Archive for 'January,2012'

Kids Cook Monday: Mini Quiche Lorraine

Kids Cook Monday: Mini Quiche Lorraine

Featured recipe from The Gourmand Mom These mini quiches are super easy, lower in calories and perfectly portioned for little eaters. Instead of a pastry crust, the quiches are nestled in little cups made from Swiss cheese, [...]

Spira-what? Spira-who?

Spira-what? Spira-who?

Perhaps you remember Andrew Zimmern, of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods, gulping down a big glass of this green stuff at a farm inThailand.  Spirulina might look and sound strange, but it’s been consumed for thousands of [...]

Winterizing Your Produce

Winterizing Your Produce

Simply Put is my bi-weekly column published in the New Canaan Advertiser January 26, 2012 Let’s face it. When winter comes, the land goes into a veritable hibernation and opportunities for fresh foods seem to be at [...]

Cha cha cha CHIA!

Cha cha cha CHIA!

It’s official.  I’m addicted.  To chia seeds.  Yep, those same itty bitty seeds behind the Chia Pet craze are now sprouting up in health food stores and kitchens acrossAmerica.  Including mine. From super-fun to super-food, chia [...]

Mamma Chia: Health in a Bottle

Mamma Chia: Health in a Bottle

I was a food editorial intern.  It was a chilled bottle of Mamma Chia Blackberry Hibiscus.  I had never seen chia seeds in a drink before.  And to be honest, little gelatinous seeds floating around in [...]