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...
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...
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...
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...
Recently I was invited to weave in an activity around food as part of a day long retreat for the busy General Medicine Clinic staff at San Francisco General Hospital. I wanted the recipes to be interactive and fun; yet tasty, easy, and highly nutritious. Once the plan...
It's February….the month of the heart! When I think about words used to describe the heart, things like hardworking, vulnerable, steady, and loving are a few that come to mind. When I think of caregivers many of those same words apply. I came up with this dish in...
Sometimes it’s almost impossible to undo a bad reputation. Such is the case for eggs. Since the 1960’s there has been widespread belief that by consuming cholesterol containing eggs one is put directly on the path to developing heart disease. Despite multiple...
There is something precious to me about cherries. Round, red, shiny, cute as can be. To see them all piled up at the market feels like I’m being hit with a thousand dimpled smiles and my heart can’t help but smile back. They evoke memories of childhood summers….bare...
While strolling along at the farmers market recently these beauties caught my eye. Loaded with stress busting magnesium, energy producing iron and bone strengthening vitamin K, dark leafy greens pack a wallop when it comes to a source of concentrated nutrition. From a...
Yay for nurses! Those skilled, compassionate, patient, tolerant, and hardworking bedside healers who are the heartbeat of healthcare. When asked to provide 20 dozen healthy snack during Nurse Appreciation Week for a chunk of the 900+ nurses at San Francisco General...