I really don't think anyone needs another way to get pasta into his or her diet, or peanut butter for that matter, but I can't help myself here. I taught this Asian noodle salad in a class last year and I still haven't tired of it. However, the pasta in this dish isn't just your run-of-the-mill ...
Harira recipe
Harira is a Moroccan stew that is traditionally served during Ramadan to break the daily fast. In my house it is a nourishing one-pot meal that is perfect for a chilly winter evening. I have seen many versions of recipes for Harira. Typical ingredients include lentils, chickpeas, rice or ...
Boosting the immune system
Between the change in the weather, the stress of the holidays and giving into less-than-healthful party food, it’s no wonder so many people fall prey to viruses and bacteria at this time of year. It’s never too late to focus on boosting your immune system to beat the winter bugs going ...
Date-sweetened banana bread recipe
One of my pet peeves is when people label a dessert as "healthy," and not because that is grammatically incorrect, but rather because desserts have sugar of some form and that will never be "good" for you no matter how much whole wheat flour you throw in there. Of course, you could say one dessert ...
Mushroom-barley soup with kale recipe
I was craving a hearty, meal-in-a-bowl soup for dinner last night. Something I could pull together before the kids returned home from school and that I could pack in their thermoses for lunch the next day. Mushroom-barley soup came to mind in an instant. I taught this soup in a class back in ...
Lemon-thyme chicken recipe
Once upon a time, I used to enjoy spending lots of time experimenting in the kitchen. I had fabulous cookbooks in which I found interesting and challenging recipes to make for dinner. On a weekday. And then it was over. My kids started playing team sports. Do you know this new life? Are you ...
Pamela highlighted as a food guru on time inc.’s new website, fashion etc.
Designer Jenni Kayne travels the body-as-a-temple route, seeking help with her diet. “Pamela Salzman is my food guru. She not only taught me how to cook but also why certain foods are better than others. Eating well definitely leads to living ...
Raw kale salad with citrus dressing recipe
The first time I ever made kale in a class, one student said ,"I'm afraid of kale. I don't know what to do with it." In each subsequent class that month, there would be someone else who said the same thing. Say it isn't so! Are you the same people that use kale as a garnish for fruit salad ...
The perfect baked potato recipe
Potatoes get a bad rap because of the misconception that they are fattening. Potatoes unto themselves are not "fattening," but they certainly become less healthful after they have been peeled, deep-fried in over-heated, refined oil or turned into chips or mashed with their weight in butter and ...
Vegetable chili recipe
We are a football-watching family. On any given Sunday during the season, we are hunkered down for a good part of the day at home with the likely chance of random family and friends dropping by. I like to prepare hearty, comfort food that can be left on the stove for everyone to help ...
Fennel and green apple salad recipe
I just adore fennel and its hint of licorice (that's the black kind, not the red). When I was a child, after a big Sunday dinner, my Aunt Maria would pass around a platter a raw fennel wedges along with a bowl of tangerines and unshelled nuts. We would chomp happily on the fennel the way ...