By Jeanie Rose | Nettle
How could anything this healthy be so totally delicious? Nettle soup has a growing fan base across the country and for good reason. Nettle leaf is delicately flavored and cooks to a smooth silky texture. The prickly little needles are completely gone. No other vegetable in our experience provides the texture that nettle does. And […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Parsley
Even though we are in temperate California, in our gardening zone (zone 7), even with the most careful planning, there are weeks of little very little produce available in the vegetable garden. When you are addicted to bright colors and fresh flavors, this can be quite the downer. The solution: Sauces and dressing, brilliantly colored […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Winter Squash
With little ones in the home, we constantly search for ways to increase the nutritional value of everything they eat. Dessert is one of those times we can succeed when the little folks are not looking. Alastair and Frederick were both wide-eyed with delight when they dug into these baked custards. This treat is just […]
Continue readingBy Jeanie Rose | Greens
I remember having a lovely lunch in a restaurant by Fisherman’s Warf in San Fransisco. Everything was perfect: wonderful view of the ocean, sterling service and then I felt a crunch of sand in the spinach Florentine. How could such a high caliber kitchen fail to thoroughly wash those greens? It happened years ago but […]
Continue readingBy Jeanie Rose | Greens
Leafy greens are a critical part of a healthy diet and they delight the eyes with their vibrant colors and textures. As we write in the antioxidant section of our website, greens can be a powerful antioxidant food. We see it as our job to eat mountains of them and I share with you here […]
Continue readingBy Jeanie Rose | Peppers
Particularly if you frequent farmers markets, you have had the opportunity to try different types of sweet peppers. If all you have ever cooked with is bell peppers, the world of sweet peppers will be a new culinary delight for you. Until I was 40 years old the only sweet pepper I was familiar with […]
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