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February 12th, 2015

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How to Take Microwave Cooked Kale From Simple to Exciting – All in Pictures

Last time I showed how to cook kale in the microwave oven, which is a great way to prepare kale both to maximize it’s flavor and not just retain but even boost its terrifically nutritional properties. But eating kale all by itself? Not for me.

So, here’s how to take microwave cooked kale from simple to exciting, which really is an example of just how easy – and flavorful – improvising in the kitchen can be. What I mean specifically regarding this recipe is that all the ingredients you see below or in the full picture book recipe you can download by clicking any picture on this page are just suggestions. Sure, they taste great together – for me. But what about you? You might not like onions or chickpeas (I used to not be a chickpea/garbanzo bean fan at all). Fine. Don’t use them, or substitute them with something else you do like, for example, chopped red – or any color – bell pepper, kidney beans, sun dried tomatoes, cucumber; you get the picture. Read more »

February 7th, 2015

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Resetting New Year’s Resolutions & Microwave Cooked Kale In Pictures

I laughed the other day when I heard that February 1^st is becoming the new start date for New Year’s resolutions. But then after I let the idea sink in, it began to make sense. By February 1^st, the winter holidays and their tempting, flavorful excesses are all over. The football playoffs are over – or sometimes just about over. We’re starting to look at least somewhat more optimistically toward the light of spring at the end of the dark tunnel of winter. So, why not make February 1^st a much more fitting start date?

Regarding that new start date and the desire among most to eat better, how ‘bout looking at what kale has to offer? Kale has a lot going for it in that it’s flavorful, versatile, easy to prepare, and richly nutritious (you can click the graph below for a link to The World’s Healthiest Foods for more detailed information.)

Baked Kale Chips – Flavorful, Nutritious, and All in Pictures

I don’t know what you chose for your new year’s resolutions, but I did see online that losing weight, getting fit, and eating more healthy foods are 3 of the top 10 resolutions people make. I know from personal experience those 3 resolutions are about the toughest for anyone to start let alone maintain for any meaningful period of time because they involve lifestyle change, which means changing the way we’ve become comfortable living – even if that comfort means doing things that are not at all good for our body and our minds. Read more »

January 7th, 2015

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Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Fries – Easy to Make & All in Pictures

Oh baby, it’s cold outside! So how ’bout we warm things up with fully flavorful, richly nutritious, and easy to make oven roasted sweet potato fries.

First, a few tips.

Sweet potatoes are packed with beneficial antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and blood sugar moderating properties. For details, I highly recommend this link to the very comprehensive sweet potato page on the World’s Healthiest Foods site:http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=64.
Adding some fat to cooked sweet potato in the form of a little butter or oil will help your body absorb and process the fat-soluble vitamins found in the vegetable, primarily, vitamin A. (This recipe uses a shot of canola oil cooking spray for roasting, which helps satisfy that need.)
I prefer not peeling the skin from any potatoes as most of the nutrients reside both in the skin and just below the skin. Instead, I give the potatoes a good dirt cleaning scrub with an abrasive sponge (you can also use a brush or your bare hands) under cold running water as shown below.

Baguette Full-On – All French and All Fun!

Another stunning win by Marcel Kittel – hey, the guy’s won three of the first four stages of the Tour – with incredible strength and speed. And this was the first stage (section) of this year’s Tour in France from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille Metropole. Terrific!

All right! The Tour’s now in France. So how ’bout something, well, simply French?

How to Make a Warmly Comforting Vegetable Tian – All in Pictures

They say spring is on the way, but, wow, it’s been biting cold both in the morning and evening here in the Northeast. And, though there’s not a lot we can do about the temperature outside, we sure can do something in the kitchen to warm us from the inside out – all very easily.

As I mention in the TIPS section at the beginning of the step-by-step picture book recipe you can get by clicking this link or either picture on this page, the word “tian” that you see in the title above is Greek for “frying pan” and is both a shallow earthenware cooking pot and a fantastically flavorful dish made with the layered, thinly sliced vegetables, herbs, oil, and garlic you see in the ingredients picture below and then baked in that same tian pot. Long sentence? You bet. Great stuff? Try it!

July 4th, 2013

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“Tasting The Tour” – Food From the 100th Tour de France Route, Part 2: Provencal Vegetable Tian

I got a good wry smile out of this line from SBNation.com regarding today’s stage 6 of the Tour de France from Aix-en-Provence to Montpellier: “A relatively short 176.5 km trek across flat land should see this year’s sprinters shine once again”.

A relatively short 176.5 km (110 miles) – ripping the pedals at over 30 mph average? Ow! Read more »

January 13th, 2013

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Quick & Easy Brussels Sprouts Chips – All in Pictures

Really? Brussels sprouts chips an excellent quick, flavorful and even healthy alternative to commercially bagged chips? “C’mon, Bruce. What’s on tap next – fried celery just as good as a hot fudge sundae?” All I can say is: I didn’t believe it either.

In fact, I was never a big Brussels sprouts fan until I was very recently introduced to this recipe and another recipe made with Brussels sprouts, bacon and onions that I’ll lay out real soon. All I can say is try them – my kids and I loved ’em – and then let me know what you think.

Here’s all you need to make these chips. As always, just click any picture on this page for a direct link to an easy to follow step-by-step picture book recipe.

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