Looking for potato salad without mayo? This healthy French potato salad recipe is vegan, tasty, and easy to make. I discovered the French way to make potato salad after going on a hunt for potato salad recipes without mayonnaise. I wanted a vegan potato salad. Not that creamy concoction most Americans have eaten a million…
Air Fryer Salt and Pepper Chicken
By Gretchen McKay From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette If you love fried food but hate the fat and calories that come with cooking something in oil, an air fryer can come to the rescue. It uses hot air to cook whatever protein or veggies you put in its basket and makes them surprisingly crisp — typically without…
Little-Known Wine Facts
Most people who purchase wine regularly know what the basic rules are about how to consume it and store it along with other supposedly widely known “facts.” But in reality, a number of tips that have been passed down through oral tradition have nothing to do with the way wine really ought to be treated….
Roasted Sweet Potato with Ginger & Coriander
Loaded with natural sweetness and over-the-top nutrition, my healthy, oven-roasted sweet potatoes will delight your tastebuds. Yes. It’s a carb, but the sweet potato’s creamy orange flesh is the wonderful complex carbohydrate kind, which keeps you full longer. Since this tuber is easy to digest, it feels relatively light (compared to white potatoes) in your…
Sri Lanka and the Start of a Starvation Pandemic
Commentary Poor governmental decisions in many countries are leading to mass starvation–and public retaliation against their governments. Sri Lanka’s current dire problems—in which popular street action has thrown out, first, a sitting prime minister, then his replacement, and then the sitting president—seem likely to be a precursor to similar actions elsewhere in the world. And…
Smoky Shrimp Tostadas Are Perfect for Summer
Grilling gives these shrimp tostadas a boost of smoky flavor. Skewering the shrimp prevents them from falling through the grates while getting even char on each side. If you have a grill basket, you can throw them in that instead; just make sure to get them into a single layer so they don’t steam. Grilled…
Chilled Soups Hit the Spot as We Enter the Dog Days of Summer
This summer vegetable soup checks all the boxes. It’s cold, tangy, slightly sweet, light and refreshing. Zucchini and corn are summer vegetables that belong together. I like to grill them and show off their intrinsic sweet and mellow flavors. Sometimes I don’t have the time for setting up the grill, so I rely on high…
All the Flavors of Sun-Kissed Southern France in an Easy, One-Pan Chicken Dish
Bursting with fresh flavors, classic chicken Provençal features wine-braised, crisp-skinned chicken with loads of melty garlic and shallots, briny bites of green olives, tender artichoke hearts, and sweet cherry tomatoes—all showered with fragrant herbes de Provence. It’s an uncomplicated recipe that will transport you to summer in the south of France. Not a specific recipe, “Provençal”…
A Lazy Salad for a Steamy Day
Summer heat calls for little exertion. It invites lazy days lounging under a canopy of shade with icy drinks clinking in perspiring glasses. Simple food, fresh and easy, requiring little preparation, is the way to roll. Luckily, this bountiful season produces an abundance of fresh vegetables and fruit at their peak, stand-alone delicious and requiring…
Quinoa Stars in Summer Veggie Salad
By Linda Gassenheimer From Tribune News Service Just back from a trip to Chile, where I was introduced to several delicious quinoa salads. It was a surprise to learn there are hundreds of different types of quinoas. The most common ones are white, red and black. With these flavors in mind, I created a quick…
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