by kathryn matthews | Aug 28, 2013 | Healthy Fats
For most of my life, I’ve held butter at arm’s length. It’s not part of my cultural food DNA (Asian). As a child, I was lucky enough to be on the receiving end of three home-cooked meals a day. My mother was committed to our nutritional well-being, and, when she...
by kathryn matthews | Aug 2, 2013 | Smoothies
Does eating raw garlic for breakfast make you shudder—or salivate? For me, it’s the latter: I love a raw garlic “high” first thing in the morning! It wasn’t long ago that, upon awakening, I groped my way to mental clarity with a triple espresso (dark, organic French...
by kathryn matthews | May 28, 2013 | Real Food Wisdom
On more than a few occasions this spring, my husband Christopher has walked through the door and asked, with raised brow: “You’re cooking onions?? Again?!” Other times, he has made a point to let me know: “Whew! You reek of garlic!” Hmmph! Not exactly verbal...
by kathryn matthews | Feb 19, 2013 | Gluten-Free Baking
After 30 days of following a restrictive, no-sugar diet (for reasons that I’ll share in another post), I ventured to reintroduce a little forbidden sweetness into my life. Call it a “test”! Over the long weekend, I made my version of these Paleo vanilla cupcakes...
by kathryn matthews | Feb 12, 2013 | Smoothies
Milkshake—for real? No, but it may as well be. This is one green smoothie that goes down my husband gullet without protest. In fact, my maca “milkshake” has become a midday elixir that he enjoys drinking after lunch. (Lucky dude…his office is within easy...
