The choice of cooking oils has expanded from one or two vegetable oils and olive oil to a wide range of nut and seed oils, many with purported health benefits along with unique flavor characteristics. The grocery store shelves are lined with everything from imported extra virgin olive to walnut and avocado oil. Other than the cost, is there really any difference and why would you use any of these fancy oils? Some oils do have nutritional benefits as well as interesting flavor profiles and can be a healthy addition to your diet when used in place of other fats and oils. These three might be worth experimenting with! Avocado…
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Smoked Salmon Citrus Salad
On long, cold winter weekend days I’m typically in the kitchen making soup or baking bread or some other hearty dish. Today it is snowy and cold outside but after coming in from shoveling I really wasn’t in the mood for something heavy. What I really wanted was something light and fresh and a salad sounded like the perfect option. This weekend my husband is away and I really didn’t want to spend a lot of time cooking for myself anyway, so I scrounged through the refrigerator and found some leftover smoked salmon from one of the Christmas baskets, a grapefruit and an orange, some lemons and butter lettuce. A…
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3 tips for Getting Back on Track – My New Year’s Resolution
We took down all our Christmas decorations this weekend. I always have mixed emotions about that. It just signals the end to the holidays and that is just plain depressing. The holidays are one of my favorite times of the year. Ah well, now we head into a long (at least in the Northeast), cold and dreary winter. But, then it also feels good to get the house back in order and all the extra clutter put away. Back to normal and a bit more organized life. I find the time between Thanksgiving and New Years to be a bit chaotic. Habits we’ve worked hard to develop just fall by…
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New Year’s Artichokes
Food traditions are an important part of a family's history and even more special around the holidays. Here is a little about one of my more recently acquired food traditions - and one of my favorites!
