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James Beard’s Duck Recipe With An Ecstatic Twist

This is one of the easiest duck recipes you’re likely to encounter (easy and delicious!). I’ve cooked my fair share of chickens and even turkeys, but I’ve never cooked duck before. To be honest, I was always concerned that it would be too much fuss and since duck is pricier than chicken, I wanted to be sure I knew what I was doing before diving in.

Ecstasy In the Kitchen

Thank heavens Barbara Carrellas came to visit! Barbara is a long-time, dear friend of Louise Hay and author of Ecstasy is Nec...

Oh So Good: Easy Mashed Butternut Squash

I’m always looking for a shortcut in the kitchen and I have one for butternut squash. I don’t peel it or cut it up, I just stab it with a knife a few times and bake it. It comes out beautiful and delicious and you know what? You can slice it and remove the skin so easily once it’s cooked. Or you can scoop it out and mash it. No awesome peeler or fancy sharp knife needed!

So here’s the deal about butternut squash: it’s a good mood inducer. Butternut squash helps to shuttle the amino acid, trypt...

Almond Coconut Cookies In 7 Minutes!

You know those days when you want something sweet, yet satisfying and balancing for your body? Sort of like a dessert that does it all? Well, these almond coconut cookies fit the bill!

First of all, it takes only approximately 7 minutes and it may include foods you already have in your kitchen — hooray! You don’t need any special equipment to make it, so I’ll give you some ideas if you do not have a food processor or blender.

Fast & Easy

We all like fast and easy, right?However, when you get pas...

Five Tips to Make Cooking Fun & Get Better Tasting Food!

Are you used to opening cans, packages and boxes for meals? Perhaps you are ready to start cooking with whole foods and dread all the steps it takes to prepare. Or maybe you feel like you’re not good at cooking. Well, I’d invite you to change your perspective! When I started cooking, I was a busy executive in a big company working 12 hours a day and most weekends (yes, it was definitely an out of balance lifestyle!). This left me little time to cook or really, do anything to take care of myse...

Fast Comfort Food: Celery Root “Mashed Potatoes”

We all have days when life gets busy and it feels like there’s no time to cook. It’s days like this that I love to have some recipes for fast comfort food that is so delicious, you’ll be happy you took a little extra time to nourish your body! The good news? This 15 minute recipe is comfort food for your soul!

If you haven’t cooked with celery root yet (celeriac), you are in for a treat! I first discovered this delicious root vegetable when traveling with Louise Hay. She is a wizard in the kit...