Strawberry Lemon Tart
A fresh, juicy, sweet-and-tart tart in a light, buttery crust. Summer's here! And it's Better and Cheaper. Remain calm. Eat Slower. You can have another slice.
Summer Salad Pizza
A big salad posing as a pizza. A huge mound of exceptionally fresh, colorful, flash-baked radicchio, leek, sweet pepper and cucumber on a hot, fresh pizza crust. Another example of pizza crust as the perfect platform for almost everything fresh and tasty. Dinner for two for $2.
Grilled Cheese & Salad Sandwich
Less than $2 for a meal-in-a-sandwich. Deeply rich, slightly salty aged cheese. Zippy bright lemon. Slightly bitter and crunchy arugula. All pressed between rich, buttery toast. Walk it off in an hour. With a great taste in your mouth.
Lamb. Mint. Pesto, not jelly.
A bright, lively, wildly aromatic herb sauce to lighten the richness of lamb. Probably just as refreshing with anything hot off the grill, say, eggplant. A glycemic Load of zero. Puts mint jelly - with more sugar than Coca-Cola - to shame.
Let Them Eat Mousse. Chocolate.
Celebrating Bastille Day? Get out your egg beater and make this luscious, transporting dessert in 15 minutes. Rich flavor. Light texture. Like injecting fudge sauce with air bubbles. And cream. Unusually low calorie count.
Great Meals and Blood Pressure
Beans, kale, nuts and mushrooms. What do they have in common? Uncommonly high levels of potassium. What's that got to do with blood pressure? A lot. If you thought that hypertension was only all about salt (sodium) consumption, think again.
Asian Spinach Salad
All these wildly fresh leafy greens from our CSA farm share keep turning into wildly delicious but near-zero-calorie salads. Here's what just happened to a bunch of the freshest spinach you've ever seen or tasted.
Grilled Caesar Salad
The edges are smoky, browned and hot. The center is warm. The garlic mayo melts right in. The lemon cuts the richness. The cheese adds depth and a slight saltiness. Sounds a lot Better than a salad, huh?
Pop Stars for a hand-held 4th of July
This is what I want melting in my mouth this holiday weekend. Popsicles. Savory and sweet. A meal on a stick. They're delicious. They're fun. They make everyone smile. Pursue happiness.
Hot Dogs for the 21st Century
What's going to be on your plate this 4th of July? If it's meat, read this before you go shopping: results from a Harvard School of Public Health study and from my grill. Halve your meat and double your fun.