Asian-inspired Kale & Shiitake Salad
I don’t like Kale. In fact, I don’t like cooked greens that much at all… but I know they are good for you. I tend to eat my greens raw… but I don’t like raw kale either. So imagine my dismay when I realized I forgot to check off kale on my Boston Organics “NO list”…...
Hell’s Kitchen Recap — Week 2
By Tammy (BFW) in Anything and Everything Food, Hot Gossip, In and Around Boston, Pop Culture on Jul 28th, 2009 | No Comments
First up… conclusion to the “Chef – Joseph fight” and we find out who goes home….
First a recap of the idiocy that Joseph spewed at Ramsay…. leading of course, to his outburst challenging Ramsay to “step outside”. The dude is a serious moron… and...
Sorbet without an ice cream maker? You bet!
By Tammy (BFW) in Cool for Kids, Gadgets, Healthy & Diet, Recipes, Sweets, Vegetarian on Jul 28th, 2009 | 1 Comment
So you want to make homemade sorbet – but you don’t have an ice cream maker OR room in your freezer for a square baking dish? No problem! As long as you have a food processor, that is!
This recipe was taken from Mark Bittman’s book Food Matters — A guide to conscious eating. I...
Skara Grill in West Roxbury
A few weeks ago, I finally was able to try out West Roxbury’s newest restaurant addition: Skara Grill. Located in the old Friendly’s building on Centre Street, Skara serves up traditional Greek cuisine in a casual setting… and they even have an outdoor patio and a beer and wine license!
We...
BOYCOTT Circuses… Especially Ringling Bros
This is just utterly disgraceful, horrific and makes me want to vomit. Please, please, please… don’t support circuses and other animal “shows” just for the sake of your enjoyment. You can read the full news story on Peta’s 2009 investigation at the Times Online, which includes...
Hell’s Kitchen Recap — Week 1
So, the beginning was a little disappointing because the “head to head” signature dish competition between the men and the women didn’t even show what Andy’s dish was… just that he went away “empty handed”. At least the men won the first challenge though and...
Hell’s Kitchen — Season Premiere is tonight!!!
SO what is Hell’s Kitchen all about? According to the Fox website:
Tuesday nights will sizzle this summer when Chef Gordon Ramsay welcomes the nation’s most talented and trained chefs yet to a sixth course of his unscripted series HELL’S KITCHEN.
Each week Ramsay grills the ambitious...
Vegan, Reduced-fat, Peanut Butter-banana Smoothie!
My gym has this amazing smoothie called “The Chunky Monkey”. Basically, it’s a few scoops of vanilla frozen yogurt, skim milk and a HEFTY portion of peanut butter. I would say at least 1/4 cup. As I was leaving the gym today, I was thinking about how much I would really like one —...
Simple Green Bean Avocado Salad
By Tammy (BFW) in Healthy & Diet, Recipes, Techniques, Vegan and Raw Foods, Vegetarian on Jul 21st, 2009 | No Comments
Last week, I reaped my first “harvest” from my three little green bean plants. I’m not a HUGE green bean fan, but I don’t mind them raw or barely cooked (blanched). So after I picked these, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with them. The harvest was on the small side, so...
Delicious Detox Salad
By Tammy (BFW) in Healthy & Diet, Juicing & Detox, Recipes, Vegan and Raw Foods, Vegetarian on Jul 21st, 2009 | No Comments
Simple, fresh and incredibly tasty…
Delicious Detox Salad
Serves 2
4 oz Mache (lamb’s lettuce)
1 c pea shoots
1 c edamame
1 c shredded purple cabbage
1/2 c alfalfa sprouts
2 celery stalks, sliced
Sesame oil
2 lemon wedges
Fresh ground salt and pepper
Onto each plate, place 1/2 of the mache...