Here is my all-time favorite thing to do with a worthy pumpkin. This is the memorable recipe you’ve been waiting for to make for your Thanksgiving guests, fall weekend guests, beloved kids home on break, book group, or your family just because. Believe me, it makes an impression! Thanks go to Molly Katzen, noted author of Moosewood Cookbook, who first introduced me to the idea of cooking inside a pumpkin many, many years ago. Continue reading
Category Archives: Recipes
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Pumpkin Bread, Of Course!
Couldn’t resist! Thank you to Treehugger.com for this unusually flavorful, gluten-free, vegan treat. No tricks.
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Turkey Chili
Ready for turkey season? We eat turkey year-round at our house, and nobody is complaining! My favorite way to make this is in the crockpot. Toss everything in, turn it on low, and walk out the door. Ten minutes to organize, 10 hours to heaven. Thank you to KitchenStewardship.com for the original version of this wonderful recipe.
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Maple Baked Apples
This recipe is pretty close to the one that Chief Cook-and-Bottle-Washer made for us this past Friday night. With currants instead of raisins, and a drizzle of particularly fruity olive oil, oh boy, were they great!
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Red Lentil Soup with Lemon & Cilantro
Love, love lentils! They’re beautiful (and cheap) bought in bulk and stored in glass jars in the cabinet. They cook fast, compared to all the other beans, and you never need to soak them. The red ones cook quickest of all, so don’t be afraid to make this if you’ve got just one-half hour to get soup on the table. I’ve shared some of Mark Bittman’s recipes in the past. This one’s from his Kitchen Express–quick and easy. If you already pulverized some cilantro (or basil) a few weeks ago, and stuck it in the freezer for safekeeping, pull it out now — this is the recipe to use it on! I guessed at the quantities as it is written as a narrative. Continue reading
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Butternut-Apple Soup
Here’s a little bit of autumn heaven, my favorite season of the year since absolutely forever. It’s adapted from the newsletters of a terrific local CSA, Geauga Family Farms.
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Vegan Ceviche
Ceviche is a dish consisting of seafood that actually cooks in acid instead of heat. Yes, that is true. It’s slow cooking of an entirely different kind. The lime juice “cooks” the fish until it is light, flaky, and flavorful, with a satisfying flash of sour. I had never considered that there could be a vegan version until I saw this gorgeous recipe, which comes to YHIOYP from “Peas and Thank You.”
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Last-of-summer Soup
Here is an absolutely perfect soup to enjoy on the cool evenings that have swept in, almost without notice, in recent days. It’s too good to be true when you pair it with a crusty bread. It comes from stonyfield.com via one of our local CSA’s, Geauga Family Farms.
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Roasted Chicken
This is probably the simplest and most flavorful recipe I have ever tasted. It can be made simply, with red potatoes, fresh lemons, and garlic, or exotic, with sweet potatoes and preserved lemons. I have made it with carrots, too. Any way you make it, it’s sublime. The slow cooking brings out the flavor and seals in the moisture. It makes a special dish for a celebration, but it’s also a great treat at the end of a long day. Thank you to nourishingkitchen.com for this spectacular dish. Prep time is just 10 minutes, cooking time is just under 3 hours. Continue reading
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Chickpeas & Kale As You Like It
To understand why this dish is such a great (and delicious) choice, check out this post of mine about a very special patient who taught me a lot about how to take good care of your health. Try this recipe scooped onto a salad, slid into a pita, slathered on a tortilla, snuck in a wrap, or slid into a scooped-out tomato or red pepper. It’s good for lunch, dinner, or any other time you get hungry. Thank you to Nava Atlas at vegkitchen.com.