Everyday cooking
fromBoston Herald
22 hours agoRecipe: This salad in a jar will add pizzazz to workday lunches
Layer salad ingredients in a jar with dressing on bottom to keep greens crisp and fresh for up to six hours before eating.
By choosing ingredients like eggs, which are easy to use and versatile, you can make healthy living fit into your life at the breakfast table as part of a balanced diet. For example, these egg-inspired recipes are part of the American Heart Association's Healthy for Good Eat Smart initiative, nationally supported by Eggland's Best. In addition to the social and emotional benefits of dining together, shared family meals can help promote healthier choices at the table.
He shows us a potato and fennel gratin that can be served au naturel or with a last-minute pastry envelope and a few carvings and pinchings that would see me pulverise the whole thing into a catastrophe, but which anyone who reaches the threshold of minimally coordinated human should totally do as a beautiful ruched pie. You can make and freeze that now and reheat it on Christmas Day.
For one, I can have a pot of soup or stew going while I'm tapping away on my laptop, and when the weather takes a frigid turn, it saves me from turning on a space heater. (I'm nothing if not frugal about central heating!) But even if I didn't have the luxury of working from home, I'd still keep hearty soups and stews in heavy rotation for dinner because they're excellent make-ahead meals and great for freezing.