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Is it a Fruit or a Vegetable?

Filed under: Vegetables , Fruit A cucumber. A pickle. They're the same thing, but are they fruits or vegetables? Take my little quiz here on a piece of paper and see the answers after the jump. QUESTIONS - FRUIT OR VEGETABLE? Cucumber Potato Bell Pepper Read More...

Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:37 PM from Slashfood | 0 Comments

Filed under: Fruits, Vegetables, Veggies, Vegetarian, Fruit, quiz, vegetable, veg

More Thanksgiving sides - pomegranate cranberry sauce and roasted Brussels sprouts

Dave Grotto’s book 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life features this recipe by Chef Kyle Shadix, a Culinary Institute of America graduate who has an M.S. in nutrition. Pomegranate-Cranberry Sauce Recent studies link pomegranate juice to lower LDL ("bad").. Read More...

Posted Sunday, November 23, 2008 11:48 AM from This Mama Cooks! On a Diet | 0 Comments

Filed under: Veggies, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving recipes

More polymeal cooking: antelope tenderloin with blackberry sage sauce

Recently I did a review of Jonny Bowden’s book Healthiest Meals on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What Meals to Eat and Why and his theory that “polymeals” cut the risk of heart disease and boost your overall health.... Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:46 PM from This Mama Cooks! On a Diet | 0 Comments

Filed under: Recipes, Venison, Veggies, Health, Cookbooks, Boozing It Up!

Got too much squash? Try a Summer Squash "Lasagna" Bake

I was looking for a recipe to use up our large supplies squash and zucchini from the garden, and at the same time use up some of the ground venison we have in the freezer. In the Taste of Home’s... Read More...

Posted Monday, September 15, 2008 8:30 PM from This Mama Cooks! On a Diet | 0 Comments

Filed under: Recipes, Veggies, Gluten Free, Quick and Easy

Got too much zucchini? Stuff it! Zucchini Boats

(Check out my recipe for grilled zucchini, too.) This recipe comes from the article, Taste the Rainbow, from my local newspaper the Daily Times-Call. It’s about Miller Farms in Platteville, Colorado, which is a five minute drive from my house.... Read More...

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 5:18 AM from This Mama Cooks! On a Diet | 0 Comments

Filed under: Recipes, Veggies

Got too much zucchini? Why not grill it? Grilled Zucchini and Summer Squash with Sun Dried Tomato Pesto

The zucchini and summer squash from the garden are piling up on the counter tops and threatening to take over the kitchen. What am I going to do with all these vegetables? Usually, I peel, chop them up in small... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:31 PM from This Mama Cooks! On a Diet | 0 Comments

Filed under: Recipes, Cooking Blogs, Veggies

Sun screen for produce

Filed under: Farming , Vegetables , Fruit , Newspapers We all know that we're supposed to wear sun screen to protect us from harmful radiation from the sun, right? Well did you know that fruit or vegetables grown in the sun need it too? I know that thought Read More...

Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 4:36 PM from Slashfood | 0 Comments

Filed under: Fruits, Vegetables, Veggies, Produce, Fruit, Newspapers, Farming, mercury news, SunScreen, purfresh, sun screen, purshade, MercuryNews

Smoked tuna, fresh herbs, and squash from the garden

August is here, which means that hunting season is starting and fishing trips to Mexico have been planned by Big Bad Dad. This means making sure that most of the venison and fish have been consumed before the next harvest... Read More...

Posted Sunday, August 03, 2008 1:07 PM from This Mama Cooks! On a Diet | 0 Comments

Filed under: Recipes, Fish, Veggies

A Good Day for Salad, Cookbook of the Day

Filed under: Cookbook of the Day , Summer According to A Good Day for Salads , (in a section entitled A Short Course on the First Course ) the advent of the salad as the first component of a meal came in this country when the first European settlers arrived. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 6:26 PM from Slashfood | 0 Comments

Filed under: Veggies, Cookbook of the Day, CookbookOfTheDay, summer, summer salads, SummerSalads, AGoodDayForSalad, A Good Day for Salad

Post-BlogHer detoxing with some healthy fruit drinks

In a few days I’ll be off to the BlogHer conference, which means a great deal of partying, drinking, noshing, and not enough sleep. I’m getting in early Thursday morning, so I’ll work out at the hotel gym before my... Read More...

Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:38 PM from This Mama Cooks! On a Diet | 0 Comments

Filed under: Veggies, Weight Watchers, exercise

Get your greens in with green pea soup

Paul and I went out to Sugarbeet for a Friday night date. We sat outside and watched the trains go by. (Sugarbeet is in an industrial area of town.) I had oysters on the half shell, a scallop ceviche, a... Read More...

Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 3:14 PM from This Mama Cooks! On a Diet | 0 Comments

Filed under: Veggies, Weight Watchers, soups, Quick and Easy

The red soups of summer

Paul Simon may have sung, "Kodachrome, it gives us those nice bright colors. Gives us the greens of summers. Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah!" But I think red is the color of summer, at... Read More...

Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:42 PM from This Mama Cooks! On a Diet | 0 Comments

Filed under: Recipes, Veggies, Blog Carnivals, Weight Watchers, Gluten Free, soups, Quick and Easy

Healthy freezer meals for busy dieters and their families

I recently attended a meal making cooking class with a group of friends. Basically, it was a Once a Month-Freezer Cooking session combined with a Prepare Your Own Meals store. Our hostess (this was in a private home with a... Read More...

Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:49 PM from This Mama Cooks! On a Diet | 0 Comments

Filed under: Recipes, Venison, Veggies, Weight Watchers, Quick and Easy, Crock Pot and Slow Cooker

Slashfood Ate (8): Winter soups, stews and braises

Filed under: Grains , Vegetables , Beef , Poultry , Recipes , Pork , Comfort Food When it comes to these short, dark winter days, there's nothing better than putting a little effort into a dish and then have it spend the rest of the day filling your home Read More...

Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 2:02 AM from Slashfood | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beef, Pork, Chicken, Vegetables, Recipes, Veggies, Poultry, Comfort Food, Grains, soups, stews, braises, roasted garlic, winter food, white beans, WinterFood

My complete Thanksgiving meal (dieters beware)

I'm printing out all my recipes and making the final runs to the supermarket, cheese shop, and health food store. And yes, I'm off the diet bandwagon, so if you're trying to lose weight and not be tempted, you may... Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 7:09 AM from This Mama Cooks! On a Diet | 0 Comments

Filed under: Desserts, Veggies, Baking, Thanksgiving, Weight Watchers, Gluten Free

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