This week’s menu: Hearty Fish Chowder and Carrot Raisin Salad Seven-Vegetable Pasta with Tarragon Glaze and Chicken and Sweet Pea Soup Greek Style Turkey Patties with Lemon Tahini Dressing and Green Salad with Tomatoes and Cucumber Lentils with Sweet Potatoes and Spinach and Wild Mushroom and Walnut Rice Risotto with Artichokes and Leeks with Chicken…
In my article, “Making a Beautiful Meal,” I talk about how the different color combinations of foods can greatly enhance and beautify a meal, making it more attractive and appealing. In this HeARTful Idea, I wanted to expand upon this concept to give you more ideas and inspiration while you’re cooking. But first, a little…
It’s been quite a while since I last posted a menu planner; the holidays were very busy and my husband and I were both sick twice and our son once. I also had a few occasions of being “glutened” either because of cross-contamination, not being careful enough in a restaurant or not reading ingredients lists…
Do you feel limited when you look at a recipe that has ingredients in it that you either don’t like or can’t eat because of an allergy? Wouldn’t it be great to, on a whim, be able to alter a recipe to fit your dietary needs and appeal to your taste buds? A main reason…
I have been recovering from sleep deprivation from last week so this week I have been trying to catch up on everything. But today I finally have time to post this week’s menu along with some photos and recipes. This week’s menu planner: 1. Sweet potato Black Bean Tacos and Cilantro Basmati Rice 2. Chipotle-dusted…
This time of year, I have a lot of fun using winter squash in new and different ways. This week I was craving a vegetable paella because one of my favorite spices is saffron. I find this spice incredibly flavorful and also amazing because it is “derived from the dried stigma of the flower of…
By this time, you are probably in the midst of shopping for or planning your Thanksgiving dinner. If you are still looking for ideas, you may want to check out Elana’s Pantry. She recently posted her Thanksgiving spread and it looks delicious. However, have you thought about how you could use your Thanksgiving leftovers to…
If you are looking for a sneak preview of what is to come this fall and winter of 2008-09, the following is a list of entrees and sides I am planning on including in the Nourishing Foods Menu Planner. Everything on the list is made gluten/dairy/soy-free. There will also be a vegetarian/seafood option for each…
I bought this beautiful squash over a month ago at the Common Market in Frederick, MD, not knowing how delicious it would be. I was also simply enjoying looking at it because it is so beautiful. It is called a Kuri Squash and it dark orange and round like a pumpkin but a little pointier…
I want to take a few moments and diverge away from the topic of food and talk a little bit about how this website came about. There are in fact a handful of miracles that made the creation of this site possible. The first one is named Dawud Miracle. And I have to say that…
