E-Health

Dried beans are magical. What other protein and fiber source swells up to two or three times its original size when soaked in water. Think of what a hamburger would do if you soaked it overnight. I did some pretty arcane calculations and found out that dried black beans and boneless skinless chicken breast each…

My family’s early life version of this week’s recipe came, of course, from the American icon of canned soups and from a 2 pound brick of “cheese” in neat square slices. We had pimentos in the “cheese” if we had company. This updated recipe comes from an excellent home cook living in Michigan. Learning to…

These smashed potatoes will be a hit in your household. I modified a recipe from the Sunday New York Times, reducing the fat by frying these in a nonstick pan with just a little oil instead of in a 10-inch skillet half filled with oil. I also left out the eggs. Buy small organic new red…

Have fun making this colorful treat when you’re looking for a sweet and healthy snack. We took our “nice cream” recipe and added a patriotic twist. Simply adding strawberries and blueberries yields fun colors you can layer on top of one another for a colorful presentation. The sweetness from the ripe bananas, in-season strawberries, and blueberries…

This recipe’s touch of sweetness mellows out the Brussels sprouts’ bitterness. I recently learned that there are a few people out there who do not enjoy Brussels sprouts. Even grown-ups. Even doctors. In fact, when I was proposing menus for a cooking demonstration I did a while back for a large group of my colleagues, my…