Pumpkin EggNog (Pumpkin Juice)
Rich, dense and a bit sweet, this recipe isn’t as thick and cloying as the eggnogs that you buy from the store. If you prefer a thicker drink, decrease the [...]
Pumpkin Orange Cookies With Maple Glaze
Squash and pumpkin harvest season meant baking in my childhood. Delicious and moist, these cookies are still favorites of mine and appearing around Halloween and Thanksgiving. I prefer to keep [...]
Basque Potato, Pumpkin and Leek Soup (Porrusalda)
Idaho has a large population of Basque and with it their delightful, flavorful food. This simple recipe makes great use of hardy vegetables, leeks, carrots [...]
Basic Congee (Shi Fan, Jook)
Congee, Shi-Fan (literally, rice water) or Jook. Whatever name you give it, rice porridge has been the foundation of nutritional healing since...well, we started playing with fire and cooking. [...]
Bodacious Borscht
Vibrant in color and flavor, borscht is a classic middle European soup with nearly as many variations on the recipe as there are languages in [...]
Cranberry Zucchini Bread
During the cooler months it’s time to seek warmth, rest and introspection. Longer cooking methods like stewing and baking help to move our energy inward and [...]
The Energetics Of Pumpkin Pie Spice
Autumn is here which means pumpkins and pumpkin pie spice. So what makes up the sweet warm combination that spice lovers seem to lose their collective minds over each [...]
Baked Spaghetti Squash Parmigiana
A great way to use the season’s beautiful spaghetti squash. Spaghetti squash is also a great alternative if you can’t eat or need to avoid [...]
Spiced Poached Pears with Cardamon Cream
In season, poached pears are a favorite breakfast side dish for my family. It takes just a few moment to quarter and seed the pears [...]
Spiced Applesauce
Spiced Applesauce–sounds mundane right? When it comes to strengthening the digestive system and the immune, mundane or simple is the best place to start. A [...]