Recipes

Zucchini is an amazing vegetable, but you have to know what to do with it. Maybe you’ve tried zoodles and need more zucchini ideas? Should you hide zucchini? Dehydrate it? What’s the best way to make zucchini?   How To Use Zucchini Oh zucchini, how I love thee! There are so many great ways to enjoy zucchini…fried zucchini, baked zucchini. There are zucchini latkes and zucchini pancakes, zucchini chips, and zucchini fries. There are even the fabulous zucchini-rice muffins and sausage zucchini bake! While my family generally enjoys a good zucchini now and again, it’s hard to find uses for fresh zucchini when...

Red pie with mozzarella, tomato sauce, local basil, and pecorinoPhotograph courtesy of Pizza Jeans Pizza Jeans—the popular Friday night pop-up from Root Baking Co. founders Chris Wilkins and Nicole Lewis-Wilkins—is opening as its own food stall on the second floor of Ponce City Market on August 7. The Root Baking Co. space has been divided in two, giving Pizza Jeans a larger amount of space, and redesigned to reflect the distinct personality of each business. Pizza Jeans will have new offerings and hours, too. Named after Designing Women and Watchmen actress Jean Smart—who once ate a sandwich at Root Baking...

Let’s start with healthy dinner ideas.  It’s that busy time of year with sports and music lessons after school. I hate to say it, but sometimes our dinner suffers, how about at your house? Here are 20 great solutions to our packed full weeknights. Hope they help you too!Fast and Easy Healthy Dinner Ideas 1. Full of healthy ingredients, this Sweet Pineapple Chicken Quinoa Salad doesn’t disappoint!2. I’m pretty lucky my kids love cooked broccoli. I might just have to try this 12-Minute Chicken and Broccoli soon!3. Quick and easy recipe to keep your tummies full when you’re super busy! This Easy...

How to eat low-carb Although you don’t have to go low-carb to lose weight, it is a popular choice thanks to the rise of the keto, Atkins, and paleo diets. Choosing to eat low-carb means limiting the number, and often the types, of carbohydrates you eat. Low-carb diets prioritize protein, healthy fats, non-starchy vegetables, and can help people lose weightif done properly. However, low-carb diets won’t work and could do more harm than good if you make the following mistakes. Not eating enough Cutting back on carb-rich foods typically means you’re eliminating some staples of your usual diet (bread, pasta,...

It’s that time of the year when the zucchini plants that you have carefully nurtured have quietly exploded. I say exploded because one day you look under the leaf you looked under yesterday and there is a 3 foot zucchini smiling at you. We haven’t planted zucchini for many years but this year, with COVID controlling our activities, we planted a bigger garden. And for some reason put in 4 zucchini plants. After we noticed the first zucchini (not 3 feet long thankfully), we have been checking the plants everyday and picking the prolific squash as often. We have been...