Cooking Low and Slow for Fall
Cooking low and slow, braising, is one of the easier methods of cooking to add into busy daily schedules. Most of the work is right at the beginning in preparing the ingredients.
Zucchini Recipes… do we need MORE?
If you like zucchini, it seems like this is the time of year we are inundated. They come from our own gardens, from the store, or even from neighbors trying to unload their bounty!
Making Home Made Bread
Starting with a basic, three-ingredient rustic white bread and a simple, soft white bread that can be shaped into dinner rolls, basic loaves for sandwiches or even homemade pizza crusts.
Using Up Late Summer Garden Produce
We have experienced a pretty decent tomato and zucchini crop this year. There are hundreds of recipes to enjoy your late season harvest or those from your neighbors!
Summer Bounty!
Spring and early summer has arrived and the farmer’s markets and local grocery stores are bringing in the bounty of our Oregon spring! Some of our favorite shops offer fantastic ingredients and inspiration for creative meals.
A Healthier Halloween??
With Halloween fast approaching, here is a quick list of more healthful ideas that could easily be given out to the ghouls and goblins that knock on your door.
Busy Schedules Commence!
If we have strategies to help enable us to make healthy choices, we will be more successful in maintaining healthy habits.
The Heat is On: Cool Summer Salads and Making Your Own Dressing!
The garden is starting to reveal its plentiful bounty, especially fresh lettuces and other greens. As the thermometer rises (and it’s going to again, very soon!), it’s a perfect time to revisit homemade entrée salads.
Cooking with Nettles
Stinging nettles, are prolific in the Northwest, preferring areas with moist, rich soils in shady areas. Mostly regarded as a nuisance, nettles have a remarkable number of health benefits.
“Meatless Mondays”: Integrate New Ingredients Into Your Diet!
There are ways to embrace the concept of a Meatless Monday without adding lots of fat and extra calories to your meal. Take this opportunity to cook with ingredients you may not have used before, or eat styles of food you haven’t previously embraced.
Tips for a Healthy New Year
Starting the second that the clock strikes 12 on New Year’s Day, they are waiting for you. Changes, Resolutions and Good Intentions.
Elegant, Creative and Easy Holiday Appetizers
Want to break free from the typical cheese plates, crudités, and guacamole? Here are a few ideas for creative, tasty and easy appetizers that will wow the crowd!
Holidays & Healthful Eating
There is nothing better this time of year than a delicious, slow-cooked meal that echoes the love and care put into it. And nothing says “love and care” more than the holiday table.
Slow Cooked Meal Ideas
While the days are still sunny and relatively warm, our evenings relay a definite fall chill. What better idea than to saddle up to a tender, slow-cooked meal?
Easy Meals for Hot Nights
You do not have to go out for a healthful Summer meal. And the best part is that they take hardly any time to assemble.
Healthy Eating Tips
Summer is in full swing, and with it brings an abundance of seasonal fruits and vegetables. This means there is no better time to eat lots of fresh, local ingredients.
Paleo Diets, Desserts and “Banana Bread” Recipe
I have been approached quite often lately to incorporate The Paleo Diet into our personal chef services. For those not familiar with the Paleo Diet, it is ultimately incorporating foods that our ancestors could have eaten.
Waste Not, Want Not… Utilizing What’s in Your Pantry, Fridge and Freezer
I have felt that in years past as well… a new start for eating right, resuming a regular exercise plan, setting business goals that I could track for the year, all of those aspects of our lives that we devote time and energy to. Having healthful meals available really helps us achieve these goals.
Starting Fresh – Healthy Eating for the New Year
I have felt that in years past as well… a new start for eating right, resuming a regular exercise plan, setting business goals that I could track for the year, all of those aspects of our lives that we devote time and energy to. Having healthful meals available really helps us achieve these goals.