Healthy food, fresh ingredients, simple reci[es

Roasted Sweet Potato Soup, perfect use for leftover sweet potato fries

Meatball Soup with Cabbage and Barley, quick, easy to make and hearty for cold winter days

Red Beets, Leeks, Feta, Walnuts on Spinach, an easy, healthy winter salad to start the year.

Bean and Basil Salad, with chopped onion and tomato, an easy, do-ahead vegetable salad

Wilted Rainbow Chard Salad with Ham and Onion, easy summer vegetables

Zucchini Timbales with Basil and Tomato, an easy first course or add bread and a cup of soup for a light lunch

Summer Salad Season - start with this easy Chicken Salad with Potatoes and Asparagus, then start making your own easy dressings.

Easy salad for Sunday Supper - Chicken Teriyaki Salad with Peanut Vinaigrette, and another lost weekend.

Spring salads with Asparagus, Spinach and Shrimp - easy dinner to end the week

Chicken and White Bean Salad with Crispy Red Onions - the crisp onions add a nice, crunchy finish - think crouton without bread.

Salad with Warm Mustard Beets and Goat Cheese, either as a first course of light lunch

Warm Barley and Chard Salad, using both the leaves and the stems of Swiss chard.

Ham, Asparagus and Mozzarella Salad - perfect easy salad supper for a hot summer night

Hot and spicy can be difficult terms when it comes to describing food.

This is what happens when one does the shopping the day before one gets sick….

This time of year, with the potager in transition, we have a lot of combination dishes.