Take a Break from the Groaning Board
In the midst of a holiday season studded with rich foods, it can be a relief to have a simple meal. A frittata, an Italian-style omelet, is a good choice for a light main course at breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
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In the midst of a holiday season studded with rich foods, it can be a relief to have a simple meal. A frittata, an Italian-style omelet, is a good choice for a light main course at breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
If you blame a hectic schedule for the lack of whole grains in your diet, that is a thin excuse these days. There are many quick, enjoyable ways of including them – even during the holidays.
Eating healthfully during the holiday season doesn’t have to mean giving up richly flavorful dishes, nor abandoning good intentions to eat wisely.
It is almost as easy to make vegetable soup as it is to open a can of vegetable soup. And homemade soup will have more flavor and more nutrients than what comes off the shelf.
It is the time of year when turkey leftovers are plentiful and cooks are creatively challenged. How many turkey sandwiches can one family eat? Fortunately, there are many alternatives.
Butternut squash is one of the handiest and healthiest vegetables you can serve. It might win the vegetable versatility award, as you can bake or roast it, steam or boil it, use it in stews or a stir-fry.
If you hated Brussels sprouts when you were young because they tasted strong and bitter, it is definitely time to try them again. Today’s Brussels sprouts are sweeter and milder-tasting than you may recall.
You want to know one of the best ways to get lots of flavor and texture into one simple dish? Well, stuff it!
Children are just as likely to choose a small toy as candy when offered both on Halloween, according to a Yale study.
If stewing brings to mind chunks of meat simmering slowly in flavorful liquid, remember some of the best stews are meatless dishes like ratatouille as well as other European dishes.
When it comes to eating high-fat foods, daughters do as their mothers do, at least to some extent, according to new research reported in the American Journal of Health Behavior.
There’s no question that vegetarian eating can be healthful and nutritionally adequate, according to the American Dietetic Association. But experts say that the question of whether vegetarian eating is better than non-vegetarian eating depends on exactly what is in that vegetarian diet.
Once, the only roasted vegetables most people made were potatoes, either nestled next to a chicken, set in a pan under a rack holding a leg of lamb (as the French do), or scattered around a hefty rib roast.
Who makes the stuffed cabbage in your family? This robust dish inhabits the souls of those with roots in Eastern Europe, where cabbage dishes fuel people through harsh winters.