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Chinese Turnip Cake Recipe

October 10, 2012 by Jeanette 22 Comments

Pan Fried Chinese Turnip Cake

Today, I’m sharing a Chinese Turnip Cake recipe that I adapted from my late Aunt Florence’s cookbook. I love dim sum, the bite-size delicacies that are carted around at Chinese restaurants in Chinatown on the weekend. Unfortunately, since I live in the suburbs of Connecticut, finding restaurants that serves dim sum nearby are few and…

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Filed Under: appetizers, Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, Dinner, gluten-free, healthy choices, Recipes For Foodies Tagged With: Chinese turnip cake recipe, dim sum, Florence Lin

Roasted Green Tomato Avocado Salsa Recipe

October 8, 2012 by Jeanette 20 Comments

Roasted Green Tomato Guacamole Salsa

Exciting News! I’m starting a monthly e-newsletter that will feature all new content – cooking videos, new recipes (not on my blog), product reviews, a monthly secret ingredient and snappy tips. Don’t miss out – sign up today! Now that tomato season is coming to an end in the East, I’ve been seeing green tomatoes…

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Filed Under: appetizers, csa, dairy-free, dips and sauces, farmer's market, gluten-free, healthy choices, snacks, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: avocado salsa, green tomato recipe, green tomato salsa, how to use green tomatoes, roasting green tomatoes

Easy Berry Sauce Recipe (Power Foods)

October 5, 2012 by Jeanette 20 Comments

Raspberry Sauce

Over the summer, my family visited my folks down in Maryland to celebrate my dad’s 85th birthday. Food has always been central to our family gatherings and this was no different. We ate our hearts out and were treated to a few special desserts served with this Berry Sauce that my brother-in-law made. My brother-in-law…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, dips and sauces, gluten-free, healthy choices, sauces, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: berries, blackberries, blueberries, health benefits of berries, power foods, raspberries, strawberries

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Spice Banana Bread Recipe

October 1, 2012 by Jeanette 40 Comments

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Spice Banana Bread

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Spice Banana Bread is dark, moist and hearty tasting. Banana bread has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid, and now as a mom, I’ve made it more times than I can remember. My go-to recipe has always been the recipe my mom used when we were growing up, which…

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Filed Under: book review, Breads, Breakfast, dairy-free, gluten-free, healthy choices, snacks Tagged With: gluten-free banana bread, Jenna Weber, quick bread, White Jacket Not Required

Chocolate Dipped Dried Apricots with Toasted Nuts Recipe (Power Foods)

September 28, 2012 by Jeanette 17 Comments

Fresh apricots are only available for a short season, so over the summer, I usually buy at least one box from Costco’s to enjoy this delicate stone fruit. Fortunately, dried apricots are readily available, so these beauties can be enjoyed year-round. Although I like the bright orange color of dried apricots that have been treated…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: apricot health benefits, Chocolate Dipped Dried Apricots with Toasted Nuts, dried apricots

Kale Kimchi Recipe

September 26, 2012 by Jeanette 20 Comments

Kale Kimchi in a Jar

I got lots of kale in my CSA Box throughout the summer and am still getting kale as we go into fall. Throughout the summer, I made plenty of pesto and salads with kale (including massaged kale salad), but as I got more and more kale each week, I started to think of other ways…

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Filed Under: Asian, Cancer, Cooking For Cancer, csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, side dishes, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: Fall Fest, fermented foods, Food Network, kale, kale kimchi, kimchi recipe, Korean recipe

Fanned Sweet Potatoes or Hasselback Sweet Potatoes Recipe

September 24, 2012 by Jeanette 24 Comments

Hasselback Sweet Potato

Today is “reveal day” for Group D of the Secret Recipe Club, hosted by Sarah of Fantastical Sharing of Recipes. This month, I was assigned to Melanie of Fabulously Fun Food. I am so embarrassed because I have known what I had planned to share for this very day weeks ago, but totally spaced out…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Dinner, farmer's market, gluten-free, healthy choices, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: Fanned Potatoes, Hasselback Sweet Potatoes, secret recipe club

50+ Healthy Winter Squash Recipes

September 20, 2012 by Jeanette

Beet and Apple Soup in Roasted Acorn Squash

This collection of healthy winter squash recipes includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, soups and sweet recipes. You’ll want to bookmark this post! This week, I’m featuring Winter Squash as a Power Food in a collection of healthy winter squash recipes. Winter squash comes in all different shapes, sizes and colors and I’ve started to see more…

