Nutrition

Cook This: Farro and Roasted Butternut Squash.

Farro is a grain that is common in Italian restaurants and delis. You can find it here in the health food store and occasionally at restaurants- here in Portland, anyway.

Read More

Is it real or is it Memorex? Dairy Substitutes.

When my son was two and a half he saw a picture of a mastodon in a book. He said “Dat’s not a elephant, but it’s similuh.” Right. Similar. Not the same. So think of that when you’re trying to replace foods. If you don’t expect an elephant to be the same as a mastodon you won’t be disappointed

Read More

Upcoming Lectures at New Seasons Market

Upcoming Lectures at New Seasons Market. The Years Between: What Women in Their 20s and 30s Need to Know about Their Hormones. Click for details.

Read More

Product Review: Oregon Cracker Company’s Harvest Bounty Multigrain Crackers.

Little so likely to be disappointing as a new gluten-free cracker. But alas, Oregon Cracker has beaten the odds!

Read More

Cook This: Homemade Granola.

The granola at the market is always a bit too expensive and a bit too sweet for my taste. I started making my own just last year.

Read More

Cook This: Lemon Walnut Green Beans v2.1

I had another lemon-walnut green bean recipe up a few months back but the original poster took the recipe down. I decided to make some changes and ended up with this deliciousness.

Read More

Cook This: Grilled Monster Pork Chops with Tomatillo and Green Apple Sauce (not to be confused with applesauce.)

We had a few double cut pork chops in our freezer from, oh, about 9 months ago. Even though we had used the Seal-a-Meal Food Saver I was worried they’d be too old. Not so! They didn’t even smell a little bit like freezer.

Read More

Product Review: Chia Goodness Cereal

I was skeptical about this cereal because of the whole Chia pet thing. I mean, you eat that?

But, as it is it’s my job to taste all things healthy I went ahead and bought Chia Goodness Cereal to give it a try. And I’ll be…it’s actually good!

Read More

Cook This: Hazelnut and Honey-Roasted Acorn Squash.

When I was in college my roommate, on his way to town to buy the groceries, passed a farmer selling butternut squash out of the back of his pickup. He pulled over and was somehow talked into buying a BUSHEL of butternut squash.

Read More

Cook This: Causa (round 2)

I was excited to see a causa recipe and decided to make it to compare it to the one I posted a few weeks back.

Read More