Chiara Bradshaw

I don’t know about you, but I find it hardest to eat healthfully at breakfast time. There’s so much to do in the A.M. that I rarely feel like I have the time to cook. However, with a little planning, I’ve found I can grab a nutritious…

With backyard hens booming in popularity and farm fresh eggs increasingly available – and with evidence suggesting such eggs are healthier and more nutritious – more and more cooks are using truly fresh eggs. For the most part, cooking…

Between holiday baking traditions, food gifts, feasts, and parties, it can be difficult to maintain a healthy diet this time of year. The good news is, if you plan ahead a little and don’t deny yourself favorites, holiday eating can be…

Food gifts from your own kitchen are not only thoughtful, they are frugal, too. But sometimes packaging them attractively costs more than your Christmas budget might like; with that in mind, here are some easy, inexpensive, sometimes…

Home made applesauce tastes so much better than store bought, you’ll never be able to go back to that processed, bottled stuff again. But making just enough applesauce for one meal is a bit of a pain. The trick, then, is to whip up a…

As winter draws near, it becomes more difficult to find good, fresh greens. Fortunately, anyone can grow their own greens, right in their own kitchen. No soil is needed – and no green thumb. Sprouts are not only easy to grow, but they…

One of my favorite dishes at my local Chinese restaurant is called Fire Cracker Chicken its spicy and sweet all at the same time. I liked it so much that I worked at developing my own recipe at home. The nice thing about this recipe is…

Its time for some more great gourmet recipes that will help us get thin too! We’ve talked about including more fruits and vegetables even in desserts but now its time to talk about good carbs (yes they exist) and how to properly incorporate…

A clambake is not only a way to make clams but also an event in and of itself. It usually takes all day because all the seafood ingredients are cooked in the ground in a heated pit which you can do of course but I prefer to use ovens and…

Its spicy oysters that are great for parties and other kinds of occasions. Oysters are usually complicated but this makes it very easy and you can use local freshwater or salt water, it does not matter at all. The point is to start…