Monthly Archives: August 2014
Low-Calorie Recipes: Gages
Feast With Your Eyes & Then With Your Fork — New Cookbook
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The angle: Beautiful foods just taste better.
Recipes for right now: Summer Berry-Coconut Milk Ice Pops, Salmon Banh Mi, Summer Squash Pasta with Green Goddess Dressing, Millet-Stuffed Peppers with Tomatillo Salsa, Broiled Figs with Za’atar and Pecans
Who would enjoy this book? Cooks who love the art of presenting food as much as cooking it; people with CSAs.
Maybe We All Would Be Healthier If We Stored Our Vegetables in a Hammock — Bright Ideas
What’s the best way to eat your daily recommended fruits and vegetables? Put them at eye level in the fridge, where you can see them (and remember to eat them). We’re fans of this strategy, as are the designers of the Fabrack, which is basically a hammock for your fruits and vegetables. Is this a product-oriented solution to the all-too-ineffective produce drawer?
Before & After: How I Made My Pantry More Happy and Organized — Liveblogging The Kitchn Cure Fall 2014
Day 12 Task: Clean and Organize Your Pantry Shelves
After tossing, organizing, and donating my pantry goods, it was time to clean the cupboards and organize everything. This was the easiest and most satisfying assignment of The Kitchn Cure so far. I don’t have a ton of space in my cupboards, so it was a no-brainer on how to organize all the pantry goods in the kitchen. Remind me, why didn’t I do this earlier?
Read on for very satisfying before and after shots of my pantry.
Dyes & Pies @ Amber Waves Farm This Sunday! — Fundraiser for Food Education
We’ve been proud supporters of The Peconic Land Trust and Amber Waves Farm (read our posts about the farm here) for years as Apartment Therapy Media gives 1% of its revenue to environmental organizations through Yvon Chouinard’s 1% For The Planet organization. This week I want to give a shoutout and invite anyone on Eastern Long Island to come with me and Ursula to a great little fundraiser at the farm on Sunday. All the info is below.
Cat Whisperer Jackson Galaxy’s Advice for Keeping Your Cats Off The Counter
Jackson Galaxy is a bone fide cat whisperer. He’s the host of Animal Planet’s My Cat From Hell and co-author of the forthcoming Catification — he knows what makes our feline friends tick.
I recently spoke with Jackson about a topic that has plagued me for quite some time (and if you’re a fellow cat owner, it’s no doubt plagued you, too): how to keep curious cats off our kitchen counters.
Low-Fat Recipes: Mango Masala Scallop Skewers
4.67 / 5 Stars | 10 Reviews
by Callisons Fine Foods, recipe developed by Kathy Ca
“Sea scallops alternating with chunks of mango and green onions are threaded onto Callisons Fine Foods Indian Mango Curry Seasoned Skewers and grilled in this tasty entree served with a sweet chili soy sauce.”