Articles tagged “Vegetables”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Make Seed-Starting Pots From Recycled Materials By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 24 2008 You don't need elaborate seed-starting biodomes or habitat-destroying peat pellets to get your greens to sprout. Newspaper: A little origami magic turns a single sheet of newspaper into a seed-starter pot that you can later plant whole into your garden in late spring or early summer. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Stir Up a Roasted Celeriac Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 24 2008 I just couldn't get that celeriac out of my head. This time, I got a larger one and it was a bit hollow in the middle.Roasted Celeriac SoupServes 6 to 8 4 cups peeled and cubed celeriac2 tbsp olive oil1 onion, chopped2 cloves garlic, chopped2 stalks celery, chopped1 leek, white and light part only, chopped1 potato,... + READ MORE

Get Recession-Ready: Brown Bag It By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 23 2008 If you eat your lunch out every day, you might not realize just how much it is costing you.8 tbsp lemon juice1 tsp salt1 clove garlic1/4 tahini (sesame paste)1 fresh hot red chili, chopped finely, or 1/2 tsp dried chili flakesOlive oil to drizzle over 1. + READ MORE

Teach Your Children to Cook (Or Will Your School Do It?) By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 23 2008 When I was in high school, we took a course entitled Home Economics. So if the school curriculum starts to actually provide children with the skills to make a stir fry with vegetables, rather than nattering on at them about how vegetables are good for them, I can only see that as an improvement. + READ MORE

Get Recession-Ready: 10 Ways to Tighten Your Belt in the Kitchen By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 22 2008 Recession is in the air, so we are offering up some tips on tightening your belts.Plan meals that will stretch through the week: If you make a spaghetti sauce one night, make enough to use in another meal. + READ MORE

Chipotle Black Bean Burritos By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 22 2008 This is an ongoing series about making your own takeout food. This took about 10 minutes to make, so it's a great healthy, quick dinner after a long day at the office.Chipotle Black Bean BurritosServes 4 3 tbs olive oil1 medium-size red onion, chopped1 tbs chili powder1 15-ounce can black beans, drained1/2 cup frozen... + READ MORE

Try a New Vegetable: Celeriac By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 21 2008 We were invited to dinner at a friend's house a few weeks ago, and when we arrived, our host held up a celeriac and asked what he should do to cook it.It seems that this vegetable is pretty versatile.You can serve it raw in coleslaw style recipes or cook it with potatoes and I think that, like the Jerusalem artichokes I + READ MORE

Join the Shift to Thrift By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Jan 21 2008 In the United Kingdom, one of the surprise hits in the book world is David Kynaston's Austerity Britain, 1945-1951 (2008, Walker & Company), which documents the way Britons adapted to the dire shortages after World War II.Create a soap ball in the kitchen: Collect tiny fragments of soap from elsewhere in the house, then + READ MORE

Sew Your Own "Octopus Chair" By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jan 16 2008 Take four pairs of pants, nine buttons, and some stuff, and what do you have? Grab four pairs of similar-size old pants, a handful of big buttons and a bunch of stuff-regular bean bag or cushion stuffing would work, but you could go all recycled with scraps of old T-shirts or towels-and you're on your way. + READ MORE

Vegetarian Pad Thai By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 16 2008 This part of an ongoing series about making your own takeout food.Vegetarian Pad ThaiMakes 4 to 6 servings 12 ounces dried flat rice noodles (1/4 inch wide; sometimes called pad Thai or banh pho) 3 tablespoons tamarind (from a pliable block) 1 cup boiling-hot water 1/2 cup light soy sauce + 3/4 tsp for eggs 1/4 cup... + READ MORE

Cook with Foods that Fight Cancer: Flax Seeds By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 15 2008 This is part of an ongoing series. Japanese Style Spinach 1 lb spinach1/4 cup walnuts1 tbsp ground linseed (flax seed)1 tbsp sugar2 tbsp rice wine vinegar2 tbsp Japanese soy sauce 1. + READ MORE

Clean Our Air, Clean Your Lungs: Quit Smoking By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 15 2008 : We're already tackled that other big New Year's resolution, so now we are going to take a look at quitting smoking. Avoid alcohol while you are trying to quit: Not only do people find alcohol a trigger, because they often smoked in social settings with a drink, but alcohol will lower your ability to say no when that... + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Serve Up Red Lentils and Lemon By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 14 2008 This is one of a series of soup recipes. You can make it in advance, it's still delicious the next day.Red Lentil Soup With LemonServes 4 3 tbsp olive oil1 large onion, chopped2 garlic cloves, minced1 tbsp tomato paste1 tsp ground cumin1/4 tsp kosher salt, more to taste1/4 tsp ground black pepperpinch of ground chili... + READ MORE

Eat Like Michael Pollan By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Jan 14 2008 Michael Pollan has written a new book, In Defense of Food (2008, Penguin Press), in which he is critical of not only the way we eat, but also the way we are told to eat. Avoid food products that make health claims: The creations of food science make louder claims than the produce department does, though the added... + READ MORE

Lose that Holiday Weight (and Keep it Off) By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 11 2008 Okay, so we are now a week and a half into the new year. Exercise, exercise, exercise: When people say they don't have time to exercise I think, "You don't have time to be healthy?" + READ MORE

Plan a Garden By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 10 2008 January and February are the best months to start plotting your garden, so you can order the seeds in anticipation of spring. If you're sticking to herbs this year, pick up Herbal Remedy Gardens: 38 Plans for Your Health & Well-Being and Herbal Tea Gardens: 22 Plans for Your Enjoyment & Well-Being by Dorie Byers (1999, + READ MORE

Check Out This New Food Web site By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 10 2008 As my regular readers know, I am always advocating increasing your consumption of fruits and vegetables. The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center has created a new Web site that makes finding recipes easy by allowing you to search by ingredient.Not only that, you can register your food preferences, as... + READ MORE

Composting Basics: Compost Without a Yard By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 10 2008 You don't need a big, roomy yard to start churning out your own compost. Farmers' market: Farmers' markets in certain cities, including the Union Square Green Market in Manhattan, have drop-off bins for organic scraps (such as fruit and vegetable peelings, coffee grounds, tea leaves, and eggshells) that will later be... + READ MORE

Make Your Own Organic Baby Food By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 9 2008 Crammed with refined sugars, chemically modified starches, preservatives, and artificial additives, most prepackaged baby foods are little more than processed nosh in a jar, which means that your bambino is mostly getting mouthfuls of fillers, instead of the fruits and vegetables pictured on the container.In case of... + READ MORE

Cook a Vegetable You've Never Seen Before By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 9 2008 Okay, 'fess up.Of course, if you are one of the growing number of people who are ordering organic vegetable boxes, you may find yourself taking delivery of something you have never seen before. + READ MORE