Posted in Hoilday food, Nutrition, Salads, Vegetarian, healthy cooking, sweet potatoes, tagged arugula, feta cheese, Low fat Maple salad dressing, Mapled pecans, Sweet potato salad, Thanksgiving salad on November 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day.” ~Robert Caspar Lintner
Here is an historical twist; there were no sweet potatoes at the first Thanksgiving in 1621. Nope, none at all. There isn’t any evidence of this South American native being cultivated in North America till 1648. Another interesting tidbit is the [...]
Posted in Chicken, Pears, healthy cooking, tagged Healthy pear recipes, Pear tips, Pears, Pears to bake with, Roasted chicken with pear, Types of pears on November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“There are only 10 minutes in the life of a pear, when it is perfect to eat.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
The pear has been luring humankind into ecstasy for millenniums. In fact, it completely captured an ancient Chinese diplomat, Feng Li, who threw all responsibilities out the window and focused only on cultivating pears. This was [...]
