by Toni | Jul 16, 2021 | Be Simple, Let's Eat, Vegetables
I can’t think of a more quintessential summer pastime than a cool dip in a favorite swimming hole, can you? Of course, the dip here is about eating, not swimming. Although, the recipe makes a nice poolside snack, I do believe. This post is sort of an atonement, as...
by Toni | May 25, 2021 | Be Simple, Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Live Green
It never fails: I’m standing in line at the farmers market when the person in front of me politely asks the vendor to “please cut all those leaves off my beets/turnips/carrots/fennel (you choose) before I put them in my bag.” Sigh. What are they thinking?!! It’s as if...
by Toni | Apr 20, 2021 | Be Simple, Healthy Treats, Let's Eat
When my daughter was little, I, like all good mothers, tried to incorporate healthy snacks into her diet. My goal was to keep her out of her great grandmother’s infamous “candy drawer.” You know what I’m talking about—that drawer with bags of M&Ms,...
by Toni | Jan 17, 2021 | Be Simple, Healthy Treats, Let's Eat
We eat cornbread and polenta often in my house. That cornmeal flavor is a particular favorite of mine—polenta for breakfast, cornbread for dinner and even cornmeal layer cake for dessert! I love the way rich corn flavor plays off other ingredients like maple...
by Toni | Nov 25, 2020 | Be Simple, Fruits, Let's Eat
I began the month of November with a feel-good activity—I volunteered for a highway cleanup campaign with my local heroes at Bring Your Own Glen-Ed, a community-based volunteer organization devoted to ridding our planet of plastic pollution. Times are risky in many...
by Toni | Nov 23, 2020 | Be Simple, Let's Eat, Vegetables
It never fails: every holiday season my daughter makes the same request for my Curried Butternut Squash Soup. And while this is quite the compliment, I try to remind her that I have a whole folder full of recipes for butternuts. She never wavers, and I always give in....
