Back at the beginning of April, I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely women behind the brand new book: Ripe: A Fresh, Colorful Approach to Fruits and Vegetables at the IACP Book and Blog Festival. {Cover photo of Ripe by Paulette Phlipot and used with permission from Running Press; please note that the other … Read more
I recently asked you consider putting dandelions in your pancakes…today, I’m going to try to talk you into adding violets to your salad. Right alongside the dandelions, violets pop up all over my lawn every year in the spring. They are identified by their shiny green heart-shaped leaves and their five-petaled flowers. As you’d expect … Read more
There is nothing bashful about this salad. It features lots of assertive flavors including dandelion leaves: one of my favorite bitter greens. Like chicory, radicchio, watercress, and arugula, dandelion leaves are very cleansing and they are also particularly helpful for the digestion. Dandelion greens are super high in vitamins and minerals, as well. Dandelion greens … Read more