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Healthy Appetizers: Melissa’s Mussels
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3.94 / 5 Stars | 10 Reviews
by MILKLISSA79
“Serve these mussels as an appetizer with some crusty bread or as a meal over linguini. It is sure to please mussel lovers!”
Nigel Slater’s Epiphany Day Soup — Kitchen Inspirations
“After yesterday’s darkness and self-indulgence, I open the kitchen door to find the garden refreshed after the rain. The air is suddenly sweet and clean, you can smell the soil, and the ivy and yew are shining bright. The dead leaves are blown away, the sky clear and white. There is a new energy and I want to cook again …
“My energy and curiosity may be renewed but the larder isn’t. There is probably less food in the house than there has ever been. I trudge out to buy a few chicken pieces and a bag of winter greens to make a soup with the spices and noodles I have in the cupboard. What ends up as dinner is clear, bright, and life-enhancing. It has vitality (that’s the greens), warmth (ginger, cinnamon) and it is economical and sustaining, too. I suddenly feel ready for anything the new year might throw at me.” — Nigel Slater
13 Things That Should Be on Your Grocery List in January — Shopping Tips from The Kitchn
By the time the first week of January rolls around, all the Christmas cookies are gone, and the refrigerator is bare. Time to restock!
As you head off to the grocery store to stock up for winter nourishment, here are 13 things that always go on our grocery lists in January. We find them essential for cooking in the coldest month, when you need a little extra brightness and warmth.
Recipe: Soba Noodle Soup with Mushrooms & Chard — Weeknight Dinner Recipes from The Kitchn
I inevitably eat too much during the holidays, especially when I travel back home to Illinois. Because of this, I don’t necessarily look at the New Year as a time to eat healthier, but rather a welcome return to lighter fare and a relief from the heavier foods I just consumed. I like to pull in fresh flavors, use quite a bit of ginger, and include has many leafy greens as I can. Most of the time, those greens are in salad form, but occasionally I’ll make a quick batch of soup, like this flexible, easy Mushroom Chard Soup with Soba Noodles.
Healthy Main Dishes: Baked Chicken and Onions
Healthy Side Dishes: T’s Sweet Potato Fries
Healthy Soups and Stews: Black Bean Soup II
Healthy Appetizers: Mussels Provencal
4.11 / 5 Stars | 7 Reviews
by Corinne Hobin
“A tomato sauce recipe for mussels is great if you don’t like the usual wine recipes (like me!). There is no salt or butter. Here’s a tip to make sure mussels are fresh: tap the opening of the mussel on a hard surface, if the shell closes you’ve got yourself some nice fresh mussels!”
Is There a Healthy Way to Love Food and Watch Your Weight? Introducing One Food-Lover’s Story — Loving Food While Losing Weight
The topics of diet and weight loss are tough for food-lovers; if you just eat good food you shouldn’t ever feel like your weight is a problem, right? Wrong, for many of us. Talk of weight and food is also fraught with a hundred things we try to banish here at The Kitchn: a misplaced sense of guilt, fear of eating the wrong thing, comparisons with other people, dubious science and awkward diets.
And yet food and body are inextricably linked. Is there a way to talk about them together in a healthy, thoughtful way? We think so, and we’re presenting a monthlong column exploring one food-lover and food writer’s journey towards finding her own personal balance. Meet Joy Manning — she’ll be joining us this month with her own stories, practical tips, recipes, and perspective on the real-life struggle between loving food and loving your body.