Recipes

Local Food

Garden Vegetable “Pasta”

My zucchini are yellow this year. Don’t ask me why because I have no idea. Isn’t it the most beautiful color though? I might paint

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Farmer's Market

Leaving Grade School

So, another school year is behind us. The crazy last few weeks of school (who can relate to this?) were especially momentous because my son graduated from middle school (oh,

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Recipes

Paleo Granola is Good, Oxymoron or Not

Even though “grain-free granola” is a contradiction in terms, this is a real treat. It just happens to be a clean and relatively healthy alternative to most breakfast cereals.

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Family Dinner

That Mozza Salad

I’ve made this salad a zillion times because it’s really something special. (It better be; it’s $18 at the restaurant.) With its tangy, oregano-y dressing, it tastes like an Italian sub sandwich in a bowl.

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Food Matters

Should You Give Up Gluten?

While having lunch with several gluten-free (by choice) friends the other day, I felt a little self-conscious ordering a sandwich.

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Family Dinner

Happy Not-So-New Year

After having crazy week after crazy week to the point where “crazy week” was becoming the norm (call it “activity creep”) — and because I have a kid starting high school next year (wha?) — I have resolved take back our family meals.

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