Here’s some help if you’ve become stuck in a recipe rut while cooking at home so much during the pandemic, 12 Slow Cooker Chicken Dinners Under 370 Calories. But beware, low-calorie doesn;t necessarily mean low-salt, low-fat and low-sugar. As always, look at the details before trying these and substittue when necessary. For Slow-Cooker Lemon Greek… Continue Reading →
Low-sodium Thanksgiving recipes: it’s never too early to start planning your big meal
With Thanksgiving 2022 only about a month away, it’s never too early to start planning your low-salt menu. You can always start with our Recipe Page which has tips on low-salt side dishes and how to find low-sodium turkeys. But there are lots of other sources online as well, just click here to see the… Continue Reading →
Pandemic Shopping: Tips for bulk storage
The Covid-019 pandemic has certainly changed American eating and food-shopping habits. People are cooking at home and emptying store shelves of many staple items as a result. Just trying buying some yeast to find out what I mean. Many people ahve turned to bulk buying, which is jsut a step short of hoarding in that… Continue Reading →
Pandemic recipe idea: Garlic Panko Flounder
I’m a big believer in buying what’s on sale each week and creating meals around those items. Recently, frozen flounder fillets were on sale at my local store, so I bought some and went recipe hunting. The recipe I found to make them, Garlic Parmesan Flounder, was delicious and didn’t use fatty butter as did… Continue Reading →
Pandemic Food Storage Tips: Keeping grapes and mushrooms fresh longer
The Covid-19 pandemic sent grocery sales soaring early this year. Reports say that peak has leveled off in more recent months, but sales are still up significantly year-over-year in the supermarket business. And because we’re buying more, I thought this would be a good time to review how to keep the items we buy fresher… Continue Reading →
A pandemic recipe suggestion — steamed shrimp and watermelon salad
Shrimp is always a nice change-of-pace to build a meal around. I’m always looking for new recipes that include shrimp, such as one with fennel and cucumbers I wrote about. So I was attracted to this recipe I found on CookingLight.com for steamed shrimp and watermelon salad. It sounds pretty basic to make, if you… Continue Reading →
Tomatoes are a summer gift, even during a pandemic
During this summer like no other, there is one thing to be thankful for — fresh tomatoes are here, whether you grow your own as I do, or buy them from farm stands or in farmers’ markets. When you taste a fresh tomato, you quickly realize those things we buy in the supermarkets are just… Continue Reading →
Pandemic food storage tip: You can freeze ground beef for up to four months
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused almost everyone to do more home cooking, and more food shopping to go with it. Which means we’re all storing more food in our pantries, refrigerators and freezers. So it’s a good time to remember some food storage safety advice. Hamburgers are an American staple, especially during the summer grilling… Continue Reading →
Pandemic cooking: try these Hawaiian chicken skewers
A dream trip to Hawaii in January was the last vacation we took before the pandemic swept across the U.S. I love Hawaii and miss it daily, so I’m always looking for ways to connect, especially now when I can’t leave my house. So this Mini Hawaiian Chicken Skewers recipe called to me when I… Continue Reading →
Here’s a handy heart-healthy cookbook for pandemic cooking
If, like most of us, you’re doing more homecooking during the Coronavirus pandemic, you’re liekly running out of new recipes at this point to give some variety to your daily meals. The American Heart Associaiotn has a free cookbook available, Cooking in Color, that could help with that dilemma. Among the recipes in the book,… Continue Reading →
The No Salt, No Fat, No Sugar Journal 