Healthy Recipes
Why does a pita puff?
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to have a few volunteers come and make pitas with me for our meal. We made 120 pitas, which were then served with roasted spiced chickpeas, a lemon dill sauce, and an arugula salad with pickled radish and onions. So...
An Ode to Filipino Breakfast and Tortang Talong
Whenever I am asked about favorite Filipino dishes, I think about what meal I most look forward to when visiting the Philippines. Hands down, it’s Filipino breakfast for me. A common breakfast meal that can be found in the Philippines or Filipino households are...
Thank you supporters! Our gift to you
HIP could not have survived 2020 and the pandemic without all the countless volunteers, donors, produce-growers, fundraisers, and community champions who showed up again and again for HIP. Since we can't throw you a party this year, we've put together a little gift...
What is green, shaped like a tomato, and nutritious?
Unripened green tomatoes, of course! If you do gardening, at this time of the year, you are probably left with a lot of green tomatoes and wondering what to do with them. You can make the southern favorite fried green tomatoes, or you can make some healthy...
Cooking with Foraged Foods: Nettle Pesto
It happens from time to time: you are stumbling through some underbrush or bushwacking to get back on the proper trail and all of a sudden you feel a dull stinging sensation on your arms or legs. You have been stung by a stinging nettle! Nettle are a herbaceous plant...
Cooking with foraged foods: Dandelion Pesto
It’s spring-time, and if your yard is anything like mine, you are probably thinking of how to get rid of all the dandelions. They are everywhere, whether you like them of not. They can be a nuisance if you want to maintain a green lawn. But the spread of yellow...
Roasted Applesauce
Birds are singing, cherry blossoms are blooming, and it’s slightly less rainy! Spring is coming! But we are still waiting for a lot of those spring veggies to come up and bring new life to our gardens and farmers markets. While we are anxiously awaiting their arrival,...
A new take on Brussels sprouts
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Brussels sprouts are in full swing this time of year. They are a cold weather veggie which means that you’re probably seeing them pop up in many holiday recipes. Interestingly, Brussels sprouts taste best and sweetest after enduring a couple of...
Let your gourd down: giving squash a chance through pasta
It's that time of year and we're up to eyebrows in winter squashes: acorn, butternut, kabocha, spaghetti, pumpkin...oh my! You've tried roasted squash, squash salad, and even squash soup... and perhaps you're not the biggest squash fan. But have you tried a squash...
Bread Renewed: Dried Cherry Bread Pudding
The versatility of day-old bread is its saving grace. It's not uncommon to see our food processor whirling bread into crumbs to later go in meatballs. Just as often we will cut it up into little cubes and bake into croutons. Another creative use of the bread that we...