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Filed Under: csa, healthy choices, vegetables Tagged With: acorn squash, delicata squash, healthy winter squash recipes, kabocha squash, pumpkin, spaghetti squash, winter squash, winter squash recipes

Easy Crockpot Stuffed Baked Sweet Potato Recipe

September 19, 2012 by Jeanette 12 Comments

Baked Sweet Potato with Chicken Chili

When life gets busy, my crockpot comes out of the closet a lot more. In fact, it stays out on my kitchen counter for weeks at a time during the school year. Not only is it perfect for slow cooking soups, chilies and stews, but it is also great for baking potatoes. I’ve been baking…

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Filed Under: Cooking For Cancer, csa, farmer's market, gluten-free, healthy choices, Liquid/Soft Food Diet, side dishes, Slow Cooker, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: crockpot sweet potatoes, slow cooker sweet potatoes, stuffed baked sweet potatoes

Easy Blueberry Banana Yogurt Smoothie Recipe

September 17, 2012 by Jeanette 45 Comments

Blueberry Banana Yogurt Smoothie

Today, we’re featuring a video of my youngest son, Alex, making an Easy Blueberry Banana Yogurt Smoothie. Smoothies are one of the easiest ways to get my kids to eat a few servings of brain boosting fruit at breakfast, plus by adding some Greek yogurt into the smoothie, they get a little extra protein to…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Clean Eating, Cooking For Cancer, gluten-free, healthy choices, Kids Cooking, Liquid/Soft Food Diet, smoothies, Special Diets, vegetarian Tagged With: breakfast smoothie, easy smoothie recipe, fruit smoothie, healthy breakfast ideas, healthy smoothie, kid-friendly smoothie, kids cooking video, kids in the kitchen

Favorite Tomato Recipes

September 14, 2012 by Jeanette 15 Comments

Turkey Bolognese

This post features favorite tomato recipes using fresh summer tomatoes at their peak. Today, I am featuring my family’s favorite Tomato recipes, a Power Food. Each summer, I look forward to the bounty of farm fresh tomatoes of different varieties that arrive in my CSA Box and at the local farmer’s market. A few summers ago, I…

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Filed Under: csa, farmer's market, healthy choices Tagged With: health benefits of tomatoes, power foods, recipes using tomatoes, tomato nutrition, tomato pasta recipes

Spicy Korean Ramen Noodle Soup Recipe

September 10, 2012 by Jeanette 19 Comments

Today, I’m participating in Food Network’s Back to School Communal Table event where a group of bloggers is sharing their favorite back to school kids and adult lunches. Now that my kids are all back in school, I don’t have to worry about feeding my brood of boys lunch each day. Instead, I can eat…

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Filed Under: Asian, dairy-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, lunch, main courses, Pasta and Noodles Tagged With: Korean ramen noodle soup, quick and easy, ramen noodle soup

Favorite Swiss Chard Recipes

September 7, 2012 by Jeanette 21 Comments

Pasta with Sauteed Swiss Chard

This post contains some favorite Swiss chard recipes featuring this nutritious leafy green vegetable. Swiss Chard (also known as silverbeet) is one of the first summer vegetables that I look forward to seeing in my CSA box the most. I especially like Rainbow Chard because of the beautiful stems. My mom used to sauté swiss…

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Filed Under: csa, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, vegetables Tagged With: Swiss Chard health benefits, Swiss Chard nutrition, Swiss Chard recipes

Roasted Beet, Apple and Walnut Salad with Honey Lemon Yogurt Dressing

September 5, 2012 by Jeanette 15 Comments

Roasted Beet, Apple, Walnut Salad with Honey Lemon Yogurt Dressing

If you’ve ever read any of my Beet Recipe posts, you know that I did not like beets growing up, but came to love them after I tasted my first Roasted Beet Salad. During the summer, beets abound at the farmer’s market and in my CSA Box, so I have plenty of opportunities to experiment…

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Filed Under: csa, farmer's market, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, salads Tagged With: beet and apple salad, beet salad, csa, farmer's market, Food Network, Food Network Summer Fest, roasted beet salad, yogurt dressing

