There’s a delicate pink wildflower called spring beauty, which I used to search for after school while playing in the woods of our farm. I hadn’t seen one in decades, and then yesterday, while walking the dogs in Dumbarton Oaks Park, I was amazed to find a range of them thriving underneath a stand of beech trees. It brought back memories of other spring wildflowers – May apples, dogtooth lilies, wild violets and Jack-in-the-pulpits – tucked into hidden spots beside […]
Halibut with Asparagus, Peas, Parsley and Wine Recipe adapted from Stella, in the Daily Telegraph Serves: 4 Prep time: 40 minutes
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: 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 […]
