Grains

Rosemary, Flax and Sesame Seed Crackers

Its crazy how crazy everyone is for crackers.  And it  is  crazy easy to make them, too!  Here is a really cool recipe for making your own. They go together fast in the food processor and take just minutes to roll and cut.   A pink salt slab is my […]

Sourdough Pizza: Learn, Play, Eat and Repeat

When kids are the cooks, they turn the ordinary into an extraordinary event. We know all the biking adventures this family has but who would have thought making pizza could turn out to be such an adventure.  Paige and Carson really got into adding their favorite toppings.   A sourdough […]

Watercress salad with Barley and Strawberry Vinaigrette

U-Pick strawberries farms have seen multitudes of pickers compared to other years. I think going to the farm to pick strawberries has especially popular because we are all ready to do something productive with our hands and get out in the fresh air. Farm work has always felt like a […]

Blueberry and Sorghum Granola

This makes individual servings of granola in about 3 minutes flat. Perfect to make the night before or even in the morning when you have a few minutes to allow it to cool. Blueberry and Sorghum Granola 2 teaspoons grape seed, coconut, canola oil or butter 2 teaspoons water ¼ […]

Tabouli: A beautiful array of greens, grains and garden produce.

My herb pots are overflowing with parsley and mint so I know it is time to make tabouli. It is one salad that I can make at the beginning of the week and it tastes good all week long. It makes a perfect lunch even if I don’t have refrigeration […]

Nutrition, Dermatology and Immunology

The culinary medicine lecture for the UCF College of Medicine second year medical students focused on nutrition issues in dermatology and immunology. The class started with a case study of an infant with a skin rash. The infant had additional issues at 1 year of age when other foods were […]

Culinary Medicine Recipes For UCF College of Medicine Lecture

Town and Gown Event Recipes The Culinary Medicine lecture I gave for our community included some really innovative recipes. Overnight oats are super simple and the buckwheat crepes are a little more involved, but so amazingly fun that is totally worth it. The lecture was in the morning so we […]

Recipes for UCF Life Presentation

It was really great to meet so many of the UCF community at the Culinary Medicine Session. We worked through so many great nutrition and culinary ideas and then tasted each of the recipes. Here are the recipes from the session. Let me know in the comments what you thought […]