Local Food

I feel pretty...oh, so pretty!  Fields of Athenry Turkey in Purcellville, VA

Three weeks and counting from today and most of America will be roasting a big ol’ turkey.  With each passing year we learn more and more about how our food is raised and what are the healthiest choices.  So, I just wanted to write a quick post to give you a few resources for buying the freshest and safest turkey for …

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Get Your Greens In!

Quick Tip Tuesday You don’t have to know me very long or eat at my house more than once to know that I love greens!  One of the main reasons I love Autumn so much is all the good green stuff like kale, collards, bok choy, tat soi, lettuces, happy rich, rapini are all in season big time here in …

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Immune-Boosting Bee Pollen

Quick Tip Tuesday! I always wondered about bee pollen when I would see it at the health food store and at farmer’s markets and so I decided to finally give it a try about eight months ago and haven’t stopped taking it yet.  First of all I noticed a bit of an increase in my energy (it contains a full compliment of …

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It’s Fall…yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!  Or at least it has cooled off considerably and I’m ready for my favorite time of year to begin officially.  At my farmer’s market you can still buy some beautiful eggplant and this Eggplant Parmesan recipe makes good use of it! The following is a video showing you how to make this yummy Eggplant Parm dish I did for a show on …

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What is “real” southern food?

My Mama-May Fair came to town to celebrate my birthday last week and I wanted to welcome her with a yummy dinner.  After I had finished preparing everything and before we started diggin’ in she said you should take a picture of this for your blog…and minding my Mama like I do, I did! So I just wanted to share …

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