Healthy food, fresh ingredients, simple reci[es

I consider this a pantry salad as white beans and marinated artichoke hearts are one of my pantry staples.

If you want cold chicken leftovers or are cooking for 4, do a whole chicken, otherwise just do your favorite pieces.

An easy side dish of layers of onion, zucchini and goat cheese with a simple crumb topping.

Chard, or Swiss Chard, is a slightly bitter green, reminiscent of spinach.

There are lots of flavors in this easy main course: bacon, fresh herbs, white wine and yogurt.

I used a yellow squash, 2 yellow tomatoes (Lemon Boy) and an orange pepper for this gratin.

Duxelles may be more traditional with veal or beef but it works wonderfully well with chicken breasts.

This actually makes enough for 3 generous servings but we like the leftovers in sandwiches the next day - or in a salad,I marinated the pork for about 4 hours.

Pull-apart Bread or Tear & Share - the name doesn't matter - it's all about the taste

Bread Baking Babes baked a Sunshine Sourdough Loaf this month, based on a Scandinavian recipe and looking like a summer sun

Garrison Keillor once asked: “Why do the inhabitants of Lake Wobegon lock their cars in the month of August? So their neighbors won’t leave bags of zucchini on the back seat.

Usually when I make quiche it’s as a main course, filled with both meat and vegetables.

Broccoli with Bacon and Mustard, put a little zing into your winter vegetables.