With the rain and the great temperatures, it’s been a good year to get things planted early and hopefully have some harvest before the sun and dry of summer. My father-in-law’s garden is coming along well. It’s pictured below. Our garden has had a few challenges already, like the squash bugs have already moved…
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!
(Breakfast) Sweet Potato Banana Pancakes and Sweet Potatoes in Review
So we’ve been looking for some different dishes to have for lunches. Today we came up with the best pancakes – delicious, light, and really tasty. First you start with leftover praline sweet potato casserole, click here for the recipe. PrintSweet Potato Banana Pancakes Ingredients1 1/4 cup leftover praline sweet potato casserole 1 cup mashed…
Food Supply or Fool Supply?
Do you ever get the impression that corporate America forgets we are real people that need “real” food? I mean come on, if something happens to “us,” who’s going to support “them?” When I was in Portland recently, my niece gave me a book to read, Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. I’ve finally finished…
Parmesan Squash Sticks
Now I know these aren’t Toasted Cheese Breadsticks, but for a lower calorie, good substitute, I think you’ll like these. PrintParmesan Squash Sticks IngredientsSquash, small so the seed pocket is small, cut into spears Butter, melted Grated parmesan Pepper SaltInstructionsHeat oven to 400 and line a baking sheet with parchment. Dip squash spears in butter,…
Omega 3
First, I want to make sure you know, I am not anywhere near an expert on nutrition. I am and probably always will be a student of “food science.” I read, I observe, I listen, and I question. I am my own guinea pig. When there’s enough good information, I want to make sure you’ve…