It鈥檚 good for breakfast or as an afternoon pick-me-up. It鈥檚 also great on the go 鈥� on hikes, on car trips, in the park. Layer it with yogurt and fresh berries, and you鈥檝e got a healthy snack or dessert.Then add the sour-sweet tanginess of cranberries and crunch of almonds, and it鈥檚 ...
We gave up red meat for Lent.Well, Mike and I did.And since none of the three kids who make their home with us do the cooking, they鈥檝e given up red meat by proxy.I鈥檝e never been a huge fan of chicken. Pork (bacon aside 鈥� because bacon is never a bad idea) is OK once in a while, and when I ...
As many of you know, I am also track and cross country coach. And this time of year, parents are concerned with the nutrition of their scholar athlete. They also have questions about the value of local, farm-raised produced products vs. store-bought products and the effect on their ...
Growing up, we often ate stracotto for Sunday dinner. Stracotto is an Italian pot roast that鈥檚 cooked for a long period of time. (Actually, stracotto means overcooked.)Pot roast typically consists of boneless chuck, which needs a long braising time to break down the tough connective tissues, ...
Mardi Gras brings visions of two things, parades and food. Ok, there are some other things, but this is a family newspaper. And food, is where I come in.A few years ago, my wife, Stacy and I had the pleasure of visiting New Orleans a week before Mardi Gras. My cousin, Joe Toomy, a congressman ...
A few months back, we added a chest freezer and a downstairs refrigerator to our home.I wondered, quite honestly, how I鈥檇 fill either. We鈥檇 existed for several years with the lone fridge with its two freezer drawers in our kitchen. I kept both filled; often to the brim with cooked ahead ...
