Recipe: Spicy Lamb Stew with Butternut Squash

I got a butternut squash from my CSA, Three Rivers Community Farm, so I needed a recipe.  My recipe below was inspired by the one at Simply Recipes. Note: It is spicy, so if you don't like too much spiciness, use less red pepper flakes and cayenne … [Read more...]

Recipe: White Fish with Lime and Red Pepper Flakes

Turbot is a species of flatfish that has a delicate flavor.  While I used turbot in this recipe, any white fish will do.  For the marinating wine, I used sherry. TIP: Because cooking meat of all types at high temperatures causes carcinogens to … [Read more...]

Recipe: Baba Ghanouj

I had two small eggplants from my CSA, Three Rivers Community Farm, and some tahini (sesame seed paste) from the store, and I needed a recipe to use both.  I found a baba ghanouj recipe, an Arab dish of eggplant (aubergine) mashed with a few other … [Read more...]

Cancer & other Diseases – Part 2: Some Fats Have Disease-Fighting Properties

Not All Fats Are Alike As we saw in part 1 of my cancer series, low-fat diets could cause cancer.  However, the problem with saying eat fat or don’t eat fat is that some fats are bad for you while others are absolutely necessary for your health, so … [Read more...]

Almond, Strawberry, and Feta Salad

This salad is cool and delicious, great for a hot day. I have the wonderful opportunity to belong to a CSA (community-supported agriculture) program, so from May to November I get almost all my produce from a local farm.  I used … [Read more...]