Recover With High Protein Pasta?

This, unfortunately, was the title of an article on active.com recently. While some of the facts stated early on in the piece, such as the good old stand-by of “carbohydrates are the preferred energy source in the body” and “athletes training competitively on successive days need to consume a diet of 60 – 70 % […]

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Leek Technique

For some veggies, like a hearty bunch of broccoli, we can wash it by placing it in a colander in the sink with cool running water  while we’re doing the rest of our mise en place.  For others, like wild arugula, it’s two or three rinses and spins in the salad spinner. Enter the leek, […]

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Sweet Potato Casserole?

Oh, dear.   There’s always that one dish that our dear old auntie had to bring to the Thanksgiving table:   the sweet potato casserole topped with marshmallows. Can it be saved? Or better, replaced? Absolutely. Using mashed yam (just bake in water until soft, cool and the skin will slide right off, then mash […]

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A Cup of Dressing?

Have you ever noticed that when you order ‘dressing on the side’ at a restaurant, you’re often given about a cup full?  Well, maybe I’m exaggerating a little, but it’s almost always far more than you’d ever use (I hope). I don’t even like salad dressing most of the time, as I love the simple […]

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