For a man-pleasing meal, start with lamb or venison shanks and braise them in the slow cooker or the oven, filling the house with a savory welcome-home. The meat will practically fall off the bones and the sauce is silky smooth. Hello, long fall nights by the fire ... Approachable, Homestyle Whole Food, Simply Prepared. A New Addition to Slow Cooker & Oven Slow-Cooking Recipes for either a traditional slow cooker or the oven (my favorite). Low Carb. High Protein. Weight Watchers Friendly. Naturally Gluten Free. What're you waiting for?! So Good!!

Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian family and the many Canadian readers and visitors who pop into Kitchen Parade and A Veggie Venture for Thanksgiving recipes! May your long weekend be filled with "good times" and "good food"! If I could bring everyone a dish of the World's Best Green Bean Casserole , I would, I really would! But for anyone still on the hunt for recipes, two places to visit: The famous collection of Favorite Recipes for Thanksgiving's Favorite Vegetables at A Veggie Venture An eleven-year collection of Thanksgiving recipes at Kitchen Parade For those who don't eat meat, ideas for Thanksgiving Vegetarian Entrées (Oh! I'm suddenly tempted to cook a turkey this weekend!) But when it's all over and you're wondering how to use up the last of the turkey, think "soup" – in fact, think "healthy soup"! Turkey Sweet Potato Soup is one of my oldest recipes, a healthy colorful soup made with sw...

So memorable, these onions, just thin slices of onion cooked until soft and dark and sweet in the slow cooker. My recipe for Caramelized Onions is "extra special" thanks to tiny touches of brown sugar and dry sherry. And now? My recipe is "extra easy" by switching from cooking the onions on the stove to cooking them either in a slow cooker or "slow cooking in the oven". Real Food. Vegetarian, Easily Switched to Vegan. Low Cal. Low Carb. Weight Watchers Friendly. Gluten Free. Great for Meal Prep.

So here's the question. Should pork still be "pink" after it's cooked? Am I straddling the fence by answering sometimes "yes" and sometimes "no"? My reasoning just might surprise you ... and I'd love to know yours, too. Please do chime in ...

Happy Salad Days , All! Welcome to my salad version of that famous hot-weather favorite, the BLT Sandwich. A good BLT is such a late-summer indulgence of good bread, bacon and tomato. But really, isn't a Wedge Salad really a BLT without all the bread? Right?! For my salad version, start off with a much lighter but completely rich Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing where it "pays" to pay attention to texture. Drizzle the dressing over a wedge of iceberg lettuce, a juicy tomato, crispy bacon plus a few bread crumbs cooked in bacon grease. Then, y'know, just call it “dinner”! Tonight, maybe?! Fresh & Seasonal. Summer Classic. Low Carb. High Protein. Weeknight Easy.

Quick-cook couscous all dressed up for summer, quick to toss together and studded with bites of fresh mango and perfectly ripe summer tomatoes. Vegan and beautiful on a platter. ~ Skip Straight to the Recipe ~ Do Certain Recipes Send You Straight to the Kitchen? Do certain recipe words stop you like roadblocks? My work-block words are so many, they need categories! World cuisines such as Moroccan and Greek, anything Finnish or Swedish or Nordic. And Canadian, of course, Canadian! Hints at origin ("traditional" or "authentic") and seasonality ( “summer” and “winter”). Savory. And then there’s an endless list of favorite ingredients. Blueberries, buttermilk, sour cherries, almost anything with lemon. Beets, of course! Mangos are high on the list too. These days I buy more mangoes in a month than I once did in an entire decade. Most go into smoothies and a summer version of my daily Quick 'n' Easy Raw Salad . What's NOT On My List? Cousc...

Anyone else happy to save both time and calories? I thought maybe so! That means Peach-Pie Pudding (say that three times!) is for you. It's all the glory that is summer’s very best peach pie, except without the crust! (Added benefit! And without turning on the oven!) ~ Skip Straight to the Recipe ~ What's the "State of Pie" in America? SPOILER It won't surprise you. Four years ago, we drove across six states in a pickup on a pie odyssey, seeking out fresh homemade pie in small-town cafes, roadside truckstops and local dives. I’m sad to report, there’s just one word for the “state of pie in America”: abysmal. ABYSMAL! We stuck our forks into one forgettable pie after another. It was only the last night, at a pricey white-tablecloth place where the pastry was worth every single calorie. Now I make a mean pie crust (à la How to Make Flaky Tender Pie Crust ) – and I do, for special occasions – but mostly, really, it is better to avoid the carbs and t...