Spring Salad Bar

Prep some fresh veggies for this savory salad- sweet and salty, crunchy and chewy. A great way to honor new season veggies and fruit as well as jump into Spring with clean eating! Spring Salads are easy to assemble with the cold veggies coming in season first like lettuces, arugula and kale. Next come the …

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Carrot Dill Soup

This carrot dill soup recipe is very easy to make and definitely packs in the nutrition. It is a vegan recipe containing no animal products. What packs this soup with flavor is the dill. Dill is an herb from the celery family and though not proven to have medicinal powers adds a punch of fresh flavor to this cozy, warm winter soup.

Chef Emily Bell’s “You Could Be In Paris Lemon” Tart

Last week Wayne Art Center hosted a Plein Air Festival 2017  Culinary Event called, “A French Bistro Dinner & Wine Tasting.” We had 14 attendees for a four course bistro dinner featuring local ingredients paired with delicious french wines. The menu included: Potage Saint Germain- a fresh pea, lettuce and mint soup, Magret de Canard- …

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Sweet Heart Double Chocolate Valentine Brownies

Nothing melts the heart more than a delicious dose of chocolate. Today we are heading into the Wayne Art Center to decorate double chocolate brownies baked in heart shaped pans. But before the decorations – the brownies must be mixed, poured, cooked and cooled. Here is the recipe found in Martha Stewart’s Cookies, The Very …

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Part 2: Emergency Snack Stash at Work-Foods to Keep in the Fridge

Emma reveals some excellent snacks you can bring to work! In Part 1 of this blog we looked at food that could be eaten when those afternoon slumps hit. Those foods were healthy, yet non-perishable. Now we will move on to incorporating more fresh foods such as fruits, vegetables, protein and dairy into the after snack attack.

Grilled Salmon Sauce

An analysis of 20 studies, involving hundreds of thousands of participants, indicates that eating approximately one to two 3-ounce servings of fatty fish a week—salmon, herring, mackerel, anchovies, or sardines—reduces the risk of heart disease by 36 percent.