Peanut Butter is a ubiquitous kid friendly food, so why not use it in a grown up way to create a dish that both kids and adults will love?

This recipe is a quick and easy recipe for Asian style peanut noodles. Each time I make this recipe, it changes a little bit, based on what we have in the refrigerator. It is a good way to use up some vegetables and herbs you may have leftover from another meal. [more]

Perhaps I should deem this week Unusual Produce week, since I’ve touched on casaba, beets and now, kohlrabi. Late last week in my weekly “what’s in the share” email from our CSA it was made known that this week’s share would include kohlrabi. This not very well known vegetable was one of my initial hesitations in joining a CSA. My CSA fear was that I would end up with a bunch of vegetables I did not know how to cook, or gobs of something that wasn’t my favorite…like kohlrabi.

Looking for a simple way to interest your child in healthy eating? Trying letting them pick out something from the produce section next time you go grocery shopping. Fruit is a good choice, since most fruit is sweet and ready to eat, instead of needing elaborate cooking or baking first. My cousin Chelsea grew up taking turns with her brothers to pick out the fruit of the week. During a recent grocery shopping trip, I let R do the same. He chose, drumroll please:

Yesterday I was at the grocery store and once again, I discovered they were sold out of boneless, skinless chicken thighs. I asked the butcher if there were more in the back, she looked, but alas, they were out.

It seems to me the ubiquitous boneless, skinless chicken breast is slowly losing a bit of ground to the similarly prepared chicken thigh. I never was one for dark meat until I realized just how moist thighs cook up on the grill. Unlike chicken breasts, which can turn a bit tough on the grill, thighs stay tender and juicy. [more]

My cousin Jill is pregnant with her first baby, due later this autumn. I saw her this past weekend during our camping trip and one of her pregnancy cravings is watermelon. If only every pregnancy craving were as healthy as hers!

Jill’s mom whipped up some amazing watermelon salsa that was so good, it would make anyone crave watermelon. While I await the recipe, I thought I would share my recipe for a fruit salsa that is easy to adapt to suit lots of different types of fruit, although I have not yet tried watermelon. [more]