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I can't remember the last time that I used an artichoke as a component in a dish. I almost always have them steamed or grilled on their own. A freshly steamed artichoke is so amazing! My daughter loves to dip hers in melted salted butter, the adults dip in homemade mayo seasoned with salt, pepper, and cayenne. Think about the vegetables that you love. I'm guessing the frozen and canned versions of your favorite pale in comparison to fresh.

I love feta, but rarely buy enough to just "have on hand" because in my experience it does go bad rather quickly. The best way to describe it is that the brine gets slimey and the cheese ends up smelling and tasting off. What am I doing wrong? I would love to buy enough for a few meals and keep it through the week!

1) she's eating way too few calories, and 2) what is this question even doing here? See a doctor or pose the question on a health/wellness/fitness/nutrition website, not one that's all about cooking/food.

What a lovely piece. Thank you for sharing this.

I make a high protein nonfat frozen treat that won't really help you with your new wedding gift but it could help your fiance. I mix nonfat vanilla greek yogurt with frozen berries using an immersion blender, roughly 2/3 berries to 1/3 greek yogurt. It's basically taking your favorite smoothie recipe but using frozen fruit and omitting any juice you would normally add, so it ends up all thick and frozen yogurt-y. And I can make it in less than two minutes!!

Another mom writing to say that I would much prefer to see any additional kids' content on the Family page. The amount that you have here already is plenty. You've already had great posts on making baby food, toddler-friends meals and snacks, what to bring to a new mom, etc. More does not equal better!

Even though the color palette isn't to my liking, that glass certainly is gorgeous. The rest of the house is lovely, too. Plus, this is also the exact kitchen layout that we are looking at for an upcoming remodel and it's nice to see it in action.

The only convenience food I long for from childhood is Minute Rice with butter and lots of black pepper. But I haven't actually fulfilled that craving in at least 15 years, so I think of it more as a fond memory than a craving.

The real food that I crave, and do eat regularly, are my mom's homemade lumpia, garlic fried rice, and vegetable soup.

bread and salted butter
beets and rosemary
arugula and dark cherries
salt & pepper potato chips and sour cream
peaches and cream
mango and soy sauce
cucumbers and sambal

I really love how quinoa takes to hearty sauces and thick soups. We serve it with thai and indian curries, roasted tomato sauces, salmon with buttery wine sauce, veggies and a cashew-based vegan sauce, broccoli and a thick cheddar cheese sauce, wild mushrooms in a garlicky cream sauce, etc.

My favorite way to eat cold leftover quinoa is to mix it with a few drops of hot chili oil and lots of gomasio (a mix of sesame seeds, garlic, and salt). I make extra quinoa so I can have this cold the next day.

For people who are still learning to like the flavor and texture of quinoa (like my parents currently, or my daughter a few years back) I cook 2/3rds basmati or jasmine rice and 1/3rd quinoa together in the same pot. Over time the ratio of rice to quinoa shifts to where they're eating mostly (if not all) quinoa.

Btw, I've learned that I never need to rinse our bulk purchased quinoa, but the rare times that I've purchased the boxed stuff it was incredibly bitter, and rinsing was required.