Sweet Treats
Rooibos Poached Pears with Ginger and Molasses
An easy and flavorful combination of flavorful ingredients, this is a simple but stunning dessert!
Super Easy Last Minute Holiday Cookie – Better for You and Gluten Free!
I am not a baker. Although you may see tantalizing cakes and cookies in my cookbook, on my website, in my blogs, posts and tweets, I am not a baker. What I am is a better-for-you translator and an tireless experimenter with those delicious pieces of sweet heaven...
Very Veg Gratin – Meatless Luscious Fun!
Very Veg Gratin Served with Brown Rice This recipe was rebellion! I was invited to a "girlie party" a couple of weeks ago, Loads of fun, a creative hostess and an interesting group of women, "Foxes in Socks". Why was I using my recipe to be rebellious? See...I knew...
Turning Kitchen Experience into Action at Home – A Guest Blog by Taste and Savor Intern Michelle
I've learned so much over the past month! One night last week, I decided to put my experience interning with Chef Nancy into good use by having my mom’s friends over for dinner. I incorporated a little of what I have learned in the kitchen with Taste and...
Meatless Luscious Fun: Easy Herb-Rubbed Roasted Summer Veggies – 082613
Nothing makes me happier than laughter in my in kitchen. I love, love, love to entertain. Dinner, drinks and nibbles, games, a new movie - it doesn't matter. If I could, I'd entertain every night. I'm incredibly spoiled in my professional life, most often with a...
Meatless Luscious Fun – No Cook Mediterranean Quinoa Salad – 070813
I don't know about you, but once the excitement of the 4th is over - the summer begins in earnest. Here in Atlanta, we have muggy, hot and humid days relieved by muggy hot and humid showers. (This year has had way, way too many showers.) Don't get me wrong, the...
Meatless, Luscious, Fun: Mediterranean Oranges
Errghh. Have I mentioned I have a sinus infection? If I haven't mentioned it to you, it's a miracle. (My husband Mike says that if I don't stop moaning and whining about it, he is going to put me out of my misery:) I feel like it is running my life,...
Five Ingredients for a Flavorful Fruit Filled Dessert or Dip!
My last week was ambitious. After sliding into Atlanta late Wednesday afternoon from a fabulous trip to San Francisco, Thursday morning found us in the kitchen prepping for a class on Thursday night and a brunch for 45 on Friday morning. (Two classes on Saturday,...
Meatless, Luscious, Fun: Strawberry Breakfast Cobbler
Ditch the bacon, lose the sausage biscuit, and dive into a luscious juicy bowl of cobbler for breakfast! Now, you may think I am advocating dessert for your morning meal, but NO...This cobbler is full of fruit, grains and protein. (But it is fun to think about being a...
Lighter Lemon Yogurt Cake for Dessert
Last night we did a fun wellness class for a special friend, Beth Phillips and her wonderful, positive group of survivors. Here is our dessert - from the Taste and Savor cookbook, a Friday Four, and one of our favorite sweet recipes. No matter how you make it - in a...
Lighter Lemon Yogurt Cake for Dessert
Last night we did a fun wellness class for a special friend, Beth Phillips and her wonderful, positive group of survivors. Here is our dessert - from the Taste and Savor cookbook, a Friday Four, and one of our favorite sweet recipes. No matter how you make it - in a...
What To Do With Super Foods
Please welcome Valerie Johnston to the Taste and Savor Blog. Today she is sharing some super info on super foods. Hope you enjoy reading her post as much as I did! Valerie Johnston is a health and fitness writer located in East Texas. With ambitions of one...
“Leaning” into the New Year Lunch
What a fun lunch today at Cancer Wellness at Piedmont West. More than a dozen of us gathered to talk about “Leaning” into the New Year. Leaning into accepting change, eating better, and taking good care of ourselves, our families and friends. Wonderful Angela Buttimer...
Ten Ways to Take Care of YOURSELF During the Holidays!
Check out the easy and light granola recipe at the end of this blog! We recently hosted a class with wonderful teacher Angela Buttimer about taking care of OURSELVES during the holiday season. If you weren't able to come - here is my heartfelt handout. I'm thinking...
Southern Made Better at the Brookhaven Farmers Market
Saturday morning dawned clear and hot! Not too warm for the shoppers at the Brookhaven Farmer's Market, tho. A group gathered with me at 10 to share some ideas and samples about good cooking using local produce! Thanks to Manager Yusef from the Cooks Warehouse for...
Southern Made Better at the Brookhaven Farmers Market
Saturday morning dawned clear and hot! Not too warm for the shoppers at the Brookhaven Farmer's Market, tho. A group gathered with me at 10 to share some ideas and samples about good cooking using local produce! Thanks to Manager Yusef from the Cooks Warehouse for...
Sugarplums, Espresso Sea Salt Dusted Almond Chocolate Bark and other Dessert Treats
The Taste and Savor team was in the kitchen on Saturday, creating a luscious dessert buffet celebration. We love it when we can showcase sweets that are so tasty, you don’t even know they are better-for-you! Among the recipes that we cooked up, one of the hands-down...
3 Things I Learned This Week with Taste and Savor!
This post was written by our wonderful intern, Mary Rob Murfee. Mary Rob is a graduate of the University of Alabama, and is pursuing her RD certification. Thanks Mary Rob!The Best Roasted and Smoked Pecan RecipeI love salted toasted pecans! My tried and true...
3 Things I Learned This Week with Taste and Savor!
This post was written by our wonderful intern, Mary Rob Murfee. Mary Rob is a graduate of the University of Alabama, and is pursuing her RD certification. Thanks Mary Rob! The Best Roasted and Smoked Pecan Recipe I love salted toasted pecans! My tried and true...
Woo Hoo – Time for Watermelon
Here in the South, it’s watermelon season again. Just because watermelon is sweet, juicy and delicious doesn’t mean its just for dessert. One of my excellent cooking assistants has sent me a flavorful and unusual recipe for a watermelon salad. Thanks Bill!Watermelon...