Cooking
Every holiday season, I make the one baked good I’m best at - classic chocolate chip cookies. In 2012, I set a new record: 172 cookies. All personally kneaded and baked with love.
TIP If your cookies come out a bit hard, leave it in an air-tight container with a piece of bread overnight. Bread has this amazing power of osmosis that keeps cookies moist. If you are storing/mailing cookies, the bread will help it stay moist for weeks!
And holiday pies!
If you love squash as much I do, you must try Delicata Squash. It’s a seasonal squash only around in the Winter (so take advantage of it!) and rich in fiber and potassium. Besides how delicious it is, it is also so simple to make!
Roasted Delicata Squash
What you need
Directions
FOOD ACTION PLAN #1
Use new ingredients at least once every two weeks.
When working 40+ hour weeks, sometimes we can’t help but resort to quick/pre-prepped meals…
TIP: If you are having one of those weeks, one way of making easy meals taste better than pre-packaged “blah” is throwing in some fresh ingredients to give it some flare!
Made boxed mac-and-cheese, but ripped up some pastrami and mixed it in - it was delicious! Get creative, and you’ll find that those extra minutes spent will be well worth it.
I have never cooked radishes before, but I figured radishes would taste really well with other root vegetables in a vegetable hash. I cut up the red radishes, carrots, and turnip, then simmered them in a chicken broth for the veggies to become tender. While the chicken broth was reducing, I added some coriander and rosemary to give it a fall flavor. Towards the end, I added some orzo - make sure to stir once in a while and ensure you have enough broth for the orzo to become al dente. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
I was surprised how easy and tasty the radishes were!
FOOD ACTION PLAN #1
Use new ingredients at least once every two weeks.