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Gadzukes! Zucchini is ready. It amazes me how fast these squashes grow. One day they are not quite ready and the next they are the size of baseball bats on steroids. There are so many uses for this fruit, though it is treated like a vegetable. It can be prepared using a variety of cooking [...]

Living in New England has its benefits. One, is the different varieties of vegetables that are available here. Asparagus is one such vegetable. I recently read an article about how a small town in Massachusetts, West Brookfield,  has reasoned out that they should get credit for being the first area where asparagus grew. People in [...]

Fiddleheads are now in season! I was able to purchase these at a local farm stand. These delicate greens may be used as a side dish, salad, garnish, or even a meal! They remind me of aspargus and green beans are prepared in much the same manner. They are high in vitamin A and are [...]

Leftover ham? Here is a great way to use it up. I had an incredible tasting ham for Easter and way too much left over. I decided to make a ham and pasta salad as we wanted something different for dinner. Very easy to make and makes a perfect dinner or lunch, light yet still [...]

I love vegetables. I couldn’t always say that and truly mean it, but I have found that they are a way for me to maintain my weight and that I actually crave them. Don’t get me wrong, I also love cake, cookies, ice cream, and candy, but I have found a way to include them [...]

One thing that is great about the spring is that corned beef is readily available in markets and at a decent price. There are a lot of other great things about spring such as staying lighter later, more warmth, and getting closer to the end of the school year which in itself is a reason [...]

One of my favorite ways to prepare vegetables is to roast them. This is not a very difficult thing to accomplish and there is great value in cooking up a large batch of roasted vegetables and having them on hand for a few days, ready in an instant as an accompaniment for any dinner or [...]

What do you serve with your turkey on Thanksgiving? I rather like the traditional Turkey day foods. I look forward to them every year. They are the markers of Thanksgiving: stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, broccoli casserole, butternut squash, yams & pineapple casserole, and mashed potatoes. I am open to trying new things but somehow I [...]