Soupy Sales

It’s great to finally see some GOOD news for our culture of health for a change. This recent article reflects the fact that consumer demand is pushing the supply. In other words, if WE purchase healthy foods, food manufacturers will have to comply. We are probably most familiar with...

Easy Vegetable Couscous Recipe

You’ll Need: 1 ¼ cups water or chicken broth 2 Tablespoons butter 1 cup couscous Salt Pepper 1 cup cooked garbanzo beans 2 small zucchinis, thinly sliced Directions Bring the water or broth to a boil Add the butter, couscous, salt and pepper, garbanzo beans and zucchini. Stir and...

Food Fears

Everyone knows that there is a social strata to health. There always has been. A few hundred years ago, when thin was a mark of poverty, and girth was a sign that you could afford enough food to over-indulge … you guessed it, those on the lower socio-economic rungs...

Chocolate Chip Cookies in Crock pot

This recipe is from the book we are giving out as a prize for submitting recipes! The Gourmet Slow Cooker by Lynn Alley (2003) Who would have thought you could make chocolate chip cookies in a slow cooker? Though they’ll certainly look different from what you’re used to, the...

Creole Italian Dressing

Submitted by Sue at HHM. Thank you Sue!   You’ll Need:   1 small onion 1 clove garlic 1 C. olive oil 1 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 6 T. Creole mustard (stone ground) 1 tsp. salt 2 to 3 dashes of Tabasco sauce 1 T. cold water Vinegar (enough...

Crock Pot Chicken Cacciatore

  You’ll Need: 2 mediums onions, peeled, sliced 3 pounds chicken, cut up 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 can tomatoes, 16 ounces 1 can tomato sauce, 8 ounces 1 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper 1 ½ teaspoons dried oregano, crushed ½ teaspoon dried basil, crushed 1 bay leaf ¼...

Roaster Chicken in the Crockpot

You’ll Need 1 Roaster Chicken 1 Lemon ¼ cup honey ½ cup orange juice Directions Rinse Chicken well inside and out. Roll the lemon on a flat top to soften, and pierce well with a 2 tined fork. Place the lemon in the cavity of the chicken and place...

Asian Grilled Chicken Breasts

Submitted by Jeanne at Eckert Seamans. Thank you, Jeanne! You’ll Need: 1/4 cup olive oil 1 T. soy sauce 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 T. minced ginger 1 T. Dijon mustard salt and pepper to taste 6 skinless, boneless chicken breasts Directions: Mix the oil, soy sauce, garlic, ginger,...

Family Table

In yesterday’s NYTimes Health Section, I read an article on the Family Table (you can read it here http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/dining/01baby.html). The thrust of the article describes a family that essentially milled their own baby food — not out of anything special or out of the ordinary, but from the basic...

Why I Love TDay

I love Thanksgiving.   The reason I love T-Day is because yesterday was September the 29th. I was in Home Depot getting yardy stuff for my bushes and whatnot.   They have plastic Christmas trees up. Already. In September. Hey, you too can avoid the holiday rush, head on...

Salmon in Dill Sauce

  You’ll Need: 2 pounds of salmon steaks Salt Pepper 1 Tablespoon butter 1 cup sour cream ½ teaspoon dill Directions: Melt 1 the butter in skillet at 250 degrees. Cook salmon 10 minutes per inch of thickness. Turn twice, salt and pepper to taste. When salmon is done...

Sensual eating

I'm speaking tonight for the PA sustainable agricultue dinner, and doing a session on sensual eating. I teach them to taste their food. This is one of the most fundamental ways to control our cultural health problems. Paying attention to the taste and texture and aroma of your food...