No pie pan? Use a cast iron skillet. Your cast iron skillet is the perfect dish for baking a cobbler, a crumble or a pie. The iron holds the heat well so your dessert cooks evenly throughout. Plus a cast iron skillet full of goodness in the middle of a table is one of the […]
Water is so good for you. Drinking water helps you stay hydrated, helps keep your skin healthy and can even help you lose weight. Water is abundant (at least here in the US) and is practically free. Yet, I constantly hear people say they don’t like water or that water is boring. It doesn’t have […]
By Katherine Trauger My first lesson in pasta-making came right after I married. My brand new in-laws considered pot roast served with egg noodles cooked in the broth a necessary skill and my husband’s mother, bless her, made sure I knew how to make the noodles: Just mix an egg with a little flour. At […]
Radishes are one of the first springtime vegetables in the garden and at farmers markets. I love its crispy clean taste after a winter overflowing with mellow, rich winter greens, roots and squashes. Radishes just lighten things up. The radish is a must in any garden, because it rewards those of us who obsessively watch […]
Here’s a recipe that allows just enough experimentation to keep it interesting. Pulsing the cauliflower into a “rice” and roasting it with garlic brings out an incredible nuttiness that joins perfectly with everyday rice, elevating it to awesomeness. Score extra credit if you use Arkansas grown rice.
I remember first discovering roasted or broiled asparagus. After years of enjoying it steamed with a little butter, I bit the bullet and oven-roasted it instead. The world was never the same. Let’s stop here and talk about roasted asparagus for a moment. It’s nutty, buttery in flavor all on its own, perfectly tender and […]
It’s hard enough being a mom with run-of-the-mill picky eater children. My husband is, too (and is flirting with diabetes). One child has impulsivity issues that can be traced back to wheat intake. It all makes planning five to seven meals a week a serious challenge. In trying to reduce simple starches in our diets, […]
Paul Michael’s Delta Duck Wraps and Arkansas Rice and Edamame Pilaf
Have you ever had a moment of realization when it hit you that you were wrong? Dead wrong? I’m coming clean to tell you I was dead wrong about smoothies. Whenever I heard the word “smoothie” or someone mentioning “I had a smoothie today,” I thought it was cover for something akin to a having […]
My mom has always had a knack for taking simple, inexpensive ingredients and creating recipes out of them that made us feel like we were eating better than royalty. As in most things, this magical trait went unnoticed as I was growing up. But as I raise my own children, I can see it truly […]