By Amanda Rose | Oregano
I mentioned this tea in a post last week and thought I would expand because it’s just that cool. First, I should add that never in my entire life had I considered making this into a tea. Oregano is for pasta sauce and Mexican food, right? It’s not for tea. The only reason I considered […]
Continue reading
By Jeanie Rose | Greens
The dinner salad profile has morphed amazingly in the last 30 years. Sweeping popularity of the Cesar Salad brought romaine lettuce to the market as a shining star. It had been available prior to the Cesar rage, but few shoppers chose it over iceberg lettuce. I can remember romaine nestled in with some wilting heads […]
Continue reading
By Amanda Rose | Mustard
A gourmet condiment is a game-changer. When we land a good mustard especially, we look for ways to use it, spreading it on anything that looks like a bread or tortilla or any little wedge of cheese. It’s great fun to enjoy a mustard with depth and this is how you achieve it in your […]
Continue reading
By Amanda Rose | Cabbage
My mother was not much for salads. What she called a salad was a wedge of iceberg lettuce doused with a mixture of ketchup and mayonnaise. Ugh! I grew up salad-less, except for visits to Nana’s house — my Gram. Nana always had fresh leaf lettuce growing among her pansies. With such availability, she served […]
Continue reading
By Jeanie Rose | Beans
I was introduced to hummus and several other Middle Eastern dishes by a Jewish friend who had spent some time living in a kibbutz in Israel. If our paths had not crossed, I would be missing out on some of my favorite treats. Hummus is one of them. A basic hummus recipe follows with instructions. […]
Continue reading
By Amanda Rose | Natural Remedies
I knew I had hit that “middle age” milestone pretty squarely when I had to think about this issue at all. Through my younger years, my blood pressure was an enviable 105/65. Of course, a number of demographic factors have lined up against me since, namely advancing age and weight. Those demographic factors were lined […]
Continue reading