{Grain Brains} My Wheat Berry Tour

A recipe challenge to help you get whole grains into your mouth, not just your kitchen. +++ I fell in love with wheat berries in 1993. I was working at a thrift store in Seattle, and every now and again, when I got tired of cheese toast – which I made by the sleeve of multigrain bread…

{weekend recipe} Salad For Breakfast

Make this or something like this! Tomorrow morning or Sunday morning! PRONTO! You see its been hotter than the surface of the sun here for the past two days: 100+ and humid. I know I know, its summer get over it! Well, I got over ‘it’ with this salad. Seriously. The salad came together because…

{In Season} Hakurei Turnips

It’s May. Around here, that means it’s time to enjoy warmer spring days, plant the garden and divide perennials, watch baby leaves unfold from the trees, splash in puddles and observe the reawakening of dormant house cats everywhere. For me, May is also a time to enjoy eating hakurei turnips. I first tried hakurei turnips a few years…

Cucumber Salad

I have to share this one tonight, too. This is my all-time favorite summer salad/snack. Prepare to get lots and lots of cucumbers in the coming weeks–this is a great way to use a bunch. My mouth is actually watering thinking about this salad. 🙂 Cucumbers Vinaigrette: from Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites 2 medium cucumbers…