In 2020, during the pandemic and lockdown, my newly married daughter and son-in-law discovered that they could reduce their grocery shopping frequency from once a week to once every other week by thinking of their produce as “first week” items, which were likely to go bad quickly (e.g., berries and spinach) and “second week” items, with a longer shelf life (e.g., cabbage and apples). Continue reading
Category Archives: Tahini
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Buddha Bowl
Here’s a really delicious, really simple, really elegant way to be kind to yourself when you’ve had a long day and there are little bits of this and that in the fridge. Seems like there are a lot of days like this lately — which makes it extra important to find easy ways to nourish yourself. The important things to remember here are, first, that you can make this a hundred times and you will never get tired of it because it will never be the same twice, and, second, that steps 5 and 6 are as important as the earlier steps for satisfying both your brain and your appetite. Continue reading
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Beet Hummus
The thing I love most about this recipe is the color. Remember the magenta crayon in the big Crayola box? That’s it. Continue reading
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Pumpkin Pie Oats
and another pumpkin recipe…
A friend of ours who works for a major food processor once told us that 90 percent of the canned pumpkin sold in the U.S. is purchased between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I think I am probably responsible for the other 10 percent. Which is one of the reasons that I love this recipe. Continue reading
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Roasted Cauliflower with Tahini Dressing
The new normal has resulted in a number of changes in the way we purchase all kinds of things, and I thought I’d share a great new strategy (with recipe!) that my daughter taught to me a few weeks ago. Initially, in the first weeks of lockdown, she and my new son-in-law were placing orders for grocery deliveries about once a week. But, after a few weeks, they hit upon a strategy that cut the frequency of their orders by half. Continue reading