Enlightened Eater

  Kale, Barley and White Bean Soup With the continuing crazy below normal temperatures, you can never have enough soup recipes. Here’s one from Foodland Ontario that’s packed with a wide assortment of nutritional goodies. Some are well known such as the lutein-rich kale which offers perks to maintaining healthy vision among other benefits or […]

Here’s a delicious way to reap the health perks of oats, the January grain of the month. Combined with apple, blueberries and almonds and mixed with yogurt, this version of the Swiss Birchermüesli is great at breakfast or as a snack. As it requires at least an hour to soften, make it the night before […]

    It’s hard to believe how Brussels sprouts could have been such a hated vegetable in my family. Truth be told, my method of preparation years ago (and my mother’s before me) was to boil them into mush. It seemed to bring out the vegetables worst qualities. Fast forward a number of years and […]

  Today is World Pasta Day – a time to celebrate a delicious and nutritious favourite food. The day  also marks the kick-off of the global pasta industry’s “The Power of Pasta” initiative. More than 3 million plates of pasta have been donated to various charities fighting hunger around the world thanks to the support […]

  Have you seen all the different types of winter squash in your marketplace? From acorn and butternut to pumpkin and spaghetti squash, there’s one for every day of the week and almost a second time around (about a dozen in total). They’re all packed with an assortment of nutrients, some of which vary according […]

This is the time of year I like to bake. It’s the Jewish High Holidays which includes Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year along with Sukkoth, a celebration of the harvest. While apple cake is one of my regular offerings, for those who want just fruit and a little sweet nibble following the meal, these […]

In my last post, I extolled the nutritional perks of radishes. Here’s a tasty offering, from Foodland Ontario, where you can incorporate them along with other nutrient-packed produce. Obviously if you live elsewhere, use your own local fruits and vegetables. This quick-pickled vegetable salad and fruit slaw skips prolonged fermentation traditional to pickled Korean kimchi. […]

In my last post, I offered tips from Barilla Executive Chef Lorenzo Boni on ways to incorporate whole grain pastas with palate-pleasing results. He shared them as part of a cooking demonstration at  the recent conference, Whole Grains Away from Home (Whole Grains in Foodservice, the Next Frontier)  in Chicago,  organized by Oldways and the […]