Potato and sweet potato peelings typically get composted or tossed. Here the peels are salvaged and re-purposed into, quite possibly, the Holy Grail of scrappy snacks. Fiber rich skins are tasty and filling, they will definitely answer the call for salty, crispy...
Recipes & Tips
Kale Chimichurri
Zucchini Noodles with Kale Chimichurri and Toasted Walnuts Serves 4 This week the hospital garden was flush with kale for the garden giveaway and I was feeling, truthfully, a bit ho-hum at the prospect of demo'ing another saute or raw salad. Suddenly chimichurri flew...
Broccoli with Edamame and Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
Recent conversation came up around Eating the Rainbow so I thought it would be fun to develop a series of recipes based on color. This one represents one of my interpretations of green; a yummy one pan, veg-centric, dish that comes together in under 15 minutes. 2...
Veggie and Cauliflower Fried “Rice”
Classic fried rice gets a refined carb makeover by swapping white rice for finely chopped cauliflower. Almost any seasonal vegetable add-in will do…simply toss in whichever veggies are on hand and in minutes you’ll have a colorful and nutritious, filling, one pan dish...
Avocado Toast with Egg
A favorite breakfast or snack of mine is avocado on whole grain toast. Much of the time it gets topped with scrambled egg to which I've added shredded cabbage, scallion and a drizzle of sriracha. But diced pepper, zucchini, kale, almost any veggie and/or fresh herb...
Curried Tofu Scramble
domingoproducefl.com Budget friendly and protein packed, tofu is another one of those template foods; a blank slate just waiting for your flavor instructions. This vegetarian dish uses curry to provide an anti-inflammatory hit in addition to deep, rich taste. Better...
Spaghetti Squash Marinara
Spaghetti squash is one of those what I call “template” foods; an ingredient which serves as a base capable of going in many different flavor directions. Even though it’s shell is hard, thin skinned spaghetti squash's flesh contains more water than it's orange fleshed...
Bavarian Potato Salad
I’m fascinated with the notion of resistant starch and all of the exciting research about the importance of a healthy, balanced, gut microbiota. This dish was created with exactly that notion in mind. Here, cooked and cooled potatoes are tossed with dressing made from...
Latin Potato Salad with Kale and Mustard Greens Pesto
Maybe I should have called this salad something more like what it truly is. Meaning more like an anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, phytonutrient rich, beneficial gut bacteria feeding, pot of gold at the end of the rainbow or something. But then it may sound too...
Mustard Greens – the eccentric relative
Like a lovable yet eccentric Auntie you never know what you’re going to get with mustard greens. Sweet and spicy, potentially edgy and bitter, mustard greens can be unpredictable when it comes to flavor. As a result, many people approach the temperament of mustard...