Month: May 2025
Roasted Strawberry Bruschetta with Ricotta
By Pamela Salzman
Ingredients
- 2 pints fresh strawberries hulled and diced
- 2-3 Tablespoons dry sweetener of choice coconut sugar, maple sugar, brown sugar
- 3 large slices of crusty peasant bread about ½-inch thick (I used a half whole wheat/half white round bread from Whole Foods)
- unrefined cold-pressed, extra-virgin olive oil or melted coconut oil for brushing on the bread
- ¾ cup whole milk or almond milk ricotta cheese mascarpone also works
- 2 teaspoons raw honey or pure maple syrup
- Maldon salt flaky sea salt
- Optional: shaved dark chocolate and/or thin pieces of dark chocolate for melting on top of the toast
Mother’s Day Reminder: We are HUMAN
By Shirin Yadegar
This Mother’s Day, I want to remind all of us: we are not machines.
We were not brought into this world to be Uber drivers, short-order cooks, maids, or tutors. We were brought into this world to create, to laugh, to love, and to live fully. And yet, somewhere between the laundry piles and lunch boxes, we can forget that.
As a mother of four daughters, I’ve learned that our children are always watching. More than listening to what we say, they absorb how we live. They take note of how we treat ourselves, how we treat others, and how we move through the world. And those quiet observations shape them more than any speech ever will. (more…)