Cooking with Ellen

May be served hot or cold!
A good friend, Mrs. Kelly Hutto, sent this recipe to me a few months ago and somehow I let it get lost in my inbox. So, after recently “finding” it, I decided that it is definitely one to remember! This recipe is a simple one-dish meal that can be served [...]

One of the most beloved cookbooks, the “Joy of Cooking” is following suit with American trends by gradually increasing portion sizes!
A report published in a recent Annals of Internal Medicine stated that, after examining 18 popular recipes, calories per recipe had increased 44% on average (928 calories per recipe) since the original “Joy of Cooking” [...]

I found an interesting article from the New York Times related to taking excess vitamins and the potential health benefits associated. Throughout my times meeting with individuals for nutrition counseling, one of the most common things I find is people taking extra vitamins for added health benefits.
The article dispelled many popular beliefs, hopes, and claims [...]

Question: What’s the best way to crush garlic?
– Martha Harpole, Port Gibson, Mississippi
Taking a bulb of garlic and mincing it up can be a challenge, so that is why many time we will simply buy our garlic minced already. But, having freshly minced garlic is so delicious!
If you don’t have a handy garlic crushing tool [...]

I found a very interesting article from the Washington Post that quoted a registered dietitian from the American Dietetic Association regarding artificial sweeteners. I enjoyed reading the article, though there seem to be a fair number of personal opinions thrown in surrounding the sweeteners. The article highlights sucralose (Splenda), aspartame (Equal), and stevia (Truvia), as [...]