Potatoes mashed with meat, cheese, and other stuff I have available. I’m calling it dinner! Admittedly, potatoes are kind of a food group for me, and I can easily create breakfast, lunch or dinner around them. It’s easy to change up ingredients in this recipe, and make it equally as delicious. So let your leftovers…
Author: Lanie Fioretti
My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!
Living Longer
More Magazine had an article entitled The New Science of Living Longer. Researchers are finding that we can alter how quickly our cells age. Some functions of DNA can be enhanced, or cancer cells suppressed, by a few simple things we can add to our diets and/or lifestyle. The researchers found protective effects from vitamin…
Marinated White Fish
I got a fairly large piece of swordfish at the seafood counter the other day, but you could use any good textured fish, like cod, halibut, or mahi mahi. After I cooked it, I served it on top of greens, but it would be delicious in tacos, or with rice or pasta. PrintMarinated White Fish…
Artichoke, Olive Pasta
My plan was to include a picture of this pasta, but it’s gone – eaten! I used the leftover Hot Artichoke Dip to make this dish, and apparently, it was hugely popular. As usual, I had a few leftovers from the fridge to use up, so with the help of a couple of those, in…
Hot Artichoke Dip
We’re still going to some holiday get-togethers, and one of the things we brought to the last one was a hot artichoke dip. I’ve made this dip a number of times, but this time I decided to put everything in the processor, because I don’t like stringy pieces of artichoke. It turned out very delicious,…