Finding a balance in life is one of those things everybody talks about, but very few achieve. I try to do it with recipe posts; for every salty oat cookie, I try to include a healthy recipe, like this halibut and veggies entree. Staying balanced is a lot easier if the healthy foods are just as appealing as the unhealthy foods, so we don’t feel we’re doing penance for the cookies by eating the fish. Generally I try to mix […]
Serves: 12 cookies Prep time: 45 minutes, plus one hour to refrigerate the dough before baking. Overnight is even better.
I haven’t made cookies in a long time, and when I started to think about what I would most like to have at elevensies with a cup of tea, the salted oat cookie from Teaism immediately came to mind. The R Street Teaism (there are four in the Washington area) is a short walk from home, and a good place for a hearty breakfast or lunch, not to mention a pot of exotic tea. It’s uber-casual: you order your food, […]
Serves: 4 Prep time: 20 minutes to assemble, 20 minutes to cook the beets and squash To cook quinoa: Simple Vinaigrette Dressing:
I’m always on the hunt for a substantial dinner salad – something that will fill up an adult until breakfast. As my husband loses weight, I seem to be finding it, so there’s necessity behind the quest right now. It’s not so much that I burn to be thin; I just don’t want to shop for more clothes. The pressure for women to be slender and perfect is so overbearing in our culture that I wanted to cheer when I […]
