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Viva Vermont

Taking It Outside: Moving Because We Want To

August 30, 2010

In many places throughout the US, school is already back in full swing or just getting started today.  And while that means different things for different folks, it does mark a change in seasons right before the change in seasons really happens. That change is a spectacular one in Vermont.  One of the prettiest times [...]

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Healthy Cooking Thursday: Roasted Garlic Dressing

August 26, 2010

Few dishes are as divinely fragrant to prepare (and devilishly simple) as roasted garlic.  Whenever I make this healthy recipe at our women’s weight loss program, I invariably am asked, ”What were you making that smells so amazing?” from the ladies who were working out in the room above our kitchen. The resulting dressing is a great addition to [...]

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Healthy Cooking Thursday: Cheese, Glorious Cheese

August 5, 2010

“The great state of Vermont will not apologize for its cheese!”  So exclaims William H. Macy, playing a Vermont senator in the film “Thank You For Smoking”, in defense against claims that our divine cheddar could possibly be dangerous to your health.  His fictional angry outburst was due to the fact that in reality, cheese is a way of life [...]

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Healthy Cooking Thursday: Zucchini and Eggs

July 29, 2010

Post number two in our Zucchini-palooza series!  (Check out Robyn’s healthy Zucchini Fries recipe from yesterday.) Vermont is an interesting place to garden.  The tomato and potato blights wreak havoc (sometimes), slugs and bugs are hungry and prolific, and the cabbage worms make cruciferous veggies impossible really difficult to bring to harvest.  (If anyone has [...]

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What to do with all this zucchini…

July 28, 2010

It’s that time of year when I begin picking dinner from my back yard.  There is nothing more satisfying than heading into the house, arms loaded with produce I’ve grown.  It’s even cooler to cook and eat it that same day.  I love it.  We are at the point in VT where everyone is attempting to [...]

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Healthy Cooking Thursday: Edible Flowers

June 24, 2010

Our friend over at InCYST (a blog about Polycystic Ovary Syndrome), Monika Woolsey, posted a link on her Facebook page last weekend to an article about edible flowers.  (Incidentally, Monika will be returning to Green Mountain at Fox Run in the fall for another great workshop on living with PCOS.)  While not a neccessity for life, I [...]

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Healthy Cooking Thursday: Strawberry-Rhubarb Love

June 3, 2010

You might be realizing right about now that I love to write about seasonal produce.  Part of that is due to me being a chef with a love for the freshest ingredients possible, but part of it is that in my neck of the woods, it’s tough to get good out-of-season produce in the grocery store.  This [...]

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Healthy Cooking Thursday: Fun with Fiddleheads

May 13, 2010

It’s that time of year again, the small window in which Vermont’s forests are flooded with the curling fronds of ferns known as fiddleheads.  A beauty to behold in the woods, these ferns are also pretty darn tasty.  Usually found bordering lakes, streams, and bogs, fiddleheads can also be found in markets for about a week [...]

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On Rainy Mondays & Physical Activity (& Ducks)

March 29, 2010

I wish I had a good camera with me on the way to work this morning.  As I drove over Red Bridge, I noticed three ducks dancing on the edge of the receding ice above the dam that separates Echo Lake from Lake Pauline.  It was a lovely sight that underscored for me the beauty [...]

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Maple Syrup: Not Your Mama’s Mrs. Butterworth’s

March 23, 2010

Spring has sprung in Vermont, and that means its maple syrup time. When the temperatures get warmer, the sap starts to run. And that means hundreds of maple sugar-daddies (and sugar-mamas) begin the mad rush to tap their maple trees in order to capture every delightful drop of amber-y goodness! Typically maple syrup is categorized [...]

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