What to Make with Brown Rice

If you love pizza but want something healthier than what your local pizza joint delivers, here’s a perfect option that doesn’t take long to make: Rice Crust Pizza with Roasted Red Pepper Pesto, Chard and Caramelized Onions

About CSAs and Pickled Turnips

If you’re CSA member (stands for Community Supported Agriculture), then you know about surprises.  Open your weekly delivery and there could be anything inside.  Last week I got a surprise that probably no one can beat:  A jar of pickled turnips!
As a Certified Vegetable Guide (!), I’m pretty good at devising uses for odd vegetables, [...]

What’s for Dinner on Hot Summer Nights?

When the weather turns hot, deciding what’s for dinner can leave you feeling completely cold and clueless. The problem may lie less with the weather and more with our mealtime “wardrobe.” Find out how to add a little “summer style” to make your mealtime lineup more appealing when the hot weather rolls in.

Green Kitchen Tip: Use Citrus Bags for Herb Washing

Try to chop a waterlogged bunch of herbs and it turns into a mess of green slush. This trick spin dries herbs quickly–using citrus bags that would otherwise end up in the landfill!

Scrubbing Vegetables: “Veggie Scrub” Makes It Easier

Check out this great new 2-for-1 find:  A vegetable scrubber + fresh herb colander for just $3.50
Although I’m a still big fan of my $2.50 nail scrubber from the cleaning supply store, I put the “Veggie Scrub” to the test on Jerusalem artichokes (also known as sunchokes.)  These gnarly and knobby vegetables are the toughest [...]

In a recipe, how much is “to taste?”

Make a Recipe Just the Way You Like:  10 Tips
Salt and pepper, to taste.
1/2 tsp. chili flakes, more or less, to taste.
1/4 to 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, to taste.
Recipes seem to be littered with unhelpful directives about “to taste.”  For those of us who aren’t exactly Julia Child in the kitchen, coming across one of [...]

Summer Refreshment: Cure for the Mid-Afternoon Doldrums

It’s 3:00. The vending machine is calling, or maybe the doughnuts left over in the break room. You know it’s suicidal to indulge those cravings, but work is so boring and you’re so tired and . . . Maybe more than sugar and calories, you need refreshment—as in something cool, revitalizing and calming, like Iced Green Tea.