If you already use agave nectar, maple syrup, or honey as a sweetener instead of refined white or brown sugar, it’s time to add date syrup to the list as well. Making it is easy and worth the minimal effort. Continue Reading How To Make Date Syrup
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Roasted Tomato Sauce: Slow Simmered Flavor in a Flash
Some recipes are made to simmer all day, it’s a great way to combine and intensify flavor. But for some recipes, like this Roasted Tomato Sauce, you can get the same “simmered-all-day” flavor by roasting the ingredients. Continue Reading Roasted Tomato Sauce: Slow Simmered Flavor in a Flash
Three Ancient Spices to Inspire Your Modern-Day Cooking
Stuck in a rut with your cooking? Today I offer you a helping hand to pull you out of it: three spices that have existed for thousands of years yet you may never have tried. Each has a unique flavor to excite your palate and entice your family to come to the dinner table. Continue Reading Three Ancient Spices to Inspire Your Modern-Day Cooking
Roasted Fruit with Pomegranate Molasses: Using a New Ingredient to Tantalize Your Taste Buds
Think of pomegranate molasses as the balsamic vinegar of the Middle East. A centerpiece of Persian cuisine, but present in so many dishes throughout the entire region, it is tart, tangy, just a little bit sweet, and a perfect addition to your salad dressings, stews, grain dishes, and even desserts. Continue Reading Roasted Fruit with Pomegranate Molasses: Using a New Ingredient to Tantalize Your Taste Buds
Unprocessed Fast Food: Drive Through Your Own Kitchen to Find Quick, Tasty, and Nutritious Meals
If your lifestyle is anything like mine or you just find yourself succumbing to the ease of fast, processed food, my suggestion is to create your own fast food at home. Continue Reading Unprocessed Fast Food: Drive Through Your Own Kitchen to Find Quick, Tasty, and Nutritious Meals
Food for Healing & Five Ingredients to Avoid
Today, I am writing about five ingredients to avoid consuming in your food, based on a session I attended last August at the Hazon Food Conference at UC Davis. Continue Reading Food for Healing & Five Ingredients to Avoid
Ten Snacking Tips for the Busy Parent
Beth Lee is a food and wine lover, seasoned marketing professional, mom of two impossibly great kids (she puts the emphasis on “impossible”), wife to dormant chef, chauffeur, golfer, and can be overheard frequently exclaiming, OMG! Yummy. Today she shares some of her favorite snacking tips for busy parents, but you certainly don’t have to be a parent (busy or otherwise) to find them helpful! Continue Reading Ten Snacking Tips for the Busy Parent