With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, I’m reminded of my trips along the Wild Atlantic Way in Ireland and all the lovely restaurant meals I’ve enjoyed there where salmon is served front and center. Here in the states, I eat a lot of salmon as well, and am always looking for ways to change it […]

As I write this column, we are experiencing (suffering through) one of those windy cold snaps that make me long for spring. I know it’s just around the corner, but it can’t get here fast enough as far as I’m concerned. As I went into full fantasy mode, dreaming of tending my vegetable garden and […]

Follow up the salad with maple cream pie.

Keeping up with the theme of American Heart Month, let’s whip on the oven and make two easy offerings – one is a dinner side dish and the other is for anytime-snacking. Both these recipes may seem “weird” and they certainly aren’t pretty, but they’re both delicious and inexpensive. There’s a lot you can do […]

I was an extremely picky eater as a child and ate very few vegetables. I was a real pain in the neck when it came to dinnertime and it still shocks me that my parents put up with me. In the veggie department, I ate only baked potato skins, French fries (they’re a vegetable, right?), […]

If you’re planning a romantic but healthy dinner at home for the upcoming day of love, or you’re hosting the ever-popular “Galentine’s Day,” here are a few recipes just for you. This aromatic spice rub for the chicken may seem unusual to you, but it’s so tasty and makes the chicken incredibly juicy and flavorful. […]

We’ve made it to February here at the cove where we celebrate Groundhog Day, St. Valentine’s Day, Presidents Day, a daughter’s birthday and lastly, Heart Health Month. We have our share of treats and guilty pleasures, but let’s start off with a couple of recipes that are in the healthy realm since this week we […]

I’ve been on a bit of a health kick lately and have done well with sticking to it. So far. I hope you’ll continue to follow along with me as I provide some nutritious, budget-friendly ideas and recipes. For those who like a treat sometimes, we’ll have those, too. Even though I want to be […]

Many years ago, my friend Elaine took me to Life Alive Cafe in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I fell in love with the bowls of beautiful organic vegetable and grain combinations, as well as the colorful smoothies. From that day forward, I vowed I would eat this way as often as I could. Since then, I’ve prepared […]

Here we are, in the first week of the new year and I resolve to … If you want to be healthier, let’s make it easy to get started with a couple of recipes to help you stay between the ditches. Now I’m not saying we’ll have no butter, sugar or marbled meats in 2024 […]