Asian Chicken Stew in a Crockpot Recipe

September 3, 2012 by Jeanette 17 Comments

Crock Pot Asian Chicken Stew

Now that the slow days of summer are over and school is in full swing, I’ve been thinking a lot about make-ahead meals, quick and easy recipes, and anything that can be made in the crockpot. Depending on my kids’ after-school schedules, sometimes it’s best to have dinner ready in the crockpot so the kids…

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Filed Under: Asian, chicken, csa, dairy-free, Dinner, Family, farmer's market, gluten-free, healthy choices, main courses, Pantry Recipe, Slow Cooker Tagged With: Asian chicken stew, crockpot chicken stew, Korean chicken stew, slow cooker chicken stew

Chili Spiced Sweet Potato Fries and Chipotle Yogurt Dip Recipe

August 31, 2012 by Jeanette 28 Comments

Chili Spiced Sweet Potato Fries with Chipotle Yogurt Dip

Chili Spiced Sweet Potato Fries are a heatlhy alternative to French fries, servied with a slightly spicy chipotle yogurt dip. Last week, I had the chance to visit a Korean market that is as big as a supermarket. I could have spent hours just going up and down each aisle looking at all the different…

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Filed Under: csa, dips and sauces, farmer's market, gluten-free, healthy choices, vegetarian Tagged With: chili spiced fries, chipotle dip, health benefits of sweet potatoes, power foods, sweet potato fries, yogurt dip

Asian Grilled Eggplant with Soy Sesame Sauce Recipe

August 29, 2012 by Jeanette 23 Comments

Asian Grilled Eggplant with Spicy Soy Sesame Sauce

This week on Food Network’s Summer Fest, a group of talented bloggers are featuring farm fresh recipes using Eggplant that’s in season. Each week, recipes using farm fresh produce will be featured on the Food Network website along with recipes by a group of fabulous food bloggers. I love eggplant, especially the Asian varieties that are smaller. One of my favorite…

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Filed Under: Asian, csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, healthy choices, side dishes, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: brain health, Chinese eggplant recipe, Food Network Summer Fest, grilled eggplant, Japanese eggplant recipe, yu shiang eggplant

Guacamole Salsa Recipe (Kids Cooking)

August 27, 2012 by Jeanette 11 Comments

Guacamole Salsa

Hi, this is Kyle on Kids Cooking. Today, I’m going to show you how to make some Guacamole Salsa. It’s made exactly how it sounds, by combining the best elements of my two favorite dips, guacamole and salsa. Not only is Guacamole Salsa delicious, it’s also great as a cool-down snack after a long, hot summer day….

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Filed Under: appetizers, dairy-free, dips and sauces, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, Kids Cooking, snacks, Super Bowl, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: guacamole salsa, kids cooking, kids in the kitchen, recipe for kids

Asian Sesame Spinach Salad Recipe

August 24, 2012 by Jeanette 20 Comments

Sesame Spinach Salad

Asian Sesame Spinach Salad is a healthy side dish that is easy to prepare. Remember when Popeye would open a can of spinach just before his muscles would pop out of his shirt? Well, Popeye was onto something because as it turns out, Spinach is a Power Food. Although canned spinach sounds just as unappealing…

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Filed Under: Asian, csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, salads, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: Asian spinach salad, power food, sesame spinach salad, spinach health benefits

Watermelon Mint Freeze Recipe

August 22, 2012 by Jeanette 10 Comments

Watermelon Mint Freeze

This week as part of Food Network’s Summer Fest, a group of talented bloggers are featuring farm fresh recipes using Melons that are in season. Each week, recipes using farm fresh produce will be featured on the Food Network website along with recipes by a group of fabulous food bloggers. Although I love all melons, today, I am…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, healthy choices, smoothies, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: Food Network Summer Fest, summer drinks, watermelon cooler, watermelon drink, watermelon health benefits

A Healthier Gluten-Free Crawfish and Crab Gumbo Recipe

August 21, 2012 by Jeanette 23 Comments

A Healthier Gluten-Free Crawfish and Crab Gumbo

We’re a big baseball family, and each year for the past 12 years, our summers have been consumed with baseball games and lots of traveling around the country. Seven years ago, one of my boys played in the 10-year old Cal Ripken World Series in Lafayette, Louisiana. Our entire family went to this once in…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Dinner, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, main courses, Seafood, shellfish Tagged With: crawfish and crab gumbo, gluten-free gumbo, healthier gumbo, healthy gumbo, Recipe Redux

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