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  • Quick & Easy Microwave Warmed Spinach & Pear Salad Picture Recipe

    Feb 17, 2025

    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    Warming brings out the full flavor of the pear in this salad and only slightly softens the spinach leaves – and is an easy improvisation on the recently posted warm spinach & apple salad.

  • Quick & Easy Microwave Warmed Spinach & Apple Salad Picture Recipe

    Feb 10, 2025

    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    Warming this salad brings out the flavor of the spinach and apple and is incredibly easy to do in the microwave oven.

  • The Clot Thickens, Part 2: Further Momentum Against the Diet-Heart Hypothesis

    Jan 29, 2025

    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    Heart disease is the number one killer in the US, and some of the advice about preventing it has been dead-on wrong. Here’s an example. I first wrote about the relationship, or really lack of relationship, between eating saturated fat…

  • 2 Keys to Kitchen Knife Safety: Keeping Knives Sharp and Hand Position While Cutting

    Jan 14, 2025

    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    Keeping kitchen knives sharp and using curled fingers both to grip food and as a knife guide are keys to kitchen knife safety.

  • Making Your Better Eating New Year’s Resolution Easy to Start with This Instant 5-Ingredient Salad Dressing Picture Book Recipe

    Jan 3, 2025

    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    Picture book recipe shows how to make an easy-to-make, exceptionally versatile instant 5 ingredient salad dressing

  • Innovative Bella Vita Laser-Cut Chestnuts – and More in 2025

    Dec 31, 2024

    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    Bella Vita’s innovative laser-cut chestnuts makie roasting and peeling roasted chestnuts exceptionally easy.

  • Oven Roasted Chestnuts – All In Pictures

    Dec 24, 2024

    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    It’s Christmas Eve, and it’s hard to imagine this time of year without hearing “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” playing downtown – or in my head. Unfortunately, I’ve never roasted chestnuts on an open fire, but some day I…

  • What Do “Best By”, “Sell By”, “Use By” Dates on Food Packaging Really Mean?

    Dec 17, 2024

    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    Easy to understand information about what “best by”, “sell by” and “use by” food label dates really mean.

  • Fantastic – and Developing – Bella Vita Chestnut Roasting Learning Experience

    Dec 10, 2024

    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    After meeting Bella Vita, Italian imports, owner, Celso Paganini, I’ve started experimenting with different chestnut roasting techniques.

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I help people feel comfortable making a meal on their own – even if they’ve never boiled water – through Gotta’ Eat, Can’t Cook picture book recipes and help make roads safe for all with Breitz! “6 Feet, Thanks!” performance wear. Naval Intelligence Officer veteran, BikeWalkNC VP, dad of 3, avid cyclist, scrappy runner.

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