CARE Recipe: Tater Tot Hash (Therapeutic White Veggie Skillet) | How to Make Tater Tots Fit onto a Balanced Plate Part 1

CARE Recipe: Tater Tot Hash (Therapeutic White Veggie Skillet) | How to Make Tater Tots Fit onto a Balanced Plate Part 1

Here the texture of riced cauliflower pairs incredibly with the diced potato goodness of tater tots. The cauliflower allows us many more bites of tater tot than having them by themselves. Cauliflower and potato pair extremely well together in many dishes. I find it much more enjoyable to keep a touch of potato in any revised idea rather than just trying to use cauliflower as a full substitute for potato. For example, when making cauliflower mashed potatoes I always add one potato and it has made all the difference with my family. The same applies here mixing tater tots with riced cauliflower.

CARE Recipe: Amy’s Turkey Chili

CARE Recipe: Amy’s Turkey Chili

This recipe has been a program favorite since the original Perfectly Produce Seasonal e-Recipe Books. My dear friend, Amy, didn’t have all the vegetables to make my fall chili so she emailed me what she used instead. I loved that she kept it simple and just used what was in her crisper! I published her version and it continues to be a favorite of CARE members. It’s perfect for weekend make-ahead cooking and left-overs beg to be frozen for grab-and-go meals later in the month!

Eating Perfectly Doesn’t Fix Everything

Eating Perfectly Doesn’t Fix Everything

Realizing that I couldn't control everything felt crushing, but it opened the space to embark on the true process of growing.Moving away from expectations and control I spent my young adulthood absorbing the unfolding story of how our daily food and lifestyle choices can manipulate who we are. Hard to pronounce superfoods could guarantee our [...]
This Year Focus on what to ADD not RESTRICT

This Year Focus on what to ADD not RESTRICT

Focus on foods to ADD and enjoy alongside traditional favorites: In-season fruits like pomegranate, clementines, apples and pears Frozen fruits, like berries and sweet cherries, slightly warmed, and drizzled with cream  High-fiber flax crackers, bean dips and hummus, popcorn, and roasted chickpeas Big batches of veggie soups for quick meals or sides Here's the remarkable [...]

Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants (sounds like) Do This. Shouldn’t Need Help. Mostly Easy.

How Pollan's famous first line creates tension within the most earnest (and health informed) individuals trying to lose weight (and those trying to support them). Still Quoted, Still an Influence This post is not to critic or review the 2008 best-selling book "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan. I respect the awareness this book [...]

Product Review: What is Mirin and why is it a nutrition staple in my kitchen?

I was first introduced to mirin in my "Whole Foods Production" cooking class during graduate school and it has been a staple in my pantry ever since. I don’t do much cooking with drinking varieties of wine (reds and white) for two reasons: one I don’t love the flavor drinking wines add to dishes, and [...]