Black seed oil, which can be ingested or applied to the skin, has been touted as a remedy for everything from headaches and obesity to insomnia to COVID-19. Black seed oil is extracted from Nigella sativa, a plant native to the Middle East and Eastern Europe but now cultivated in a much larger area. Nigella…
Lemon Bars with Shortbread Crust
Lemon Bars With Shortbread Crust It’s a paradox that lemons, like most citrus fruits, peak during winter throughout much of the country, because sunshine-bright lemons just scream spring and summer. Besides their happy and fresh look, you’ll want to grab plenty of fresh lemons for these lemon bars with shortbread crust. These lemon bars are…
Pork Scallopini With Mustard Sauce and Sauteed Kale Features Layers of Flavor
By Linda Gassenheimer From Tribune News Service This sweet and tangy mustard sauce goes perfectly with these pork scallopini slices. The scallopini is made by pounding slices of pork tenderloin to about 1/2 inch thick. I find that without any fat, the tenderloin or bone can be very dry. This easy sauce takes care of…
Homemade Pudding Is the Perfect Way to End Your Meal
When you’re searching for something sweet after lunch or dinner, homemade chocolate pudding will become your go-to dessert. It’s important to note that homemade chocolate pudding can lack flavor if you don’t use enough chocolate, and it can even develop a grainy texture if there’s too much cocoa butter. But by using a modest amount…
This Chickpea Caesar Salad Wrap Is the MVP of Wraps
With a symphony of satisfying textures and assertive flavors, it’s easy to see why chicken Caesar wraps have long been a grab-and-go mainstay for busy folks. My vegan-friendly version swaps in protein-rich roasted chickpeas for the usual sliced chicken and features a Caesar dressing doppelgänger that’s made with creamy tahini. Ideal for meal prep, the…
Red Curry Curious
He didn’t like curry, and to this day purports to hate coconut, but my son Remy would walk on molten lava for a bowl of red chicken curry. I don’t need to solve this paradox to benefit from the fact that curry offers great leverage to get kids and grownups alike to eat their vegetables….
Ultra-Processed Foods Linked With Higher Rates of Depression and Anxiety: Research
Consuming ultra-processed food such as soft drinks, fast foods and frozen meals has been linked to an increased risk of depression, according to a newly published paper by Australian researchers. Experts from Deakin University in Victoria found that the rapid rise in cheap, convenient and heavily marketed ultra-processed foods on supermarket shelves has an adverse…
Older Wines
“Like fine old wine.” We’ve all heard people use versions of this timeworn saying, which suggests that the aging of any wine improves it. That may be true for about 1 percent of the wines in this world, but it has sad consequences for the other 99 percent. Most of the wines we drink tend…
A Frugal Solution for the Heartbreak of Melted Ice Cream: Cake!
Some people are born frugal. They come into the world with a bent to use it up, wear it out, and do without. Not me. I arrived with an overly developed spendthrift gene. Frugality is a learned behavior and way of life I have chosen. And I learn something new nearly every day. Take melted…
White Rice Porridge–‘No. 1 Tonic in the World,’ TCM Physician Offers Best Ways to Prepare
The culture of eating porridge in China can be traced to the ancient past. Since the time of the Yellow Emperor, there have been practices of “grains steamed to make rice and cooked to make porridge.” The ancients often praised porridge and rice as “the most nourishing thing in the world.” Whether it is prepared…
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