Monthly Archives: January 2015
Your Meal Plan: A Week of Nourishing Dinners with Sweet Potatoes, Salmon, and Salad — Meal Plans from The Kitchn
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Every year following the holiday revelry, I reset my eating habits by switching back to a whole foods diet, emphasizing nutritional heavy-hitters. This year December also treated me to a whopper of a virus, so I entered the new year with feeling doubly in need of foods that would nourish my body as much as possible.
While I don’t love the word “superfoods,” the kinds of foods I gravitate toward in January often go by this moniker — they’re nutrient-dense ingredients, chock full of protein, vitamins, and minerals that consistently leave me feeling satisfied and energized. So for the first week of the year I decided on a menu loaded with these feel-good foods, and made eating well throughout the week even easier by gathering and prepping the ingredients on Sunday.
What to Read This Weekend — Food News: January 5-11
Healthy Appetizers: Mango Salsa
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“This spicy, fruity blend of fresh ingredients will turn any dish into an exciting new favorite!”
Healthy Soups and Stews: Six Can Chicken Tortilla Soup
Healthy Side Dishes: Delicious Greens and Ham
Healthy Main Dishes: Port And Mushroom Sauce Chicken
Citrusy Cabbage Salad with Cumin and Coriander
Isn’t it great that some of our most colorful fruits and vegetables come into season during the dreariest days of winter? Now is the time for citrus—oranges, lemons, limes. My mother and I planted a lime tree several years ago and it has finally decided to produce limes. Mom has so many she can’t give them away. Our orange trees are adorned and heavy with ripe fruit.
And cabbages! Festive purple and green cabbages, my favorite winter vegetable because they’re inexpensive, last for weeks (if not months) in the fridge, and they’re so versatile—in a soup, blanched, braised, with pork, stuffed, or in salads like this one.
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Citrusy Cabbage Salad with Cumin and Coriander
Isn’t it great that some of our most colorful fruits and vegetables come into season during the dreariest days of winter? Now is the time for citrus—oranges, lemons, limes. My mother and I planted a lime tree several years ago and it has finally decided to produce limes. Mom has so many she can’t give them away. Our orange trees are adorned and heavy with ripe fruit.
And cabbages! Festive purple and green cabbages, my favorite winter vegetable because they’re inexpensive, last for weeks (if not months) in the fridge, and they’re so versatile—in a soup, blanched, braised, with pork, stuffed, or in salads like this one.
Continue reading “Citrusy Cabbage Salad with Cumin and Coriander” »
Citrusy Cabbage Salad with Cumin and Coriander
Isn’t it great that some of our most colorful fruits and vegetables come into season during the dreariest days of winter? Now is the time for citrus—oranges, lemons, limes. My mother and I planted a lime tree several years ago and it has finally decided to produce limes. Mom has so many she can’t give them away. Our orange trees are adorned and heavy with ripe fruit.
And cabbages! Festive purple and green cabbages, my favorite winter vegetable because they’re inexpensive, last for weeks (if not months) in the fridge, and they’re so versatile—in a soup, blanched, braised, with pork, stuffed, or in salads like this one.
Continue reading “Citrusy Cabbage Salad with Cumin and Coriander” »