healthy eating
Meatless Monday Recipe: Kale and White Bean Stew
I BECAME A KALE FAN JUST A FEW YEARS AGO when my friend Brenda made an amazing kale and roasted chicken recipe for...
Basia HellwigApril 29, 2013
RECIPE: Farro Salad with Red Peppers and Beans
I GOT A JUMPSTART ON MEATLESS MONDAY this weekend when my friend made the most delicious Mediterranean farro salad as we all lazed about...
Basia HellwigApril 22, 2013
RECIPE: Fennel, Orange and Radish Salad
ORANGES, RADISHES AND RED ONION make a lovely salad on their own; Moroccan, Tunisian and Egyptian cooking all have tasty examples. For...
Basia HellwigNovember 20, 2012
RECIPE: Tunisian-Style Carrot Salad
I’VE COME ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT VERSIONS of Tunisian and Moroccan carrot salads. Some are made with julienned raw carrots, often with raisins...
Basia HellwigNovember 20, 2012
Two Mediterranean Salads for the Thanksgiving Table
[caption id="attachment_1309" align="alignnone"]These North African-inspired salads will lighten and brighten your Thanksgiving meal.[/caption] DAVID TANIS, WHO FOR MANY YEARS WAS CHEF AT...
Basia HellwigNovember 20, 2012
Browsing the Cookbooks for Monkfish Recipes
I JUST GOT MY WEEKLY E-MAIL FROM MERMAID’S GARDEN, the CSF (Community Supported Fishery) I belong to, telling me what fish had been caught...
Basia HellwigOctober 26, 2012
RECIPE: Beans and Red, Yellow and Orange Peppers Salad
SOMETIMES A FARMERS’ MARKET STAND JUST LEAPS UP AT YOU and says, “Make this dish!” At this time of year, that dish...
Basia HellwigOctober 1, 2012
At the Market This Week: Desperado Chefs and Salade Niçoise Royale
MY FRIDAY MORNING RITUAL is to visit my neighborhood farmers’ market on West 97th Street, often with one friend or another who lives nearby....
Basia HellwigSeptember 28, 2012
At the Market This Week
ABUNDANCE! I GO TO THE FARMERS’ MARKET year-round, but there’s nothing like the pleasure of seeing pristine summer crops piled up one after...
Basia HellwigAugust 11, 2012
Ready for Winter Stews? Not Me
I KNOW IT’S OFFICIALLY AUTUMN, but I’m not at all ready to say, ‘goodbye summer’ yet. Despite tropical storm Irene—and the date on...
Basia HellwigSeptember 28, 2011