TIP OF THE DAY: Green-Topped Pizza For St. Patrick’s Day

OK, a green-topped pizza is not just for St. Patrick’s Day. You can go green any time you’d like a pizza with assorted green veggies. Think green for spring; green for summer; green for National Pizza Month, October; and green for National Pizza Day in the [typically] cold, gray weather of February 9th. Depending on…
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RECIPE: One-Pan Chicken Dinner For Fall & Winter

[1] Winner, winner: quick and easy chicken dinner. [2] Delicata squash has an edible rind and a built-in scalloped edge (both photos courtesy Good Eggs).   Winner, winner chicken dinner! This phrase is typically credited with originating on the Vegas Strip. Back in the 1950s, every casino had a $1.79 three-piece chicken dinner, which included…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Fall Salad & Fall Cheese Course Recipes

[1] Make a fall salad with brussels sprouts, squash, and seasonal garnishes (photo © Sweetgreen). [2] Another popular fall combination: endive, pear, and maple-candied walnuts (photo © Barrel and Ashes [permanently closed]).   With each change of season, change your perspective on food. Look for seasonal ingredients in everything from salad ingredients to beer styles.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sneak Veggies Into The Pasta

Brussels sprouts and fennel accent mushroom ravioli. Photo courtesy Giovanni Rana Pasta.   Just about everyone likes to eat a big plate of pasta; a smaller percentage of us enjoy a big plate of vegetables. Pasta Primavera, “spring pasta,” with a complement of spring vegetables like asparagus and zucchini, has long been a way of…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Brussels Sprouts Potato Salad

Brussels sprouts growing on the bush. Photo courtesy MicrofarmGardens.com.   The brussels sprouts plant is a beauty: A stalk crowned with large, wide graceful leaves that grows to about four feet tall. The sprouts, edible buds which resemble tiny heads of cabbage, grow from the bottom of the stalk to the top, in an charming…
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