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What if Nutrition Labels Included Carbon Emissions? By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 7 2011 Your food's carbon footprint right on the label. + READ MORE

Get Food from Right Under Your Nose with Urban Gardening By NaturallySavvy.com IN Food & Health Apr 5 2011 Create a connection with how your food is produced. + READ MORE

Sweet and Sour Braised Turnip Greens with Purple Carrots By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Nov 17 2010 Every Saturday this month I've woken up at the crack of dawn to make sure I get my hands on the purple carrots which sell out in a flash at the farmers' market. They're what makes this dish beautiful but you could also use an apple in their place for sweetness and color. + READ MORE

Chopped Brussels Sprouts with Walnuts, Green Apple, and Pecorino By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Nov 5 2010 Last week when I was visiting my best friend Susan Williams in San Francisco, she made this marvelous Brussels sprout salad. I'm constantly learning recipes from her (it doesn't hurt that she's a chef) to bring back home and try out. I had never really tried raw Brussels sprout and I'll admit I was somewhat skeptical at the prospect. But how wrong was I? This salad is seriously tasty and so simple you'll kick yourself for not thinking of it before. + READ MORE

Autumn Polenta with Buttercup Squash, Oyster Mushrooms, and Fried Lima Beans By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Nov 4 2010 Polenta, like pasta, is such a therapeutic dish to make. Standing over the stove for thirty minutes, constantly stirring corn grits helps me find peace. And then just when your arm feels like it might fall off, the polenta turns into a mass of deliciousness, ready for fixens'. + READ MORE

Beyond Butternut: Try This Banana Squash Soup By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Oct 20 2010 I took this beautiful high-necked bowl that I found deep within the whelms of my closet and filled it with local winter squash varieties like acorn, banana, amber cup, and carnival squash. But my new collection of squash is also for eating. I threw the banana squash into a soup and made a creamy puree with the help of an apple and ginger. Similar to butternut squash in flavor if just a bit sweeter. + READ MORE

Harvest Greens: Sunflower Sprouts, Butternut Squash, Pickled Purple Onions, and Gorgonzola By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Oct 14 2010 This harvest salad of sorts is made with sunflower sprouts, latest trend to come out of Columbia's farmers' market. You can also try snow pea sprouts, arugula sprouts, mustard sprouts, and radish sprouts. Sprouts have smaller leaves, and in my opinion, more potent flavor. Arugula sprouts and mustard sprouts are so concentrated in fact, that they normally need to be mixed with another sprouts or it's too pungent. + READ MORE

In Season: Hearty Beet Risotto By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Oct 13 2010 Beets have so many redeeming qualities and yet so many would be veggie-eaters turn their noses up at the sight of them. People swear that they don't like them without even a sampling. Forget the canned pickled beets of yore; local roasted beets are an irresistible candy-coated sweet treat. + READ MORE

Hearty and Delicious: Butternut Squash and Black Bean Chili By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Oct 9 2010 The butternut squash and the black beans meld nicely together, because the innate sweetness of the squash adds flavor to the beans. It's the perfect combination for chili and a great idea. + READ MORE

A Pasta Dish That's Not Pasta at All: Garlic and Sage Spaghetti Squash By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Oct 7 2010 It's a winter squash variety that may surprise you. It's not that it tastes that much different from its other hard-shelled siblings, it's the idea that when it's cooked and the seeds are removed, its meat resembles spaghetti. Because of its natural stringy texture, it can be treated like pasta + READ MORE

What Makes the Perfect Mashed Potatoes? A Fool-Proof Recipe and Seasonal Varieties By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Oct 2 2010 But sides like mashed potatoes don't have to play second fiddle to a main course. If anything, they should be sharing the responsibility. And in this season of tubers, what makes the perfect mashed potato? + READ MORE

A New Take on a Healthful Seasonal Gem: Indian Inspired Okra By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 24 2010 I’ll admit it; I’ve never been a huge fan of okra. I mean I love fried okra, but what southerner doesn’t? But as far as okra in most all other capacities, I’m not a fan. But okra is all over the place right now and I was determined to find a good recipe for it. + READ MORE

Local Food Hub Solves a Small Farmer's Biggest Woe: Getting Food to the People By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 22 2010 Small farmers know how to grow the best and most sustainable produce around, but they often don’t have the funding to properly market and get their goods to the customer. + READ MORE

Light and Healthy: Pickled Cucumber with Chick Peas and Arugula Sprouts By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 11 2010 Cucumbers tend to lack flavor because they're made up of mostly water so I often pickle them. I don't mean pickle as in turn them into a pickle, but rather, put them in vinegar for about 30 minutes with a pinch of sugar. Take it a step further and pickle the purple onion as well. Pickling onions adds so much flavor and removes some of the bite. + READ MORE

Seasonal Eggplant with Mint and Capers By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 5 2010 I was reading one of my all time favorite food blogs, Smitten Kitchen, when I came across this delicious recipe from a few years back. Pairing roasted eggplant with capers and mint may seem a bit unconventional, and it is. But when you try it, you'll be pleasantly surprised that the flavors meld nicely. I roasted the eggplant instead of broiling it. + READ MORE

A Seasonal Appetizer: Eggplant Bruschetta with Roasted Garlic By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 4 2010 These eggplants are thin and long with a light purple color and very thin skin. They work out well on the grill and have none of that bitter taste that can sometimes accompany the larger eggplants. + READ MORE

Time Honored Elegance: Chanterelles with Olive Oil and Parmesan Pasta By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 25 2010 When I saw that Caw Caw Creek in my hometown was now harvesting them, I was thrilled. I wanted them to be front and center in this dish. No sauce should overcome a flavor so tasty. With the help of Justin (my husband), we did the homemade fettuccine with olive oil and parmesan that I made last month. Just leave the zucchini out and replace with the mushrooms. You want to use a simple pasta for this so that it doesn't compete with your somewhat pricey, though well worth it, chanterelles. + READ MORE

Glow in the Dark Shrimp May Be Safe, But What Other Bacteria is Lurking in Your Seafood? By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 18 2010 Last week in a frighteningly strange occurrence, a women in Oregon sat down to watch a movie with a bowl of shrimp salad only to find that it glowed in the dark. Another man left his shrimp to thaw and later found it glowing in the sink. Naturally, people were concerned. + READ MORE

Hearty Vegetarian: Eggplant Bake By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jul 30 2010 We got these really pretty eggplants from the farmers’ market. They were sort of oddly shaped instead of the almost scary, perfectly cylindrical eggplant variety that you often see at the grocery store. These were really fat and short, you almost wanted to hug them, they were so cute. + READ MORE

Are You a Locavore? (Video) By Care2.com IN Food & Health Jul 29 2010 Whether you shop at your local farmers' market, at Whole Foods, or even at an enlightened supermarket, you may be unsure of terms like organic and biodynamic. Come visit these two farms, see how they do it, and hear the farmers tell you what they are all about. + READ MORE