Serves 4-6 Butternut squash is an interesting vegetable that’s shaped like a bell and is light orange on the inside. We get so excited when we start to see this funny-shaped squash arrive in the farmers’ market. It’s super-easy to grow in your garden, too. Every year...
Serves 4 We don’t know why sweet potatoes aren’t even more loved than white potatoes. They are so much cooler! First, they taste better. Second, they’re bright orange! Who doesn’t love orange food? We eat orange foods like sweet potatoes, carrots, and pumpkins because...
Serves 4 Popeye may eat spinach from a can, but we think you’ll prefer fresh spinach! You may have had spinach in a salad, but it’s really neat to cook spinach because it shrinks in the pan! We also think you’ll like spinach better with bacon. Lots of bacon! We eat...
Serves 4 If you’re like our boys, you probably see the world as being full of weapons. Any stick becomes a sword or a gun and any string becomes a whip. Well, it shouldn’t be a shock, then, that the first time we had asparagus they were immediately used as spears....
Serves 6 When we were growing up, Brussels sprouts, or as we like to call them, little cabbages, were famous in movies and TV shows for being yucky to kids. Our boys are lucky they give everything a chance though, because these Brussels sprouts are some of our very...
This omega 3-, vitamin-, and mineral-packed recipe offers a simple way to impart the taste of fireside cooking indoors. SERVES 4 • 1 pound wild Alaskan king salmon fillet • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice • 1 tablespoon...
SERVES 2 to 4 “The Incident” in my elementary school cafeteria left me cooked-carrot averse. (Think mean lunch lady, waterlogged carrots from a can, tepid milk, and force feeding.) But my mom introduced me to the sweet goodness of roasted carrots and saved the day....
MAKES 2 6-inch meatzas My perfect Friday night? Pizza and a movie on the couch. Some might argue it’s the cheese that makes a pizza, but I disagree. I think it’s the friendly wedge shape of the slices—and that they’re meant to be eaten with our hands. Then there’s the...
MAKES 1/3 cup Sausage shouldn’t be complicated: It’s essentially meat made magical with spices. But too many store-bought brands include sugar and other mystery ingredients. This sugar-free blend works well with ground pork, beef, turkey, and chicken and produces...
SERVES a lot Most days, I eat vegetables for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. That’s in the neighborhood of six or seven cups of veggies every day. Oh, there’s so much chopping and cooking! So once a week, I turn into a Veg-O-Matic and make it my mission to clean...
