Salad with roasted squash, chicken and pomegranate

  This Weekend’s dinner salad is a great combination of flavor, color and texture.  Greens lightly dressed with apple cider vinaigrette topped with roasted acorn squash, grilled chicken and a generous sprinkling of pomegranate seeds.  The flavor combinations were out of this world and the squash added a hearty component making this a real satisfying [...]

Swiss Chard

My Mother is fortunate enough to grow her own rainbow chard in raised garden beds in her back yard.  I have to buy mine from the store but when it looks this good, I don’t complain. Swiss chard is one of my favorite leafy greens and whenever I can get my hands on the rainbow [...]

Cheering for Cherries

Local cherries are in season and the deep red, almost black cherries from BC’s Okanangan are in the markets now ready to be enjoyed.  I keep going back to buy more, they disappear so fast.  I usually just enjoy them when they are in season but I’m tempted to stock up now while they are [...]

Watermelon Cucumber Salad with Mint, Tarragon and Lime

I was visiting with family last week while on vacation and my Mom made the most delicious, refreshing summer salad of watermelon, cucumbers, mint, tarragon and lime.  She served it with sliced cold chicken and a half a cob of the sweetest summer corn.  My sister remarked that she couldn’t think of anything better to [...]

Summertime Salads

When the weather is warm and the farmers markets are at their peak we tend to eat salads more often.  I like to dress the greens with a simple vinaigrette using apple cider vinegar, olive oil and salt and pepper.   Using a good quality, unfiltered, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar that contains ‘the mother’ not [...]

Chicken Soup

Our Spring weather has been unseasonably cool and damp these days and I wanted to make something to warm us up.  This quick and easy chicken soup is full of healthy vegetables and the Arthritis Kitchen anti-inflammation fighting ingredient turmeric in the broth. First saute chopped leeks, onion in a small amount of olive oil.  [...]

Butternut Squash & Leeks

This has become a favorite side dish at my house.  I originally got the idea when visiting friends and they served  a delicious  combination of roasted butternut squash and leeks.  It is super simple, super good and very nutritious.  Butternut squash is an inflammation reducing ingredient so I like to cook with it.  I also [...]

Stuffed Peppers with Ground Chicken

Tonight I made stuffed peppers.  I used a mixture of   ground chicken, onions, celery, garlic, diced fresh tomatoes  and rice as the filling.  Topped with montery jack cheese and broiled to perfection. I cut off the tops of the red peppers, halved the yellow pepper and removed the seeds.  Then I brushed with oil and [...]

Spinach Frittata

Today for brunch I made a spinach frittata with bacon and caramelized onions. I like to use onions in my cooking as often as I can as they are one of the foods said to help reduce inflammation. Spinach is another ingredient for health.  I used a whole box of frozen chopped spinach in this [...]

Tri Tip Steak with Salad and Bean Sprouts

Sometimes in The Arthritis Kitchen I  like to take short cuts that will make it easier to prepare meals when experiencing a flare up   Today that meant using packaged, ready to go salad greens and bean sprouts. You can find good quality salad mixes in the grocery store that are already pre-washed and ready to [...]