Magazine) And lately they’ve been showing up as dietary supplements in convenient juice or pill form. … Continue reading How Super Is Your Food?
Prosciutto and Spinach Egg Cups
This weekend my CrossFit Route 1 team and I competed in the NorthEast CrossFit Regionals at Reebok Headquarters in Canton, MA. To ensure we were well nourished throughout the weekend’s competition my good friend Kendra Hewitt made each of the team members a care package. Inside this care package was one of the most delicious, … Continue reading Prosciutto and Spinach Egg Cups
This Bread is Bananas
This weekend my husband ran the Tough Mudder on Mt. Snow in VT. As a result of his expedition I have far too many bananas in my kitchen. Since they are going bad fast after traveling to and from VT without being eaten, I need to use them - PRONTO! I've been craving baked goods lately...and … Continue reading This Bread is Bananas
Pretty Little Fiddleheads
Yesterday Evan (my husband) came home with a treat you can only get this time of year, a bag full of fiddleheads. A fiddlehead is the very young, and yet unfurled, frond of a fern. For about 3 weeks each year, between the end of April and the middle of May here in the Northeast, … Continue reading Pretty Little Fiddleheads
Why I Love Coconuts (and You Should, Too!): Part 1
Coconut Oil For many years coconuts have been vilified for their high saturated fat content. Perhaps we’ve been too quick to judge... Saturated fat is an important building block of every cell in the human body. But, not all saturated fat is created equal. The saturated fats produced by plant sources, like coconuts, can actually … Continue reading Why I Love Coconuts (and You Should, Too!): Part 1
An Ode to Zucchillini
One of my favorite places to eat here in Beverly, MA is Chianti, an upscale Tuscan inspired Italian eatery in the center of town. This weekend I had the good fortune of visiting Chianti's when my in-laws came to visit for the weekend. It had been a while since my husband and I had been there … Continue reading An Ode to Zucchillini
Berry Good Scones
I had the urge to bake something last night. Something luscious,something buttery, something undeniably cake-like. What can I say...old habits die hard 🙂 So, instead of reaching for my trusted Bette Crocker cookbook and churning out something that would be absolutely delicious, but leave me feeling less than spectacular afterward, I reached for this cookbook … Continue reading Berry Good Scones
Mardi Gras Means Pancakes
Today is Mardi Gras a.k.a. Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday. While most might consider Fat Tuesday a holiday of complete food gluttony, there is one food in particular that is closely associated with today. That food is pancakes. Why pancakes? Pancakes are a fast and easy way to use up all of the flour, sugar, … Continue reading Mardi Gras Means Pancakes
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