Meet Our Featured Dietitian, Karla Moreno
Native Californian Karla Moreno, M.D.A., R.D. is based in the beautiful university town of San Luis Obispo, California. Karla is a clinical and food service registered dietitian in skilled nursing facilities. She has extensive experience working with the elderly, on work site wellness, and in child nutrition programs. Q & A with Karla Why do […]
Bean Pot Stickers
Last week I was watching “Martha Bakes” on the PBS Create channel and I learned something about myself — one of my favorite kitchen habits has a fancy name! Mise en place is French for “everything in its place.” When I am about to create something to eat, I place all the ingredients on the […]
Blackeyed Peas are Good Luck and Good for You!
This New Year found me seeking out tried-and-true recipes from the circa-1990 Cooking with California Dry Beans Cookbook. Eating blackeyed peas is a Southern New Year’s Day tradition that is supposed to grant you prosperity during the coming year. The Jewish New Year doesn’t start until October, but blackeyes are eaten at Rosh Hashana for […]
Colcannon made with California Baby Limas
Traditional Irish dish colcannon made with potatoes, cabbage and baby lima beans.
February is for your heart health and beans!
When I think of February, I always think of hearts. Valentine’s Day is a big part of that, of course, but I also think of heart disease awareness and the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign. Heart disease isn’t just a man’s disease. Did you know that 1 in 3 women die from […]
Healthier New You in the New Year
Did you make a new years resolution to eat healthier? After enjoying all the cookies and candies over the Christmas holidays did the scale inch up a few pounds? Mine sure did. I’m at the age were the extra pounds don’t come off as easy as they used to. With the help of pre-made healthy […]
It’s a Beaniful Christmas!
It’s a Beaniful Christmas! It doesn’t feel like Christmas until the music coming from my iPod is Bing Crosby’s White Christmas and every space on my kitchen counters are full of baking ingredients. When I was growing up my mother made a cake, pie or batch of cookies from scratch everyday. I learned to bake […]
Brown Bagging it with Beans!
Brown Bag Lunch with Beans
Featured Chef: Michael Goularte of Galletto Ristorante
Meet Chef Michael Goularte of Galletto Ristorante in Modesto, California.
Roasted Garlic White Bean Dip
The cabin kids circa 1980’s Since the late 1970’s my husband and I along with 4 other couples have been going to a cabin in the Sierra’s. Built in the late 1930’s the cabin is rustic, simple and much loved by all who have enjoyed spending time there during the years. The “cabin crew” as […]