Year: 2020
Dec 2020

Not much muss, definitely gourmet. I’ve made this mushroom dish for years, but now I add in greens .This is great spooned over polenta or pasta or anything!

Dec
2020
Dec 2020

For those of you who love the taste of Chicken Marbella (salty-sweet-tangy-briny-garlicky), here’s a new twist: a vegan dish, made with some of my favorite ingredients.

Dec
2020
Nov 2020

A thanksgiving tradition. A coming of age ritual. A joy. A chore. An intimidating task. We demystify the ritual, and streamline the process.

Nov
2020
Nov 2020

Anxiety is nothing now. Neither is herbal medicine for treating it. We’ll talk about CBD, of course, but ginseng, and Chinese medicine

Nov
2020
Oct 2020

“A savory pancake crossed with a fritter. An unleavened rice-and-lentil bread cooked on a griddle. One relative says, “like omelets – without the eggs.” Another calls them ‘Indian latkes.'”

Oct
2020
Sep 2020

Debra here: I get emails from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and often am startled how easy it is to make things better human and planet health-wise. A bit of background first… In July, EWG released an analysis of laboratory testing that showed glyphosate (aka Roundup, shown to cause cancer) is found in more than

Sep
2020
Cinnamon Buns
Sep 2020

Heart disease? Overweight? Low energy? Cognitive dysfunction? The body’s inability to process blood sugar is central to all of them.

Sep
2020
The dish in a pan
Sep 2020

I love that there is still organic butternut squash and chard in my garden. And cheese is one of my weaknesses. I love it. Toss these three together with some rosemary and you’ve got another winner!

Sep
2020
Aug 2020

You don’t need to heat up a kitchen or cook to make soup. Just the right vegetables, a pinch of seasoning, and a blender.

Aug
2020
Bacon and Eggs Face
Aug 2020

For decades now, we’ve questioned how much cholesterol mattered — or if it even mattered at all. Newer research helps crystallize our understanding. Plus: SCANDALOUS misrepresentation of the science!

Aug
2020
Tribulus plant
Jul 2020

It’s hard to turn on the television these days without seeing ads for drugs to treat “Low T.” Well, where there’s a drug, there’s usually also an herb.

Jul
2020
Smoothies
Jun 2020

Nutrition for brain development, immune health, growth, and digestion — all in a delivery system that brightly colored, delicious, and easy to make (and clean up after)!

Jun
2020
Mar 2020

We received the below e-mail from Lincoln Fishman, Sawyer Farm, pictured above. Sawyer Farm grows and sells a variety of produce out of Worthington, MA; and cannabis for sales as CBD here at Debra’s. Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 8:53 PM Subject: Healthy Soils Bill   Hello again everyone!             I went to the State

Mar
2020
A picture of the recipe
Mar 2020

This recipe is courtesy Roxie B., our head chef here at Debra’s. It’s what she makes at home, when she wants to eat but is too tired to really cook.

Mar
2020
cupcake tray
Mar 2020

Lotion doesn’t need to be liquid. You can make a nourishing, moisturizing lotion as a bar. Fun shapes — great gifts… and easy to carry, too! Equipment: you’re going to need a mixing bowl + a silicone cupcake tray or some other mold(s) of your choice to make the bars Ingredients 1 C coconut oil

Mar
2020
A Coronovirus Micrograph
Feb 2020

This is a slight reworking of an article I wrote in early February and published last month. The biggest thing I’ve reworked is the title. That original title (again, written in early Feb) was “Is the Coronavirus Coming to Get You?” And if you read that now and cringe, trust me, your author does too.  It seems remarkably

Feb
2020
Feb 2020

Sore calves, sleep deprivation, and serious pain. Leg cramps are no joke! Debra shares some simple fixes to this common problem.

Feb
2020
Feb 2020

February is the Month of Love. This month we share a silky pudding, sweetened with date and maple, enriched with coconut and almond.

Feb
2020
Jan 2020

We build on the traditional apple cobbler with layers of spice and depth of flavor. We sweeten with dates and jaggery. And… you don’t need to peel the apples.

Jan
2020