RECIPES: Farmers Market Bounty Makes Great Fall Cooking
If you're lucky, you've visited a local farmers market lately and seen that the produce is bountiful! Fall is harvest time, and perhaps the BEST time to enjoy all the delicious, nutritious local fruits and veggies. At Rising Tide Market, we're lucky to feature local,...
RECIPES: Cooking with late-summer tomatoes
This is peak tomato season, time for the best of the best of these juicy, succulent specimens to take center stage. Hit the farmer’s markets, your backyard garden, or the 100% organic produce department at Rising Tide…wherever your tomatoes come from, use these simple...
RECIPES: Get Wild with Watermelon
We all love eating refreshing (hydrating, cancer-fighting, heart healthy) slices of plain watermelon. But that's not all you can do with the juicy, pink fruit! Use the recipes below to work watermelon into your next summer gathering. Soups & Starters Watermelon...
RECIPES: Make Your Next BBQ a Plant-a-Q
Healthier grilling requires just one step: grill something other than meat. Studies show that cooking meat at high temperatures causes chemicals called HCAs (heterocyclic amines) and PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) to form. These carcinogens can cause changes...
RECIPES: Seasonal Spring Brunch
It's FINALLY May! Everyone is coming out of their respective caves and gearing up to socialize, enjoy the nice weather, and celebrate spring. On Mother's Day (or any other day), brunch is the best kind of low-pressure gathering. Incorporate seasonal produce like the...
RECIPES: Vegan Easter Desserts
Adjusting to a vegan diet for yourself or a loved one can be a challenge any day of the week, but particularly at the holidays when traditional, family-tested dishes often play a starring role. This Easter, make everyone at your table feel at home with these healthy...
RECIPES: Asparagus!
When these lovely spears pop up in the markets, you know spring is around the corner. Loaded with fiber, folate, and Vitamins C, E and K, asparagus has all kinds of health benefits, including managing blood pressure, fighting cognitive impairment, and balancing blood...
RECIPES: Get a Flavor Kick (and a Healthy Heart) By Cooking with Raw Garlic
A garlic compound known as allicin can potentially reduce the risk of developing heart disease and help regulate high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Chopping or crushing the garlic clove and consuming it raw is the best way to reap the benefits. (On a side note:...
RECIPES: Cooking with Legumes, Nuts and Seeds
Some of the best sources of plant-based protein are also some of the most versatile when it comes to cooking delicious, healthy food. If you're looking to move more toward a plant-based diet, nuts, seeds and legumes will surely be your friends....and for good reason!...
RECIPES: Not (Only) Your Grandmother’s Latke
Hanukkah's best-known food—the beloved potato latke (a.k.a. fried potato pancake)—is also a relatively recent addition to the festival-of-light festivities. Potatoes actually became part of the recipe in the mid-19th century, replacing pancakes made of cheese (usually...