Well, you do have to cook the pasta! I made this up last week when my family and I were all starving and it was hot and I happened to have some fresh organic Rigatoni pasta from the Emmaus Farmer’s Market (which was delicious!). Everyone loved it and it was so easy, I would definitely […]
Main Dishes without Meat
Quick and Delicious Rice Paper Summer Rolls!
Whoever said we have nothing to fear but fear itself could have been talking about rice paper rolls.* I’ve wanted to make them (Vietnamese-style) for years, but dreaded the complexity, feared the differentness, and practically hyperventilated over finding the right moment to tackle the job (because without fresh mint and basil, you might as well […]
Arborio Risotto with Garlic Stock
by guest blogger Martha Rose Shulman, New York Times Recipes for Health columnist and cookbook author The following recipe is featured in The Simple Art of Vegetarian Cooking: Templates and Lessons for Making Delicious Meatless Meals Every Day. When it comes to making risotto, when and how you introduce the vegetables that define your dish […]
Energize Your Pantry + A Fresh Spring Rolls Recipe
by guest blogger Brendan Brazier, athlete, author, and creator of Vega and Thrive Forward Spring—a time for renewal, growth, and plenty of spring-cleaning. Before you jump into summer, don’t forget the kitchen as you clean the rest of your life. Dump the junk and let your pantry thrive by stocking it with these high net-gain […]
The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Vegetable Cookbook + A Tomato Tart Recipe
by guest bloggers Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, The Beekman Boys One warm summer day, a family with a 4-year-old came to visit us at Beekman Farm. As we walked around the heirloom vegetable garden—52 raised beds on a half-acre plot at the heart of the farm—the child became fascinated with pulling carrots out of […]
Bake the Best Macaroni and Cheese
by Paul Kita, senior associate editor at Men’s Health Every once and a while, it’s good to indulge. In fact, indulgence is part of a healthy diet. The best eating plans are ones that operate on inclusion, not exclusion. Think about it: When someone tells you that you can’t eat pizza, what does that make […]
Tomato, Green Bean and Pine Nut Pasta
So I get home from a weeklong vacation in late July and there is nothing in the refrigerator, and while the food was good while I was away, I am CRAVING fresh vegetables and simple food. Fortunately for me, ripe ‘San Marzano’ paste tomatoes and pole beans were ready in the garden, as well as […]
Grilled Marinated Eggplant with Mint
The other day, the mint finally popped up in my garden. I couldn’t wait to cook something with it. And then I saw the perfect organic eggplant in the store and I knew just what to do.
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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