By Tillamook County Wellness We’ve all heard that we should be eating fresh fruits and vegetables as key portions of our daily meals – but at what cost? With food prices on the rise, preparing nutritious, well-rounded meals can seem like an extra strain not only on our available time but also on our wallets. Luckily, there are some strategies (and…
Category: Recipes
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Sweet Dessert – Greek Yogurt Chocolate Mousse
A perfect (easy and quick) dessert for Valentine’s Day – that’s healthy too! Prep Time: 10 minutes Ingredients: 6 mini Hershey’s special dark chocolate bars (chopped) 2 cups plain nonfat greek yogurt 2 tbsp honey or 4 packets artificial sweetner 1 tsp vanilla extract ¼ cup skim milk 6 tbsp whipped topping 2 cups fresh raspberries Directions: Add the chopped…
KITCHEN MAVEN: Celebrating Love & Chocolate
By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven Every Valentine’s Day, I prepare a chocolate confection to treat my dear man and celebrate love. If the occasion prompts you to bake something chocolatey to celebrate love – even if it’s just love for chocolate – try Chocolate Depression Cake. This is a well-used and well-loved old recipe that became popular during the tough…
KITCHEN MAVEN: Making the Most of Expensive & Nourishing Eggs
By Kitchen Maven / Judith Yamada Today, while mulling over what I might prepare for a reasonably healthy dessert, light on the sugar and high on nutrition, a clafouti came to mind. Went through a stage, for a while, in which I prepared one of these at least monthly, then tired of it and moved on to other tempting recipes….
KITCHEN MAVEN: The Adaptable Tuber – Historic, Nutritious & Delicious
By Judith Yamada, The Kitchen Maven Today, the potato is the fourth most important crop worldwide behind wheat, corn, and rice. But in the 18th century the tuber was a novelty that was avoided by some and found startling to others. This sustaining vegetable was the first domesticated in the country of Peru between 8,000 and 5,000 B.C.E. And cultivation of…
KITCHEN MAVEN: Festivities, Family, Friends & Finger Food
By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven New Year’s Eve is traditionally a time to gather with friends and family and signifies new beginnings and a new journey through time for each of us. New Year’s celebrations in Europe can be traced back to before the spread of Christianity. When large numbers of people converted to Christianity the holiday became associated with…
AN ARDENT GOURMET HOLIDAY MEAL (WITH RECIPES), 2022
By David & Susan Greenberg Greek myth tells of giants who tried to attack Zeus and his posse of amorous, adulterous, jealous, double-dealing, dissolute, vengeful, gluttonous, scheming, feuding, petty, murderous, vainglorious gods who lived atop Mt. Olympus (like a mashup of Real Housewives of New Jersey and The Bachelor, with superpowers). In order to reach them these foolhardy giants piled…
KITCHEN MAVEN: Chanukah Oh Chanukah, Come Light The Menorah!
By Kitchen Maven, Judi Yamada Although Chanukah is a relatively minor holiday in the Jewish calendar, it’s extremely popular with Jewish families, and a time for decorating homes and preparing special foods like potato latkes and sufganiyot (filled donuts). This year it starts on December 18th, 2022. Jews light a menorah/hanukkiah annually, on each night of the eight-night Chanukah celebration,…
KITCHEN MAVEN: Jolly Vegan Appetizers for Holiday Parties & Potlucks
By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven With so many holidays during this time of year, representing a variety of cultures, religions and days of glory, there is definitely a lot of eating going on. If you or a family member is a vegan, you know how difficult it can be at times, in restaurants and holiday gatherings, to find vegan deliciousness….
KITCHEN MAVEN: It’s PIE Time! Three Recipes Just in Time for Thanksgiving
By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven As far back as the first century, the Roman cookbook, “Apicius”, refers to recipes made with a pie case. The first reference to pie in a written source was in the 14th century Oxford English Dictionary. Early pies were flat, round, and freeform pastries known as galettes. Crusts consisted of ground oats, wheat, rye or…
